... The Implications behind the Bombing of Axis-Controlled Workshops in Occupied Territory. Here are Facts and Figures which Tell Plainly of the Methods Pursued by the Nazis in Recruiting for their War Effort in France By FERDINAND TUOHY NOW that the R.A.F. has been given a mandate to bomb factories, mines and plant in Western Europe whose employees, inhabitants of occupied territory, are turning ...

... WARFARE BY MORTAR IN THE JUNGLE How it has been Waged by the Japanese in the Malayan Campaign Touring the campaign in Malaya, and now again in the Burmese fighting, observers have been greatly impressed by the manner in which the Japanese have made use of the mortar. This weapon, which achieved great fame during the trench-fighting of the last war, has now been skilfully adapted by the enemy ...

... NOW IN THE PACIFIC WAR ZONE- AUSTRALIA: And Her Ten Greatest Years By WILLIAM HANNA (A Western Australian now in Englanc) ALL along the waterfront, behind the Customs sheds, you see-- no matter which is your port of arrival in Australia-- names like Elder Smith, Dalgetys, and Goldsborough Mort. They are not just advertisements for somebody's plonk (strong wine), or a new brand of soap. They ...

... THE U.S. ARMY ADOPTS GLIDERS Training Pilots in the New Art in California Qince the outbreak of war, gliding has been greatly developed by the Germans, who have employed this arm with great success in many of their campaigns. The United States has now decided to train Army personnel in this method at picturesquely-named Twenty-Nine Palms, in California, they have inaugurated an Army Aviation ...

... THE RIDDLE OF THE VICHY NAVY Recent Movements by Darlan which appear to Foreshadow Action By PATRICK HAMILTON WHILE Hitler was able to make short work of the French Army and Air Force, Vichy's Navy still survives virtually intact in the sense that most of the pre-war fleet is still afloat and in French ports. This accounts for its present position as the most prominent pawn in the dubious game ...

... Repairing Planes in the Desert The job of the Repair and Salvage Units of the R.A.F. in the Middle East is to locate crashed aircraft in the wastes of the Western Desert and to bring them back to the base, where, in a short time, the least twisted wrecks are transformed back into fighting machines. The task is a hard one skilled officers and airmen who are engaged on this important duty are as ...

... Swordfish Hero's Mother Receives Her Son's V.C. Wearing the shamrock oi' St. Patrick, Mrs. Esmondc was accompanied by two of her sons, Pilot Officer Owen Esmondc and Captain Patrick Esmonde, when she went to Buckingham Palace to receive the V.C. awarded to her son, Lieutenant Commander Eugene Esmondc, D.S.O., who 44 cool and resolute, serenely challenging hopeless odds Hew, undismayed, over ...

... Schubert in 66 Blossom Time Richard Tauber Sings Again in London, and Diana Napier Drives for the Polish Forces Ten years ago last May Richard Tauber took London by storm in Land of Smiles. Last week be made a welcome return to the West End as Schubert in Blossom Time at the Lyric Theatre. Born at Linz in Austria, the world-famous tenor started his career as a conductor, and first appeared on ...

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... AIR VICE MARSHAL THE DUKE OF KENT. This jnost recent portrait of H.R.H. THE DUKE OF KENT, youngest brother of H.M. the King, was taken about a month ago. His Royal Highness recently recovered from a bad cold is continuing his tour of Royal Air Force establish ments and factories up and dotvn the country. An official announcement was made last week to the effect that H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent ...

... . GENERAL the HON. SIR HAROLD ALEXANDER, K.C.B., C.S.I. D.S.O., M.C General Officer Commanding Burma is here posed with his wife, LADY MARGARET ALEXANDER, second daughter of the fifth Earl of Lucan, and their elder son, SHANE WILLIAM DESMOND, and their daughter, ROSE MAUREEN. General Alexander, who took over the command in Burma from Lieut. -General Hatton on March 5, is a distinguished ...

... 'SWEEPS' OUR SPECIALITY BOMBS TO ORDER. rT1HE Royal Air Force is constantly active by day and by night and now that spring is signalled, and better weather is to be expected, its programme of offensive raids and sweeps is expanding daily. Not long ago Fighter Command had one of its most successful days for several weeks when ten Messcr- schmitt 109's were destroyed without loss to the ...