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... A SANDSTORM IN THE DESERT RAISED BY A FORMATION OF BOSTON BOMBERS OF THE R.A.F. as they take off for a flight over Cairo This formation of Bostons took part in a flight recently over the Egyptian capital when they were escorted by fighter aircraft altogether, fighters and escort occupied an area of over sixteen square miles in the sky a most impressive spectacle As they took off from their ...
WINTER APPROACHES on the RUSSIAN FRONT
... J n Russia, the second winter of the most terrible and bitter war the world has ever known is drawing near. Up in the North the snow will soon be falling, and gradually the cold weather will creep down to Moscow, where preparations are even now being made to meet the inevitable rigours of winter and the possibilities of night bombing by the Luftwaffe. Coal in Russia is scarce and poor many ...
A WAR NEWSLETTER--No. 163
... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 163 i. New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Stalin on Allied Help.-- Stalin's answers to a newsman's ques tionnaire must have heartened Goebbels and perhaps somewhat chilled those sea- captains who drive through the infested seas to Archangel, not without hard ship and danger. Stalin is hard-pressed, and his choice of words can easily be misinterpreted. Every ally he has is acutely ...
J. R. Freeman & Son, Ltd
... J. R. Freeman Son, Ltd., n, J. R. Freeman G? Son, Ltd., n Made by King SIX CIGARS Yfwh, jot the fQnif on the hand King SIX is a British-made cigar, by Freeman's the house with over ioo years' experience in fine cigar making. lakers of fine cigars since 1839. ...
BRITAIN'S NEW TWIN-ENGINED AIRCRAFT: The Mosquito Pictured for the First Time
... BRITAIN'S NEW TWIN-ENGINED AIRCRAFT The Mosquito Pictured for the First Time Uor some time the Mosquito has been engaged on operational work with the R.A.F., but details of this new twin-engined reconnaissance bomber have only just been rrtade public. The new aircraft is the first operational type to be developed by the de Havilland Design Office Staff since the war of 1914-18. It has two ...
WHERE THE MONEY GOES: A Facts-and-Figures Study of the Cost of Modern Fighting Equipment
... WHERE THE MONEY GOES: a -Facts -and-Fiuures Stridv of the Cost of Modern Fighting Equipment By A. P. NEWALL AT one of the pre-war Navy Weeks, so the story goes, a Cockney prolonged his visit to a battleship unduly, on the grounds that, as a taxpayer, it was his property. All right, said a burly bos'un, presenting him with a match- stick-size sliver of teak, here's your share; now hop it! ...
THE TINIEST OF THE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES: The Reckless Courage of Luxemburg, Which Has Burst Out Into Defiance of ..
... THE TINIEST OF THE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES The Reckless Courage of Luxemburg, Which Has Burst Out Into Defiance of the German Occupiers and Started the First Organised Mass Attack Against the Nazis ON September 3 Germany annexed the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, which then became part of the Reich, the people having the privilege of German citizenship bestowed upon them by the gracious gift of the ...
TEST-FLYING A BRITISH BOMBER: Before Incorporating New Modifications in the Already Successful Lancaster Bomber
... TEST-FLYING A BRITISH BOMBER Before Incorporating New Modifications in the Already Successful Lancaster Bomber Just as important as the introduction ol new types of aircraft is the improvemenl of existing ones. Much work is necessarj when a modification is introduced it musl be tested and re-tested until every new factor about it is known. Yet, often, 44 modifications really mean that an old ...
The STRUGGLE for the SOLOMON ISLANDS: The Fighting Around Lunga Aerodrome on Guadalcanar, Where U.S. Marines ..
... The STRUGGLE for the SOLOMON ISLANDS The Fighting Around Lunga Aerodrome on Guadalcanar, Where U.S. Marines and Bluejackets Have Now Been Reinforced by the Army A DETERMINED effort is now being made by the Japanese Forces-- land, sea and air-- to recover the island of Guadalcanar, in the Solomon Islands, which they lost on August 8. The island is an essential part of the Japanese scheme to ...
THE ADVANCE ACROSS THE OWEN STANLEY RANGE: The Pursuit of the Japs Across the Gap in New Guinea During the ..
... I The Advance Across the Owen Stanley Range The Pursuit of the Japs Across the Gap in New Guinea During the Allied Offensive from Port Moresby Towards Buna ON these pages we are enabled to reproduce-- for the first time-- pictures and diagrams which indicate the nature of the little-known tangle of country which lies between Port Moresby, on the south of New Guinea, and Buna, on the north. ...
THE ADVANCE IN ALLIED TANK DESIGN: Drastic Changes Brought About by Two Years of Actual Warfare
... THE ADVANCE IN ALLIED TANK DESIGN Drastic Changes Brought About by Two Years of Actual Warfare Described by LEONARD R. GRIBBLE IN the two years that have passed since 1940, tank design has changed drastically. The demands for armour and fire-power have had to be met, while not ignoring demands for speed and manœuvrability. The essence of battle tactics, in short, has had to be incorporated in ...