... l„orous conditions found at high altitudes, [esearch has been divided into two parts ie plane itself, design of instruments, fuselage nd wings and adjustment of breathing and ressure conditions so that the crew can live nder such alien conditions. For the latter, pressure-cabin is provided which gives an tmosphere in which human beings can still reathe formally. In a commercial air-liner, it ...

... Two Special Sphere Drawings THE FLYING FIELD IN AN ADVANCED AREA OF THE EGYPTIAN DESERT: This is, very often, a rough-and-ready affair destined to serve one purpose j alone that of nutting fighter aircraft uo into the sky with a minimum of delay. There are no splendid hangars, runways, workshops, mess bungalows, and the other buildings which serve the R.A.F. elsewhere merely a flattish piece ...

... c/ r,pn i nwnnw sendin> Leuer to JO LV/HUvIi, Seaman in the Tropics WHEN you post a letter to your husband, son or sweetheart in the Navy, you need never worry about its safe arrival. Short of sinking at sea-- a 1,000,000-to-1 chance-- your letter will find him wherever he may be. That simple address-- H.M.S. Blank, c/o G.P.O., London, covers the world from Esquimalt to Auckland. It will see ...

... LEGAL AID FOR THE BRITISH ARMY The War Office Comes to the Assistance of the Harassed Soldier and A.T.S. and Settles Their Legal Problems Through the Medium of a New Section By CHARLES GRAVES QUITE unnoticed by the vast bulk of the civilian popu lation, the most intelligent and considerate scheme ever devised by the War Office to improve the fighting quality of our troops has been in progress ...

... 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 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 ...

... MR ANTHONY EDEN IN BATTLE-DRESS: THE FOREIGN SECRETARY AND GENERAL SIR BERNARD PAGET, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF HOME FORCES, witness a bin-scale Army exercise in Yorkshire-- a picture taken as the tanks were moving off across a cornfield during the operations The Foreign Secretary and Lieut.-Colonel the Maharajah Jam Sahib of Nawanagar (Indian representative in the War Cabinet) have just returned ...

... U TOWITZERS WHICH ARE NOW IN ACTION IN EGYPT This is one of the American-built 155-mm. howitzers they were originally designed in ance, but are now made by our Allies. Men of the Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, operate these powerful weapons and, above, gunners are seen removing the camouflage nets prior to going into action AXIS SUPPLY LINES UNDER ATTACK FROM THE AIR: A direct hit is scored ...

... An operation unique in this war, during the passage of the Arctic Convoy After the safe arrival in Archangel, Rear-Admiral Burnett, in com mand of the Escort, promptly proceeded to bring back from Russia another convoy of ships. Wrapped in his Arctic gear, with anti-flash Balaclava helmet, he sat in his high chair on the bridge of the cruiser Scylla next to the Captain for most of the voyage, ...

... j Aircraft are Run Into Carefully Dug Pits and are then Camouflaged to Hide Them from the R.A.F. reconnaissance Drawing by Kolana uavies j he Germans have thought out a good many ideas in camou- Hage during the present war, not hesitating to conceal whole tracts of territory from the prying eyes of the R.A.F. Here is a new one An aerodrome occupied by the Luftwaffe has been placed close up to ...

... AN R.A.F. RESCUE LAUNCH SPEEDING OUT TO A FLOAT IN MID-CHANNEL The latter have proved of the very greatest value in saving the lives of fighter pilot and bomber crews shot down at sea. in the background of this picture are the White Cliffs of Dover I M mw -JUT. -iw I 1 l-- A GERMAN BOMBER ATTACKS HELPLESS BRITISH AIRMEN IN THEIR RUBBER DINGHY AT SEA The high-speed launches of the Air-Sea ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 162 t New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Primate's Great Speech.-- The Primate made a great speech on September 26. I judge it to have the importance of an Atlantic Charter put out by Church and State-- a pacific charter, if you will, con structive, sane and temperate. Here is the even mean, in nothing petty, in nothing party, the right line to charting, stabilising and ...