... From Sicily to Tripoli, and from Sicily to Bizerta and Tunis, is the big gap controlled by the Luftwaffe. All shipping bound for Malta from the west must pass through this gap-- the Sicilian Channel, or Bomb Alley, as the merchantmen call it. There is no way of avoiding this dangerous area, no way round-- except by the Cape, many. many thousands of miles round. bo long as this Channel is ...

... In New U.S. Aircraft and in New British Bombs I. Focke-Wulf F.W. 190H.-- This has proved to be Germany's best single-motor fighter; but in action it has been outclassed by our own Spitfire. It should, therefore, not prove very formidable against our newest and improved Spitfire! The Focke-Wulf is a low-wing monoplane, powered by an air- cooled B.M.W. power unit: this is a 14-cylinder. two-row ...

... WALK A LITTLE, WADE A LITTLE, SWIM A LITTLE. With full packs, U.S. soldiers ford a stream in New Guinea, followed up by native porters carrying their equipment and supplies. U.S. troops in this area have made use of every type of transportation, from aircraft and boats to their own tired feet! SURE-FOOTED NATIVES CARRY EQUIPMENT AND AMMUNITION across a log bridge in the heart of the jungle. ...

... Weather Conditions on the Russian Front BEFORE THE SNOWS CAME, THERE WAS THE MUD. A Nazi Divisional Commander's car in difficulties during the rainy autumn weather, which preceded the snows and which hampered German movements, preventing them from preparing for the Russian counter-thrusts. Many of the roads behind the fighting front are un-metalled and were never intended for use by heavy ...

... HOW THE R.A.F. ARE WAGING WARFARE, UNDER VERY ARDUOUS CONDITIONS, IN NORTH AFRICA. From dawn onwards, the fighter-pilots on their improvised airfields are ready to take the air in their Spitfires to beat back the Luftwaffe raiders- Drawing by Roland Davies In the campaign against the Nazi raiders over the British I First Army, the Spitfire pilots rise before dawn and are in the sky almost at ...

... A Summary of His Abilities and Deficiencies in the Field. By DOUGAL GORDON THE opportunity of seeing how they behave under a little adversity is just as valuable when assessing one's enemies as one's friends. Opinions as to the merits of the Japanese soldier up to, say, January 1942, had to be based on his series of almost unrelieved successes. Since then, in two of the three fronts Op which ...

... ROMANCE, ACHIEVEMENT AH DVENTURE: all topical pictures. This desert patissier produces admirable cakes for the men of an Australian squadron in Tripolitania. His goods are baked in an under-sand oven, ingeniously constructed of petrol cans and fitted icith a petrol-can chimney and cowl. LIEUT. EL WOOD COOKE, U.S.N. was formerly America's No. 2 /(iirnial amateur and MRS. COOKE was Sarah Palfrey ...

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- H.M.S. RENOWN SEES STARS. THE CREWS OF MALTA'S HIGH-SPEED LAUNCHES-- for having rescued from the sea hundreds of airmen shot down during the blitz THE 44 blitz over Malta, G.C., has been the occasion for countless acts of heroism, not least on the part of the CREWS OF THE HIGH SPEED LAUNCHES stationed there, who have, sometimes through great storms, during the last year ...

... . As the Witch of 44 Jack and Jill at 1 1 is Majesty's, ILEANA SILVA glW? 0 great back-stage performance in the art of transforming her charming faC* into a properly frightening witch visage. We give you eight stages in this miracle of maquillage, just to show what a little face treatment will do. PHOTOGRAPHS BY SWAEBF.. ...

... TA-RA-RA-BOOM-DE-AY AS A MARY MARTIN DANCE. Star of the five-star 44 Happy Go Lucky Technicolor musical at the Plaza MARY MARTIN as the Neiv York cigarette girl who blues her all on a trousseau en route for a Caribbean island and a 44 poor rich fish, has thirteen changes of costume and no stockings. Mary teas a dancer before ever she dreamed of singing as a profession and in this film the ...

... i JAEGER are particularly successful in creating dresses for every daytime occasion they are exercising great care in never permitting any glamorous notes. The one above introduces the peg-top silhouette in its spring form. As will be seen, it has curved pockets, unpressed pleats, a neat neck-line and tight sleeves it is carried out in wool jersey. Outfits for the younger people have been ...

... QUALITY The policy of a firm controls its destiny. This subtle yet vital element throughout a firm defines its aims and governs its achievements. The Chatwood policy has always been to confine its efforts to the production of work of quality. Craftsman ship is placed before material gain. There is throughout the firm a definite atmosphere of continuous mental stocktaking. The reputation of ...