... The first freight-carrying glider to fly the Atlantic has just reached Britain from Canada. It was towed across by a Dakota aircraft of R.A.F. Transport Command, the 3,500-miles journey being covered in 28 flying hours. It is the first time in history that an air train has crossed the Atlantic, and the flight has created a world record in the total distance covered by a glider carrying cargo ...

... The Surrender of 'the Island of LAMPEDUSA After the Fall of Pantellaria And other War Pictures from Distant Theatres of Conflict THE HARBOUR ENTRANCE AT LAMPEDUSA AS THE ROYAL NAVY SAW IT ON JUNE 12. The white flag of surrender flies at the masthead, with the Italian flag at half-mast behind. A concrete pill-box can be seen to the right of the flag-masts THE SCENE AS THE VICTORS LANDED ON THE ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 201 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Churchill-- Freeman.-- Mr. Churchill spoke warmly of his pride in being elected a Freeman of the City. It is appropriate that he should be so. It is a great honour for any recipient. Just a very few citizens in the passage of history attain to such a degree of eminence that they set the fool's-cap on honours, for one by one such titles and ...

... Pantellaria and Lampedusa Photographed by R.A.F. Pilots Since Our Occupation of these Two Italian Strongholds in the Mediterranean IT or a number of years before the war, Pantellaria and Lampedusa Islands were closely guarded by the Italians, and few of their secrets were allowed to reach the outside world. Since our occupation, however, R.A.F. machines have surveyed the two islands from the ...

... A New Phase in th ATLANTIC BATTLI The U-boats are Forced Below the Surface by Our New Tactics By the combined air operations and surfao craft activity by convoy escorts, the U-bct I has been forced to keep below the surface This will mean that U-boats will only hi able to creep to the surface as far as periscope! J level. The German captain will hastrtj sweep the horizon and as much of the sir ...

... SALUTE TO MALTA Visited by the King on Sunday, June Some Historic Scenes in the of the George Cros; Islanc HIS MAJESTY THE KING SALUTES THE GEORGE CROSS ISLAND As the cruiser Aurora enters the Grand Harbour on June 20, the King, standing before the bridge, raises his hand in salute. On Sunday. June 20. his Majesty visited Britain's island fortress in the Mediterranean. He crossed from North ...

... The WONDERFUL STORY of CANADA in WARTIM and the Stupendous Efforts She is Making in Every Direction, on Land and by Sea and Air Described by CHARLES GRAVES THE Englishman's vice of taking everything for granted was never better exemplified in peacetime than by his attitude towards Canada. Publishers believed that novels with a Canadian background were of no interest to the British public. ...

... OW the R.A.F. MAINTAINS rS SUPREMACY in AIR BATTLE !ie Central Gunnery School, in Flying Training Command, is performing a valuable function in the improvement :unnery in all its aspects in all operational commands, uses here are taken by selected gunners from operational and by fighter pilots. The school exists primarily to the highest possible standard for gunnery in the R.A.F. to be the ...

... Cince the early days of the war, Britain's Mosquito Fleet the M.T.B.s and M.G.B.s, based mainly on the East and South Coasts has grown enormously. A few days ago the Prime Minister sent a message to all our Light Coastal Forces at home and abroad, in which he said I have noted with admiration the work in the North Sea, in the Channel and, more recently, in the Mediterranean. Both in offence ...

... The Devastation OF WUPPERTHAL After the Bomber Command Attack on the Night of May 29 And Two Pictures of the Damage Wrought at Spezia by the Round-Trip Lancasters On the night of May 29-30, the Ruhr town of Wupperthal experienced for the first time the full weight of an R.A.F. Bomber Command saturation raid. This was the first occasion on which Wupperthal has been selected as a specific ...

... SCHOOLGIRLS HELP TO WEAVE GARMENTS MADE OUT OF DOGS' WOOL Preparing the wool for the shuttle in a workroom at a famous Surrey kennel. High prices are being paid just now for dogs' wool, providing it can be delivered n large quantities. Even before the war. men s suits and women's dresses were being woven from the combings from dogs' coats. It is estimated that thousands of pounds of wool could ...

... Training the Horsa Glider Crews At a Conversion Station of the R.A.F. ^phc training of our glider pilots and crews is proceeding apace throughout the country it is not unlikely that these men may play a considerable part in our coming invasion operations. The task of training is now being carried out at Glider Conversion Stations of the R.A.F. Here selected men learn how to pilot the big ...