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JANUARY 25, 1940. 73 KEY TO ANNOTATION. F. Oil patches. G. Servicing tarmac. A Quarters B. Railway line. C Platiorm. D Hangars "• Runways. E Motor transport I. Aircraft moving ?fl Another of the remarkable reconnaissance photographs secured by the R.A.F. over Germany. This shows the aerodrome atLangen Haagen, ten miles north of Hanover. The great majority of the aircraft are Heinke) He mKs. Some are of the latest short-nosed design with straight-edged wings, but others are of the older type with a long nose and wings of elliptical form. Onthe original it is possible to identify two Junkers Ju 52 bomber transports. undercarriage down and the rear gunner out of action. Times and aircraft have changed. For the first time during the war French fighters have carried an air fight almost to the English coast before bringing down their adversary. The patrol was at a high altitude in the neighbourhood of Calais when a German machine was observed crossing the frontier. The battle began at 27,000ft. over the sea and a dog fight ensued during which height was gradually lost. Eventually the enemy fled towards the Continent with both oil and petrol leaking and the port engine stopped. After a des- perate attempt to reach the coast it finally crashed while still a short way out to sea. 49 Deg. F. Below THE news from Finland shows the lamentable lack offighter aircraft available. Temperatures during the past week have been the lowest recorded for many years, eighty-one degrees of frost Fahrenheit being recorded at one time near Helsinki. Bombing by the Russians, which appears to be indis- criminate so long as there is just something to be seen in the bomb or machine gun sights, has been much inten- sified. Each day raids in which U.S.S.R. machines total- ling three hundred to five hundred take part, cover the whole country, but particular attention is paid to ports on the Baltic coast in an endeavour to stop imports, especially war material. Strangely enough the number of casual- ties does not seem high, presumably the houses are mostly equipped with cellars or good shelters have been dug. The density of housing is very low and most of the buildings are of wood, double walled. This would account for both the low casualty rate and the heavy destruction by fire. It is known that aircraft are on the way to Finland but whether they will be in large enough quantity remains to be seen. In retaliation the Finns have bombed Russian bases at Kronstadt and Paldiski as well as others on the Estonian coast. T Remarkable Pictures HE R.A.F. reconnaissance nights have been bringing back photographs as well as verbal reports, and the photographs, some striking examples of which are published this week, show an astonishing, amount of detail. Aero- dromes, substitute landing grounds, ports and naval bases, railways, canals and navigable rivers, military and com-
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