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1942 - 0649.PDF
MARCH 26TH, 1942 WAR I N* TH E AIR ENEMY AIR March 15 „ 16 „ 17 „ 18 , 19 ,. 20 ,. 21 Jetat*; Over G.B. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LOSSES TO Over Continent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 North 5.684 ; Middle Far East (unofficial] MARCH Middle East I 0 1 1 2 3 17 25 East, over , 319. 21st. Far East — — — — — — — - 3,572; badly hit. Later the same night another small convoy was spotted and successfully attacked by naval aircraft. In the English Channel there was a brisk little action with E-boats last week. The enemy attacked a British convoy under naval escort, but the gunboats and a destroyer accounted for half a dozen of the E-boats, though the destroyer, H.M.S. Vortigern, was lost. Then the R.A.F. took up the hunt and Spitfires heavily damaged four more. The Renault factory outside Paris RAID OVER : First and second pilots of a Short Stirling entering the radio com partment on their way to the fuselage exit. The oversize sausage on the cabin wall carries hot air aft to the rear gun turret. BRITISH AIR LOSSES TO MARCH 21st. Over G.B. A'erft. March 15 0 .. 16 0 „ 17 0 .. 18 0 ., 19 0 .. 20 0 „ 21 0 o Over Continent A'erft. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Middle East A'erft. 1 0 1 1 5 3 5 16 Totals ; North. 3,328 ; Middle East, 1,021 ; Far East (unofficial) 37. Far East A'crft. — - about which the R.A.F. bombed is not to be rebuilt. It is said to have been turning out 150 tanks and 600 to 700 lorries a month for the German armies. Later News '"THE Americans have followed up *• their successes, and on Friday last four Fortress bombers attacked Rabaul and reported that they had probably sunk one heavy Japanese cruiser and had severely damaged another. Next day Allied aircraft, mostly from the R.A.A.F., attacked grounded machines at Lae, in New Guinea. Friday was also a busy day at Malta. The enemy raided one airfield all day with great intensity, but the military damage they did was small. Some civilians suffered when German pilots, apparently unnerved by the terrific A.A. fire, dropped their bombs outside the area. NEW GERMAN FIGHTER. The Focke-Wulf Fw ioo, of which this is a drawing made from available data, is the Luftwaffe's latest acquisition. Fitted with a 14-cylinder, two-row radial B.M.W. 801 engine of 1,600 h.p., it constitutes a complete change in German fighter design. Further details on performance and armament are given on p. 285. Although the general arrange ment drawings above show an inwardly retracting undercarriage, it is possible that the main landing gear may fold backwards in a similar manner to that of the Master and Tomahawk. Dimensions are : span, 37ft. ; length, 28ft. nin. ; wing area, 194 sq. ft. ; weight, 7,000 lb.
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