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1942
1942 - 1015.PDF
MAY 14TH, 1942 COASTAL CONVOY DEPART : At early dawn a convoy of merchantmen raise steam and prepare to sail. During the journey they will be protected by escort ships, towed barrage balloons and R.A.F. fighter patrols. War in the Air Respite at Malta : U.S. Naval Victory : R.A.F. Offensive Continued T HE attacks on Malta have been diminishing in severity in the last two or three weeks, though •vl(hfi number of alerts has been no leg*) Alerts are a nuisance, but they do less harm than bombs. The important point is that since the last week in April the number of German bombers which have flown over the island has been reduced by something like four-fifths. It is in teresting to speculate on the reason for this, but most observers will probably conclude that the Luftwaffe is massing for the spring offensive in Russia. The Malta defences have very materially reduced the number of German bombers and fighters avail able for the coming conflict. The factories will probably replace, the machines, but the crews lost are not so easy to replace. It must have gone to the heart of the ^German High Command to risk and lose so many machines and crews over Malta, for it is obvious from the Luftwaffe's behaviour in the Franco- British area that there is a jfreat desire to conserve both men and machines. ATLANTIC BATTLE BOWLERS : Anti-aircraft gunners of the U.S. Navy wearing the new bowl-style steel helmets which cover the nape of the neck and both ears.
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