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1942
1942 - 1121.PDF
MAY 28TH, 1942 FUG WAR IN THE AIR stretched to the limits of its powers, and its chiefs must be carefully reckon ing what losses they can afford on any one raid. The R.A.F. continues to take ad vantage of any favourable weather, which means considering what condi tions are over the target, and not merely judging by fine weather in Great Britain. One recent raid by Bomber Command went to Mannheim, an important centre of German war industries, while the submarine base at St. Nazaire and other nearer objec tives get more frequent visits. Few towns in Germany are of more ^ipaportance now to the enemy's armed orces, and especially to the Germar Army, than Mannheim. The raid/fjn it was made by a great force o^Stir- lings, Halifaxes, Lancasters/ Man chester, Wellingtons and Harnpdens. From the centre of the tovwi to the surrounding suburbs there ari war fac- BACK FROM NORWAY : Beaufort crews being interrogated after returning from the torpedo attack on the Prinz Eugen. IT'S IN THE AIR : A flying picture of the new Merlin-engined Curtiss Warhawk. This-js-the-fifst^otograph of the Warhawk to pass censor indicating the number of guns__caxj3ed in eacTi^-jamig. The extra fuel tank for long-range work is also interesting. Detailsoi^Jhe Warhawk appeared in our issue of May 14th. raw materials, tank bodies, armour plating and so forth, which come down the Rhine from the Ruhr. The concentration of industrial plants in Mannheim is as close as anywhere in Germany. Our bombers carried a great load of incendiaries and the heaviest high- explosive bombs. One detachment of Stirlings carried over 40,000 incendi ary bombs. Mannheim was identified from the bend in the River Rhine, and, without a cloud in the sky, the docks were easily seen. Reports of crews give an encourag ing description of fires burning and of heavy high-explosives bursting among industrial buildings. Fighter Command carries on with daylight sweeps, which do not imply such careful meteorological calcula tions, and they usually escort forma tions of Boston bombers or Hurricane bombers to wreck military targets within range of the Spitfires. The policy of the German fighters in France now seems to be to attack our machines as they start for home, when they may not have enough fuel to allow them to undertake prolonged engagements. /N the June number of our associated technical journal AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION published this week, the main feature is Part I of a detailed study of the production processes of the Handley Page Halifax bomber, while other production articles deal with the Rubery Owen Messier undercarriage, manufacturing phases of the U.S.A. Boeing BI7E (Fortress II) bomber, the Curtiss- Wright Condor III troop carrier, and the employment of automobile .manufacturing methods in the production of Franklin,, air- cooled aircraft engines. Other factory technique treated includes Form Grinding and Relieving, Flame Hardening, the Inspec tion of Light Castings, Tool Salvage, an unusual method of plastic-bonded construc tion for trainer aircraft, and notably, an article on Thread Grinding and the diamond tools and crushing equipment for form-dres- srm wheels. Finally might be mentioned t^e leaving articles, one stressing the value of liaison between operational, design and production personnel in the evolution of perfected aircraft types, and two on the wartime fuel economy controversy. :i tm jj*H8k OUT IN THE COLD, COLD SNOW : Supplies being dropped by parachute to isolated German units on the Russian front. The enemy have made a special feature of supplying and reinforcing their armies by air.
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