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1942
1942 - 1240.PDF
588 FLIGHT HERE AND THERE Under False Colours F OR the unauthorised display of the K.A.F. roundel on his private motor car, in contrave'ntion of the Road Vehicles (Service Marks) Order of 1942, a motorist was at Huddersfield fined £2. The roundel is the well-known red, white and blue target which marks R.A.F. air craft and vehicles. Under the Defence Regulations the im proper use of such Service marks may be punishable by three months' imprison ment and a fine up to ^100. Flying Feet NATIONAL SAVINGS STAMPS were the prizes for novelty dances at the "weekly hop" at a R.A.F. station in the Midlands recently. Air Commandant K. J. Trefusis Forbes, Director of the W.A.A.F., hap pened to be visiting the station. She attended the dance and presented the prizes, and the winning couples, airmen and their W.A.A.F. partners, each re ceived two shillings' worth of savings stamps. The R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. personnel serving at this station enthusiastically co-operate in the savings campaign, and have instituted their own National Sav ings club. Besides their regular savings, their contribution to Warship Week, col lected in six days, was more than ,£3,400. A.T.C's Big Punch A T.C. boxers from squadrons all over • London and the home counties will be .seen in the biggest fights of their careers when the grand finals of the A.T.C. "Silver Wmgs" tournament takes place on Tuesday, June 16th, at the Albert Hall. The tournament, promoted by a Lon don newspaper, is the biggest inter- squadron championship so far to be held CLOAKROOM CON FERENCE : An im pressive gathering of Allied headgear in the cloakroom of a London hotel during an informal reception attended by members of the U.S. War Mis sion and Service heads. by the Corps. There will be 16 contests—eight weights in both senior and junior sections. Boxing will be under A.B.A. rules. All the arrangements for the A.T.C. tournament, in cluding referees and timekeepers, will be undertaken by the R.A.F. and the A.T.C. in collaboration with the A.B.A. It is expected that a number of famous sports men, airmen, and other distinguished personalities will be there to see the young pilots and airmen of to morrow competing for their first "wings." Newfoundland Air Link T RANS-CANADA Air Lines service to Newfoundland, which is being operated as a. part of the hemispheric defence plan, is now- in operation. This service links the military outposts of the United Nations in Newfoundland with the mainland by means of a daily round trip between Moncton and St. John's. At the same time, the new ser vice brings the heavy industries of Cape Breton within Canada's national airline network with a stop at Sydney on Men of an R ;A-F-, West THE NATIVES ARE FRIENDLY Empire" are obviously popular with the locajklnhabitants bombers, flying boats and fighter squadrons ^ulp the station. taken African "outpost of Reconnaissance This picture was \ the tip of Canada's eastern coastline. Some 400 pounds of air mail were handled on the opening day of the new service, May 1, and of this some 85 pounds originated at U.S. Army bases. U,S. Output Estimate ACCORDING to recent reports, J. Carlton Ward, jun., president of the Fairchifd Airplane and Engine Corpora tion, has estimated that the aircraft out put of the United Nations is now 8,600 a month, or more than double that of the Axis with a reputed production rate of 4,100 machines a month. Mr. Ward "breaks down" his total as follows: U.S.A. 3,300, Great Britain 2,400, and Russia 2,900. He thinks that Germany and the occupied countries produce 2,900 aircraft every month, Italy 700 and Japan 500. L Duke Sees Bombers for Russia D URING his tour of the Middle East, the Duke of Gloucester had an opportunity of seeing a great deal of British and American aid that is flowing to Russia. At one airfield where his aircraft landed, large numbers of Ameri can-built bombers were dispersed. The Duke displayed great inter-est in them when he reached the airfield, and was told that they represented only a small part of the bomber fleet that was being flown to Russia day after day. Later the Duke was shown some of the assembly plants for these aircratt. Many of them in the first instance had been assembled by R.A.F. techniciaas. Now increasing numbers of American engineers are arriving and taking over the task. O.ice they are assembled, the aircraft are handed over to Russian pilots, wno fly them away over the wildest mountain country and in all weathers direct to Russia and the Eastern Front.
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