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JULY 9™, 1943 FLIGHT the Air 1 The Sting 0/ the "Wasp" : The Germans in Sevastopol: More Raids on Bremen : The Great Battle in Egypt ADMIRAL H. R. STARK, com manding the United States naval forces in Europe, is to be congratulated on the first public an nouncement which he has been able to make. The U.S. carrier Wasp, which can accommodate over 70 air craft, and so is somewhat more com modious than our lamented Ark Royal, has been ferrying aircraft to Vilta. Sometimes these were British ^Txraft, but the statement does not say if that was always the case. On one occasion British fighters took off from the flight deck and went straight into an air battle over the island, giving a nasty surprise to the Axis raiders. Then they landed on an airfield, refuelled (probably to the surprise of the other habitues of the field), took off again, and went on fighting. The incident is not only gratifying because of the help which these rein forcements brought to Malta at the time of her hardest trials, or because the trips made by 1 he Wasp and h e r es- c o r t s were without inci dent, but even more for the reason that it is such an out ward and vis ible sign of the pooling of resources be- t w e e n the United States and Great Britain. We feel not the slightest doubt GNEISENAU AT GDYNIA : The German battle cruiser is now lying in the Polish Baltic port. The annotation indicates the work in hand. (A) "A" turret missing; (B) "B" turret without guns and armour plating ; (C) " Y " turret, also minus guns and armour ; (D) Camouflage round stern ; (E) Base of " A " turret ; (F) The main bearings of " A " turret. This is indicative of very extensive repair work in hand, or it may mean that the Germans are converting the ship into an aircraft carrier. that the personal contacts made' by the British and American officers and men on the trips were of the most cordial; and we can well imagine the exultation with which the ship's company of the Wasp would learn of (it is unlikely that they could see) the fighters which they had brought going straight into battle and winning a victory. No doubt they thought of them and probably spoke of them as " our fighters." There is no knowing to what depths the Hun will descend when he is an noyed (which means whenever he is opposed), but really the bombing of THE MUSIC OF A DISTANT DRUM ? One of two Me 109 Fs which were landed intact on a Russian airfield when their pilots gave themselves up. Will this sort of thing occur rather more frequently at some future date when the Russian winter approaches once more ? \
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