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1942
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3» FLIGHT V' JULY 9TH, 1942 MOBILITY German soldiers emplane in a Ju.52 on the Russian front. The machine is very slow, but still a great deal faster than any form of land transport. lor the tarrying of war supplies to the same extent, it would be unfair to suggest that this essential method of transportation has been entirely neg lected. In the Whitley, the good old Bombay, and the Ensign the R.A.F. has still useful load-carrying machines. Powered with four Armstrong-Sidde ley " Tiger " engines of 850 h.p. each, the Armstrong-Whitworth Ensign has a pay load, plus crew, of 9,000 lb. ; the Armstrong - Whitworth " Whitley," powered with two Rolls-Royce '' Mer lin " engines of 990 h.p. each and when armed has a military load of about 6,000 lb. ; while the Bristol " Bombay," with two Bristol Pegasus engines, has an empty weight of 13,800 lb. and loaded 20,000 lb. (Jun kers Ju 86 weight empty 12,980 lb., loaded 18,040 lb. ; total disposable load 5,060 lb.). The Russians, too, employ a number of obsolete bombers and other aircraft for their air transport. The Russians were not only the first to develop on a substantial scale airborne infantry but have also an efficient organisation for transport of supplies by air. In many instances during the severe fighting, transport aircraft of the Soviet Air Force has brought urgent relief to hard-pressed units. During the Battle of Crimea, for instance, they employed the T.B.3, a cantilever mid-wing monoplane bomber, powered with four M-34 engines of 830 h.p. each. And they have made good use of smaller craft such as the Stal-3 for rapid ambulance work. In fact, a large number of aircraft of the "'Ae^ • fiot'.' State air transport service are being used to carry military supplies. The United States Air Corps has a range of cargo air craft in service, and new types are being currently manu- The De Havilland Flamingo is used by the R.A.F. for communication and transport worker With its two Bristol Perseus engines of 930 h.p. each, it has a speed of 239 m.p.h. and a range of abotff r^ f>o miles. The tjfife was originally a commercial aircraft. y v hz
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