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1942
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JULY 30TH, 1942 FLIGHT 119 BEHIND THE LINES Service and Industrial News from the Inside of Axis and Enemy-occupied Countries Honours for Dormer CLAUDIUS DORN1ER, founder and managing director of the Dornier Aircraft Works, has been elevated by Hitler's order to the rank of Professor. Ladies for Regia ABOUT 700 women, members of the Fascist Party, have been recruited for service with the Italian Air Force. One hundred of them are reported to be engaged in wireless communications from airfields, while the rest are undergoing training as ground wireless operators. Hispano Suiza AT their works in Bois-Colombes, near Paris, and at Tarbes, in Unoccupied France, this firm has completed the de- Vvpment of a new 12-cylinder liquid- ooied engine, designated 12Z. The new type differs from the 12Y by the doubling of its valves, and its power output is about 1,400 h.p. It is reported, how-. ever, that this will soon be brought up to 1,600 h.p. The development of a 24-cylinder type lemonstrated at the Paris Aircraft Show of 1938 continues under the direction of M. Birkigt. The four 6-cylinder banks in an "H" arrangement and driving two crankshafts are now to be replaced by those of the new 12Z. The new 24 H engine is to have a power output of about 3,000 h.p. A further report suggests that the company is planning the development of a high-performance engine, composed of two tandem arranged 24 H types and developing Cooo h.p. V.G.50 TTHE Vichy Government Aircraft -»• Works at Lyons-Villeurbanne are engaged on the construction of a twin-e'ngine all-metal high-speed aircraft, "V.G.50." The designers are Vernisse and Galtier, who for many years were engaged on the design of wooden air craft. Of particular interest is the power plant arrangement, which is composed -4-i two Hispano Suiza 12Z engines of about 1,500 take-off h.p. and which drive contra-rotating airscrews. One _ An Arado Ar 196 two-seater reconnaissance aircraft on the retracted catapult of a German cruiser The Ar 196 is powered with a Bramo Fafnir 323 air-cooled radial of 830 h.p. It will be remembered that they were employed by the Bismarck during its historic engagement with the Royal Navy. engine is mounted in front of the pilot's cockpit, the other in its rear and below it. The extension shaft of the rear engine passes between the legs of the pilot and contains also the pressure oil lines for the operation of the c.p. air screw. Two prototypes are now in construc tion, one with a conventional, the other with a nose-wheel landing gear. The gross weight of the aircraft is about 16,500 lb., wing loading about 41 lb./sq. ft., and wing. area between 365 sq. ft. and 387 sq. ft. It is reported that the designs for a four-engined Atlantic flying boat have been completed by the same firm. The flying boat is to have engines mounted in tandem. (According to " Interavia " a similar arrangement is to be found on the Heinkel He 177.) The aircraft is iThe Italian Caproni Reggiane 2001 single-seater fighter. It is powered by a Mercedes-Benz DB601N engine of 1,150 h.p. and has a maximum speed of 348 m.p.h. at 22,000- ft. to be fitted with a pressure cabin; its gross weight is to be about 27 metric tons, span about 138ft., and its speed 310 m.p.h. at 29,500ft. Nazi Munition Council PLIGHT, July gth ("Behind the Lines"), reported the formation of a German Munition Council. As men tioned then, this Council is to co-ordinate military and production requirements. In addition to the military members mentioned in our previous report, the following representatives of the industry have been called by Professor A. Speer, Nazi Munition Minister, to serve on the Council: H. Bucher, managing director of the A.E.G.; P. H. Kessler, chairman of the Bergmann Electrical Works and former director %i the Siemens firm, well known for his experience in Japan: P. Pleiger, chairman of the Iron Mining and Smelting Section of the Hermann Goering Works; Dr. E. Poensgen, chairman and managing director of the Vereinigte Stahlwerke (United Steel Works) ; W. Zangen, chairman and managing director of the Mannesmann Tube Works; H. Roehnert, chairman and man. director of the Rheinmetall-Borsig and chairman of the holding company of the H. Goering Works; Dr. A. Voegler, presi dent of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society. The above representatives of the muni tion industry are known as "Leaders of Economy " (Wirtschaftsfuehrer). In addition to this Council, a number of central industrial committees has been formed for the different branches of war production. These committees are composed of engineers and produc tion experts who work in close contact with technical branches of the armed forces and have full authority over the mass production of different war equip ment.
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