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1942 - 1681.PDF
AUGUST 13TH, 1942 FLIGHT 167 • ENEMY k" 0 July 26 . 27 . 26 , 29 , 30 31 ! Aug. 1 .. 2 ., 3 4 ., 5 6 7 „ 8 Totals : AIR LOSSES TO Over ver G.B. Continent 0 I 9 10 8 1 1 4 1 6 0 0 | 0 — 42 West 6,159; 9 1 2 3 9 15 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 — 44 Middle AUGUST 8th. Middle East. 1 18 6 2 1 6 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 3 _ 43 East, over 4,403. the Herrenvolk. His latest trick is to drop phosphorous bombs. F.W. 190 fighters have been seen carrying large bombs. None the less, these little raids of his have been by no means devoid of danger and loss, as the table %k»vpn in this page shows. One ' \jpght six raiders were destroyed out of about 30 which came over. British night fighters grow more and more experienced and deadly as time goes on, and the German losses in these nuisance raids are out of all proportion to the profit they bring to the German war effort. There have been many air combats lately over the Bay of Biscay, where Coastal Command has been carrying on its campaign against the U-boats. Sunderlands, Beaufighters and Whit- Seys have all been engaged, and have shot down a number of floatplanes and other enemy aircraft there. One does not often hear of Whitleys being in action nowadays, but those still in the possession of Coastal Command can still fly and can still shoot straight, in addition to carrying as many bombs as ever. The Middle and Far East 'THE lull in the Battle of Egvpt •~ lasted for an unexpectedly long time, and presumably both sides are WAR IN THE AIR amassing reinforcements. Two points deserve special notice, namely, the consistently good work done by naval aircraft along the enemy's coast line and against his convoys, and the arrival of Halifax bombers to strengthen the hitting power of General Auchinleck and Air Marshal Tedder against Tobruk and the ether ports in Axis hands. The lighter bombs used hitherto have not done enough damage to the port facilities in those places. We know from our own experience during the great blitz on Great Britain that it takes a lot of bombing to put a port out of action. Hitting the Japanese ""THE Americans have launched two -*- naval and air attacks -on the Japanese in the Pacific, one on the Aleutian Islands, which the enemy has occupied, and the "other against the Japanese positions in the Solomon - Islands. Australian air forces are taking part in the latter. The main attack was preceded by methodical heavy bombing raids on airfields in adjacent islands so as to prevent aircraft from them interfering in the main action or creating diversions. It is clear that the plans for these operations were drawn up.some time ago, but the secret was well kept. At the moment of writing no details of the fortunes of the battles have been published, BRITISH AIR LOSSES TO AUGUST 8th. July 26 .. 27 . 28 29 ., 30 , 31 Aug. 1 ,. 2 , 3 4 „ 5 ., 6 7 ., 8 Totals ; Over G.B. A'crft. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 — West, Over Continent B'brs. F-'trs. 29 3 2 0 33 3 9 3 0 13 30 9 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 — —— I.I 35 — _ Middle East A'crft. 3 2 5 6 3 9 0 6 5 0 3 ' 2 5 5 _— 54 (13 pilots Lafe) 4,356 ; Midd e East, about 1 554 but it is very heartening to know that the United Nations are at last really on the offensive. Many Adventures TN China the American Army bomber* •*- and fighters have been very active, and not long ago some of them made a surprise raid on the harbour of Hong Kong, where they damaged some Japanese shipping. The American contingent in India has devoted much effort to denying to the Japanese unrestricted use of the air field at Myitkyina. The lighter bombers of the R.A.F. in India have mostly bombed Akyab. An admirable feat has been per formed by an American shipyard on the east, coast of the States by launch ing the carrier Essex 15 monUfa^uter the keel had been laid down. Very • good work! A ICE PACK PATROL. The floating ice menace is a far older enemy of shipping than the U-boat and one of the most wearisome jobs of Coastal Command is the ice pack patrol over Northern Waters. It is work which calls for super-skill in navigation and piloting because the location, drift and direction of ice packs must be accurate ly ascertained. (Left) Drifting ice packs as seen from a Coastal Com mand Hudson. (Above) Air crews reporting to the Intelligence .Officer after a patrol. \
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