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1942
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i8o FLIGHT AUGUST 13TH, 1942 BEHIND THE LINES * Service and Industrial News from the Inside of Axis and Enemy-occupied Countries Jap Air Service IT is reported from Tokyo that the Japanese Government has organised an air service between Japan, Java, Sumatra and Borneo. Details of the service are not known, but neutral sources suggest that the service will be employed for the carriage of mail, mili tary personnel and urgent supplies. Patents in Japan A SPECIAL order published in Japan deals with foreign patents. The order provides that Japanese firms are at liberty to exploit enemy patents regis tered in Japan, but in each case must procure a Government licence. A list of enemy patents registered in Japan has bees compiled, and includes, among others, the synthetic rubber of Du Pont, electrical welding of Westinghouse, and different aeronautical patents taken out in Japan by British firms. While the licence fees for other belli gerent countries are paid to some official organisation acting as trustee for the enemy patent holder, no evidence is avail able as to the manner of payment con templated by the Japs for the use of such American and British patents. French Flying Boats THE Potez-SCAN 161 six-engined fly ing boat has recently completed lurther flying tests. As reported previ ously, the aircraft was originally built for the French Government by the S.N.C.A. du Nord at their works at Sar- trouville (formerly the Chentiers Aero- Maritimes de la Seine). The machine is reported to have developed excellent • manoeuvrability, and was airborne in 26 sees. The Potez-SCAN 161 has an empty weight, fully equipped, of •o.dOolt)., and a gross weight of 94,8001b. It is interesting to know that on one of the trial flights the machine was flown with ten occupants, and with a gross weight of 77,ioolb. While the ultimate, employment of the flying boat is not known yet,' the swastika markings on its tail unit are explained as protection against German A.A. units. Another flying boat type is the CAMS 140, produced by the same com pany, a model of which has been recently completed. As reported in Flight July 23rd ("Behind the Lines"), two flying boats, designated Latccoere 631 and powered with six Wright Cyc lone air-cooled twin-row radials of 1,600 lake-off h.p., are being completed. The Breguet Works at Toulouse have been awarded a contract for the produc tion of ten flving boats, presumably for the French Naval Air Service. The air craft ordered are of the type Breguet 730, ;: four-engined patrol bomber flying boat, powered with Gnome-Rhone 14 N engines of about 1,000 h.p. The new version will be designated Breguet 730-02. The same company is aiso reporled to be contemplating the construction of another flying boat of a pross weight of 75 metric tons, with en gines probably mounted in tandem, and fitted with contra-rotating airscrews. Desert Emergency SIMILAR to the rescue squadrons operating over the Channel area, the Luftwaffe is reported to have organised "Desert Emergency Squadrons." An nouncing the formation of these squad rons, the German wireless says that their main purpose is to locate stranded units, forced-landed airmen, and to accord them the usual assistance. Fiat Reports THE Fiat Company is engaged on the development of new liquid-cooled aircraft engines, and new high-perform ance aircraft types. Test flights of the new types are expected to start shortly. A report on the activities of the Italian Fiat Aviation and Armaments Group given by Prof. Vittorio Valetta, the man aging director of the company, points out that, despite longer working hours as compared with 1941, the personnel employed has increased to the present number of 76,000. Particular emphasis is placed in this report on the expansion of plants and the benefits derived by the Italian com pany in their close collaboration with the German industry. It is to be assumed that this collaboration is mainly ex pressed by the production of German- designed power plants. Nervous Hermann A SIGNIFICANT order issued by Goering is in sharp contrast to the efforts of Nazi propaganda to minimise the effect of R.A.F. raids on Germany. It is stated that in view of the shortage of personnel for the A.R.P. and the in capacity of farming estates to cope with fires and damage resulting from R.A.F. raids, special measures of protection are necessary. Detailed instructions are given about the equipment for fire fighting and rigorous enforcement of black-out is urged. The Nazis are particularly ner vous about the danger of R.A.F. rar*r during the beginning of the harvest season, and Goering's order pays special attention to the necessity of organising precautions for farms during that period. Subject to their being mentally and physically fit '' all members of the Ger man community " in country areas are liable for immediate service with the civil defence. Foreign workers and prisoners of war employed on farms are to be used for all A.R.P. duties, but not as spotters. (Top) The Potez-SCAN 161 on its launching cradle ; the barrels beneath the platform are flotation gear. (Centre and bottom) The CAMS 140 which has fixed wing floats beneath its outermost engine nacelles and dihedral tailplane.
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