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1942
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254 FLIGHT SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1942 BEHIND THE LINES Service and Industrial News from the Inside of Axis and Enemy-occupied Countries A Japanese Account A FEW days ago, Vice-Admiral Nomura, of the Japanese Navy, con tributed an informative article to the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. Discuss ing the development of Japanese Naval Forces, the Admiral says: "An even more important task is allotted to the Japanese Naval Air Force. The Naval Air Force must supplement the striking power of the Navy in an tindi visible co operation with the fleet. One may say to-day that there cannot be a sea battle without the support of strong air unit*. This principle applies particularly to the Japanese fleet. The theory of an inde pendent air force can never be put into practice if Japan's geographical position and the resulting strategic requirements are paid due consideration. The Naval Air Force is an integral part of the fleet. " The starting points of the wide-ranged actions of the Japanese Naval Air Force are the aircraft and seaplane carriers and coastal bases from which naval air squad rons operate. The three branches of the Naval Air Force are always closely co operating with the fleet in order to secure the operational sea and air superiority. The endeavours of the Japanese Air Force have concentrated on the thorough training of pilots and the development of the right types of aircraft. During the last twenty years, the Japanese Naval Air Force has lost manv officers and ratings for this purpose. This gave the outside world the impression that Japan's naval aircralt are not much good. Japan has left the world in this belief. In fact, the reason tor the high rate of accidents was that many aircralt tvpos needed still very great improvements. Such mistakes .•ind faults oi the aircraft were discovered bv the constant and unselfish sacrifices of lives of Japanese officers and rat ings. . . ." This is a first statement emanating from a Japanese source fairly frankly pointing out how the lack of technical experience has sent so many Japanese pilots even in peacetime to " the better world." The strategic reasons for the expansion The Fieseler-Storch, a widely used German Co-operation aircraft, is now employed for the transportation of urgent surgical cases. The picture shows the arrange ment of two bunks in tiers. of the Naval Air Force given by the Admiral are, of course, not the real ones; it is well known that Japanese ship building interests considered the Naval Air Force as their monopoly, and it was largely due to the powerful influence of this industry that the Naval Air Arm has gained precedent over other branches of Nippon's Air Forces. Nazi Rubber THE cultivation of a rubber-yielding Caucasian type of dandelion called Kok-saghyz is being continuously ex panded by the Nazis. It is now reported that a new German company, the " Ost- Gesellschaft fur Pflanzenkautschuk " (Eastern Company for Plant Rubber), recently registered in Berlin, is to act as trustee and contractor for the Nazi Government for the establishment of new- plantations in occupied Eastern European districts of Kussia. " 00 " ONE of the most recent types employed by the Japanese Naval Air Force in various engagements in the Pacific War Zone is the Mitsubishi 00 fighter. This is a development of the " Navy o " Fighter, which had a speed of 315 m.p.h., while the new type is credited with 340 m.p.h., and is powered with a Nakajima engine of 1,100 h.p. While detailed specifications are not available, the fighter is known to have i span of 34ft. 4m. and a range of ov<!;; 1,600 miles when fitted with extra tank* The " 00 " appears to be equipped with varying armament; some types have two 20mm. cannons in the wings and two o.jin. machine guns firing through the airscrew disc. Others have an armament composed of four 20mm. cannons. Co-operation THE "00 " FIGHTER : The Mitsubishi 00 Fighter powered with one Nakajima engine of 1,100 h.p. is one of the newest aircraft of the Japanese Naval Air Force. XT7H1TE the underground struggle of V V the French people goes on, the prospects of better dividends prompts some Vichy industrialists to " exploit the market"; thus the French S.A^.de Constructions Aeronautique Morano Saulnier is closely collaborating with "the German Fieseler Werke. Their Puteaux (Seine) plant has been placed at the dis posal of the newly formed '' Fieseler- Paris " Company, and is engaged on the construction of Fieseler aircraft. At present Fieseler "Storch" Army Co operation aircraft are produced in these French works. Another instance of German use of Frepch industrial resources is the "co operation" between the Amiot Company and some Nazi aircraft interests.
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