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1942
1942 - 1933.PDF
SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1942 . •0 *'s*^- MMi . .• *-''"i The end of a Ju 87 which fell in " no-man's-land " at El Alamein. The pilot baled out and was captured. War in the Air German Reactions to Bombing : Japanese Advance in Papua The Whirlwind Bomber T HE fine weather with which September has opened has given Bomber Command a chance which has been eagerly taken. Strong forces have raided regularly w jd Duisburg and Frankfurt were the TSfst important places to sutler since the last issue of Flight went to press. The air crews reported that the num ber of searchlight and A,A. guns has been increased wherever they have flown. The crews, of course, do not appreciate this, but it shows that the Germans are being stirred up by the persistent attentions of Bomber Com mand, and feel that they must do something about it. The lights and guns must have come from somewhere (or, alternatively, if they are new pro ducts of the factories, they would have gone somewhere else but for this new policy) and one way or another the efforts of Bomber Command have done something to ease the pressure on the Russians. There are also clear signs that the Nazi party is getting nervous about the moral of the civil population in Germany. They have not yet per mitted any mention of the U.S. Army Air Force conducting raids from Britain. Also they continue to send MM TMKMXtH H»B« SWITCHES OFF^^A photograph taken during a raid by Bostons of a direct hit on the switch^lfouse of Comines power station, the bomb went through the roof c -'ivoMr'
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