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49» FLIGHT NOVEMBER 5TH, 1942 BEHIND THE LINES Service and Industrial News from the Inside of Axis and Enemy-occupied Countries Italy Jumps THE Fascist Youth Organisation of Italy (Gioventu Ilaliana del Lit- torio G.I.L.), which enlists members up to 20 years of age, is now organising special camps and courses for the train ing of parachutists. Upon completion of a course, members of the organisation are awarded an official badge and are to form the future reserve cadres for Italian paratroops. Mobile Workshops THE Turin newspaper La Statnpa re ports that a special workshop train for the Italian Expeditionary Force has been constructed by the Fiat company. The object of this mobile workshop is to give the maximum of assistance to the Italian forces employed on the Russian Front, particularly the Regia Aeronau- tica. The train consists of 40 railway trucks, and a staff of 65 is attached to it. The Italian source reports further that numerous repairs have been carried out for the Regia operating in the Southern Sector of the Russian Front. Supple menting this by information from Russia about the misadventures of the Italians, one can well imagine that these mobile workshops are working overtime. Hungarian Accident A BUECKER-JUNGMAN, one of the most advertised German training aircraft, piloted by the well-known Hun garian instructor, Kasnadi, went into a spin following a number, of aerobatic manoeuvres and crashed into the Danube. Count Julius Karolyi, Presi dent of the Hungarian Aero Club, and son-in-law of the Regent, who was on board, was killed. Count Katolyi was 36 years of age, and became President of the Hungarian Aero Club after his brother-in-law, Stephen Horthy, was killed while flying with the Hungarian Ait Force last August. Petrol from Peat PEAT, which in past years had only a limited economic significance, is gradually becoming a strategic material. The Russians were the first to realise its dormant possibilities. In 1938 they made a careful study of their peat re sources, estimated to amount to 150,000,000 tons. The Germans have recently established a new company, the Deutsche Torf-Gtsellschaft G.m.b.H. (German Peat Company) with the object of exploiting the peat resources in Eastern Europe. IN THE ROUGH STUFF : AFocke- Wulf Fw 198 flying near the peak of Mt. Elbrus (18,471ft.) in the Caucasian mountains. Weather conditions in this area are particu larly bad in the winter, and emer gency landing grounds scarce. Two versions of the tail-gun position on the Focke-Wulf Fw 198. (Above) A twin machine- gun and (right) a single gun on a different mounting. The Focke-Wulf Fw 198 is the Luftwaffe's general-purpose aircraft, employed on the Russian front on reconnaissance work. It is estimated that 2.4 kg. of peat have the same calorific value as 1 kg. ot coal, and that from 2.3 kg. peat 1 kw/hr. of electric current can be ob tained. Researches have also shown that peat oil contains motor fuel from which high-grade aviation fuel can be pro duced. In addition, other valuable materials, such as Phenol (the basic material for bakelite) Vasenol, etc., can be obtained from peat. In Sweden three plants are already en gaged on the manufacture of peat-coke, and fuels; in Denmark, Spain and Italy- similar development is reported to be taking place. Incidentally, peat-coke is increasingly used as fuel for motor vehicles, since the type of generator necessary is cheaper and simple to manu facture. Air Defence Boss GENERAL FRIEDRICH-HI-ftK SCHAUER, G.O.C. of the Luftgau (Air Zone) XVII (H.Q. at Vienna) has been appointed by the Fuehrer to be President of the Reich Air Defence League. He retains his H.Q. at Vienna, and his successor as G.O.C. of the Luflgau is presumably General der Flieger Bogatsch. The Air Defence League is the official body responsible for all A.R.P. measures in Germany. The anti-aircraft artillery section is under. General Guenther Ruedel, Chief of the Air Defence Department at the German Air Ministry. General Hirschauer, a 59-year-old Rhinelander, served during the last war in the artillery and was later taken ovtr by the newly created Reichswehr. Since the creation of the Luftwaffe he has been senior O.C. flak artillery at Koenigsberg and Dresden, and was later charged with the organisation and the command of Luftgau XVII. German Curiosity THE Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, a leading German periodical, devotes two full pages to pictures of crashed or captured remnants of British and Ameri can aircraft. The Germans are apparently delirious with joy over finally having obtained a Spitfire undercarriage. , an American hollow airscrew and a Wei • lington. Pictures are shown of expert** busy on methodical examinations with ' magnifying glasses, special cameras, etc. The rear gunner's turret of a Welling ton is a special attraction, and it is said, with glee, that "It will be of special in terest to the Luftwaffe engineers." And this after three years of war! " Luftwaffe " Officers TO replenish the cadfts of officers, new regulations governing the appoint ment of candidates for the career of officer have been issued by the German High Command. School leaving certifi cates will not be required The only requirements are devotion to National # Socialist Germany, and its Fuehrer military merit, enthusiasm for a military career, outstanding leadership quality, intelligence, physical fitness and Aryan blood.
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