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1943
1943 - 0022.PDF
6 WA R IN TH ENEMY AIR LOSSES TO Dec. 27 „ 28 ., 29 .. 30 ., 31Jan. 1 „ 2 Totals Over Over G.B. Continent 0 0 0 00 00 0 : West, 6,530 0 0 0 02 00 ~i E AIR JAN. 2nd Middle East 1 0 8 0 0 2 Ti Middle East, over 5,148. FLIGHT -1 JANUAKV 7TH, 1943 there was a fight with a formation consisting of ten Stukas escorted by 15 Me logs, in which cur men shot down three of the escort and dispersed the bombers. In neither en- gagement did the Empire lose any machine. The second combat took place right in sight of the forward British troops. Fighting Fortresses COME time ago it was announced ^ that Hampdens were being used in the North Sea and Channel as torpedo droppers. It has now been mentioned that Wellingtons are also used in the same role in the Medi- terranean. In French Africa the Fortresses have again demonstrated their ability to wipe the eyes of their fighter escorts. They made a raid on La Goulette, near Tunis, being escorted by P38 fighters. A large formation of Axis fighters assailed them, and BRISTOL BISLEY : The Blenheim V—known as the Bisley—which has recently been mentioned as being in action as a close support aircraft in North Africa. It is powered by Bristol Mercury engines. the escort did not succeed in keeping it away from the Fortresses. The escort, in fact, only shot down two of the enemy, while the heavy bombers accounted for 19. On the same day enemy bombers with strong fighter escorts attacked Bdne twice on the same day, but each time British Spitfires got at them and shot down four bombers and two fighters. Crete is now one of the main enemy air bases for action against the Allies in Africa, and last Friday night British and American bombers of all categories, light, medium and heavv, made a concentrated attack on BRITISH & U.S. AIR LOSSES TO JAN. 2nd Dec. 27 „ 28 ,. 29 .. 30 .. 31 Jan. 1 ., 2 Totals Over G.B. A'erft.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Over Continent B West, 5,005 bra. 00 0 0 2 0 0 2 F'trs. 0 0 2 0 2 0 -0 4 ; Middle East, Middle East A'crft0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 about 2,004. Mr. A. £. Hagg Joins Airspeed TV/TR. ARTHUR E. HAGG has joined •*•"•*• the board of directors of Air- speed (1934), Ltd., from January ist, 1943, as technical director and director of design. Mr. Hagg is a very well-known figure in British aircraft engineering, and, in- deed, in aeronautical circles far and wide. He headed the design depart- ment of the de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., under Captain de Havilland and Mr. C. C. Walker from 1920, when the company was formed, until 1936, when he founded his own business, the Walton Yacht Works, Ltd., of Shep- perton, of which he has since been the governing director and chief designer; this company is entirely engaged on war work. Later he became aero- nautical consultant to D. Napier & Son, Ltd. Mr. Hagg's connection with the de Havilland organisation goes back to 1915, when he started working with Captain de Havilland at the Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hendon, where, amongst other war types, the DH./j, 9, 9a and 10 were created. He was one of the 50 or so individuals of the original de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., when it was founded at Stag Lane Airdrome, Edgware, in Sep- tember, 1920, following the closing down of the Aircraft Department of "Airco." He took a leading part in the design of practically all the between-war aircraft types turned out by the de Havilland Company. His work has thus been seen in many very successful aircraft and his creative ability came to the fore not- ably in the Comet racer, which won the England-Australia Race in 1934, and the Albatross 13-ton liner. Incidentally, it was the Comet which brought out the need for c.s. airscrews and in February, 1934, Mr: Hagg visited America with Mr. F. T. Hearle, the firm's managing director, as a result of which de Havilland pro- duced their first c.s. airscrew in this country the following year. It will be recalled that in May, 1940, the de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., acquired a controlling interest in the Airspeed Company, whose production during the war years has been concen- trated in the Oxford. Mr. Hagg's appointment to the Airspeed board will, therefore, bring him again into close association with the de Havilland Company, whose principal design achievement so far in this war has been the Mosquito bomber. Heraklion airfield and various other targets in the island. The raid was carried on by daylight on Saturday— the first time that Crete has been raided by day. A,T.A. Benevolent Fund Fourth List of Subscriptions CUBSCRIPTIONS to the Air Trans- ^ port Auxiliary Benevolent Fund continue to flow in. The fourth list of donations is appended. On going to press we understand that the directors of the Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., have decided to contribute ^1,000 to this deserving fund. Cheques should be forwarded to Comdre. Pauline Gower, Sec, A.T.A. Benevolent Fund, White Waltham, near Maidenhead, Berks. Subscriptions already ack- £ s. d. nowledged 3,407 14 7Vickers-Armstrong, Ltd. 500 0 0 Short Bros. (Rochester & Bedford), Ltd 105 0 0 Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd. 100 0 0 S. Smith & Sons (Motor Accessories), Ltd 52 10 0 Heenan and Froude, Ltd. 10 10 0 Essex Aero, Ltd 10 10 0 City of Birmingham Gas Dept. Holiday Fund .. 10 0 0 Cook & Co. (Man- chester) , Ltd 5 5 0 Charles Weston & Co., Ltd 5 5 0 Osram-G.E.C. Lamp Works 3 3 0 £4,209 17 7
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