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1943
1943 - 0423.PDF
FEBRUARY I8TH. TQ43 FLIGHT 167 ENEMY AIR LOSSES TO FEB. 13th. OverOve: G.B Continent Middle East Feb. 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 1 1 0 3 0 00 To.als : West, 6,618 ; Middle E:.st, over 5,217. of all persons not directly engaged on the war work of the ports. It is wel- come news. Heavy raids are bound to cause casualties among the civilian populations oi the places bombed, and it is a grief to us when our very neces- sary operations cause afflictions to French families. The Russian Front T AST week ended with the c jlendid -*-' news that the Russians had cap- tured Rostov and Voroshilovgrad, and other successes may have been obtained by the time these words are in the hands of our readers. We all BRITISH & U.S. AIR Feb. 7.. 8 „ 9, 10 ., n„ 12 ,. 13 Totals Over G.B.A'crft. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wet. Over LOSSES TO FEB. 13th. Continent B'bn. F'tr .7 0 0 0 •4 0 8 19 5 199; 1 0 3 3 1 1 6 15 M ddle Erct,. MiddeEast A'crft.1 2 1 0 0 1 1 6 bout 2,073 BURMESE WAR : Bombs from R.A.F. bombers bursting on the runways of theJapanese occupied airfield at Pokokku. % hope that further large forces of the Germans and their satellites will be cut off and either exterminated or forced to surrender. Reports from the Russian itont have lately given small prominence to the air side of the fighting, but the Russians have declared that in the week which ended on February 13th they had destroyed 243 German air- craft in the air and on the ground, losing 101 machines themselves. That presumably refers to the whole of the enormous front, and does not suggest very intense air fighting on any one sector. The Germans say that round Leningrad the support which Russian aircraft are giving to their tank thrusts is tne outstanding feature ot the battle, and it is also reported that Soviet bombers are attacking the only railway line by which one German army can hope to escape. Everywhere there is talk of the superiority of Russian artillery, which implies obser- vation from the air. Enemy Aircraft Development Henschel Hs 129I N our issue of August 27th, 1942, we published scale drawings and brief particulars of the Henschel Hsi2Q ground attack monoplane. On Decem- ber 3rd we gave a few details of its armament and stated that the speed was 285 m.p.h. This in- formation can now be supplemented by the following facts. The armour- ing of the Hs 129 is very comprehen- sive, the welded steel tube fuse- lage front portion being entirely covered with plates varying in thick- ness from 6 mm. 1o 12 mm. The bullet-proof glass windscreen is 3m. thick and is mounted in a frame of 6 mm. armour! The lower hall of the engine nacelles, the carburettors, oil coolers, etc., arc protected by 5 mm. armour plate. Armament of the Hs 129 comprises five guns. On each side of the fuse- lage there is a 7.9 mm. and above it a 15 mm. gun. The 30 mm. cannon is carried below the fuselage. It may be replaced by bomb carriers. Me 109G-2 A recent version of the Me 109 is the 109G 2, which has a Daimler-Benz 12-cyl. liquid-cooled inverted-V en- gine, said to develop 1,500 h.p. at 16,000ft. The engine is generally similar to the DB601, but presumably the degree of supercharging has been 2 - 450 h.p. ARGUS "NG:N:S General arrangement di awing ofHenschel Hs 129 w th Argus engines. Another version has Gnome Rhone14 M radials. increased. Other sub-types of the 109G have a pressure cabin. Armament of the Me 109G-2 con- sists of one 20 mm. M.G.151 firing through the airscrew boss, and two 7.9 mm. machine guns mounted above the engine. Provision is made for fit- ting in addition one 20 mm. M.G.i5f gun under each wing. Ju 87D-1 Modifications have been introduced on the Junkers Ju 87. The armouring has been considerably increased in the JU87D 1 and now includes complete armouring ol the pilot's seat with 8 mm. plates at the back and 4 mm plates at the sides The rear gunner is protected by an 8 mm. transverse bulkhead and a 5 mm. floor plate. Armament comprises two 7.9 mm. machine guns in the wings and two in the rear cockpit. The installation ol the Junkers Jumo 211 F-i engine has been modified, the shape of the cock- pit cover changed, and certain modifi- cations incorporated in the under- carriage. Readers who have been puzzled by the " knobs " on the under- carriage legs will be inteiested to know that they are sirens which wail during a dive.
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