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APRIL 2QTH, 1943 FLIGHT Advertisements 21 Sub smasher To smash a sub, you first find the sub. That takes a fairly large bomber with a fairly long range, for Cceans are big and subs are small. After you find your sub you go into a power-dive, quick, and drop your bombs. U-boats now crash- dive in just 20 seconds. Ordinarily you can't do much of a. power-dive with a medium bomber —not and stay in one piece. But you can in'a Lockheed Hudson bomber! Lockheed Hudsons hold the official RAF Coastal Command record for having smashed more subs than any other warplane. The reason is simple. The Lockheed Hudson, like the Lockheed Lightning and the Vega Ventura, was designed, engineered and built to provide extra strength and extra dependability. It has been used by the RAF longer than any other American bomber. for protection today, and progress tomorrow, lools. to IFOR XKADERSHIP-MS- Vega Ventura ium-range bomber Lockheed P-38Lightning fighter tacklwed Aircraft Corporation. Vee» Aircraft Corporation, Burbanfc, California. IT. S. A.
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