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1943 - 1936.PDF
134 FLIGHT AUGUST 5TH, 1943 "United by Air"B RITISH EMPIRE aviation has no stronger advo- cate than Viscount Bennett. Whenever the opportunity occurs he can be counted on to im- press upon his audience the vital necessity of a strong post-war aviation policy. Last week, when speaking 10 the London Association of British Empire Newspapers Overseas, Viscount Bennett again stressed the need for calling immediately a conference of representatives from all parts of the Empire, and for building British civil aircraft now. If we did not do so we might find we had won the war and lost the Empire. Those are strong words, but not too strong. As Lord Bennett said, the partners in the British Empire are divided by land and sea. They can be united by air. We would go farther. We would say that they can only be united by air. "Stewing in Their Own Juice"M R. CHL/RCHILL once said, quite rightly, that he considered it justifiable to deceive the enemy. These words must be borne in mind as one reads his speech in Parliament on July 27th. Allowing for this proviso, the Prime Minister for once seemed to indicate in his speech what the military opera- tions of the United Nations in the Mediterranean would be in the near future. Mr. Churchill threatened Italy with "the maximum avalanche of fire and steel upon all targets of military significance," and then went on to point out to the House of Commons all the dis- advantages which would ensue from a formal invasion CONTENTS The Outlook - - - . - War in the Air - - - - Here and There - The Horten IV Democratic Document - Behind the Lines - Aircraft Characteristics ... Topics of the Day - ... Type-testing the Jumo 21 ID Albacores in Malta - - - - Plywood and Plastics—III - Correspondence - Service Aviation 1 133 135 - 138 139 141 143 144 - .146 147 148 150 155 - 156 of the Italian mainland. He proposed to let the Italians " stew in their own juice " for a while. The prospect before Italy, therefore, is naval blockade, amphibious operations, and, above all, ceaseless bomb- ing of military targets. In this case the bomber givsfc to the United Nations the ability to inflict upon a hos- tile Power, whose will to resist is palpably waning, the maximum degree of pressure. Bombing, though restricted to factories, harbours, communications, and suchlike, brings home the unpleasantness of war most acutely to all within sight and hearing of the raids. Our great object must be to get to grips as soon as possible with the German armies on the mainland of Europe. If we can do that without wasting time by occupying Italy, so much the better. - " Flight " photograph. MITCHELLS OVER BRITAIN : North American B 25s (Mitchells) of the Royal Air Force in formation above the clouds. The Mitchell is the only twin-engined bomber to have taken off from a carrier's deck. Sixteen of them did this on the occasion of the bombing of Tokyo.
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