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1944 - 0170.PDF
WAR IN THE AIR gress of the Allies. Of course he knew all about the winter weather in the Apennines, and also about the use of the engines of war available in his day, and his shade must be pondering the use of aircraft in Italy to-day. Pro bably he admires the way in which the Germans are reserving theirs for use against the great invasion from the north-west, leaving the hills and the weather to protect the German ground troops from the light bombers and fighter-bombers of the Allies. Equally admirable is the way in which the Allies use their air strength to cut the rear communications of the enemy. Last week our heavy bombers, flying with escorts, attacked railway com munications at Pisa and a number of other places, and for a time cut all railway connections between Rome and the north of Italy. The Germans are unlikely to inter fere seriously with escorted bombers as that would risk the loss of their pre cious fighters. They mean to delay the Allies in Italy as long as they can, but not to weaken their air defences in a holding campaign. Threat to Rabaul '"THE Chief of Staff of the South -*- Pacific Command, Rear-Admiral R. Carnley, has made a statement to ^tiieJEtasjnwhich he did not attempt ^-^TO^isguisetSeSmmediate intentions of lacArthun In fact, he said that d. in New Britain and Kavieng in 4W Ireland were the next obvious '• joints of Japa/ese strength, and that _ the Allies wen/aiming at their elimina tion. S«^Jvtfch, of course, must be FLIGHT WORM'S-EYE VIEW OF A CAT : An unusual shot of a Hellcat as it takes off from one of the U.S. carriers in the Pacific. A long-range tank is being carried. obvious to the enemy. The Admiral, however, mixed his outspokenness with a little intriguing mystery, saying that the Allies' method of putting those two places out of business would be some thing the enemy least expected, and would not be in accordance with any familiar pattern. That riddle will give the Japanese High Command some thing to puzzle over. In any case, the enemy must know that those two bases cannot serve him much longer, for Rabaul is now subject to round-the- clock bombardment from the air, including mast-height attacks shipping and installations. The Admiral also said that under continuous air cover three airfields had been constructed at Empress Augusta Bay in Bougainville. The Japanese had abandoned all attempts to use their airfields on Bougainville and Buka, and only a few floatplanes were working from that area. By means of air and sea power the Ameri cans controlled the sea well to the north of Buka island, and the enemy had been obliged to resort to barge traffic by night for the supply and evacuation of his troops there. It sounds as if some aircraft equipped with the Leigh light would be useful to.the Americans, to enable them to see targets by night. Germans present winter has Chilly TpHOUGH the •*• been unusually mild in Russia, there must be many German soldiers fighting there who are not hardened to even the prevailing degree of cold. No doubt the German forces are now BEAUFIGHTER BOMBER : An attack by Bristol Beaufighters on two enemy flak ships in the Dodecanese. Two bombs can be seen leaving the wine racks of one of the attacking aircraft.
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