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140 HERE THE] „ R-O.C T yHE KING has approved that members of the Royal Observer Corps shall be eligible for wound stripes and chevrons for war service, states the Air Ministry. They will be of the same pattern as those worn by the Armed Forces. Flying Marines ROYAL MARINE air squadrons to co operate with the Fleet Air Arm have been advocated by Brig. H. T. New man, R.M. '' Marine commando units should be waterborne and airborne," he said. '' The whole arm of the Marines must be trained in amphibious operations." It Did, Too ! A LIBERATOR bomber, on its way across the Channel with a full load of "eggs," went into a spin when the controls iced up, and pushed its A.S.I, round to 350 m.p.h. during a drop of 5,000ft., at the end of which its Cali- fornian pilot managed to regain control and level out. The name of the Liberator was Heaven Can Wait. A Present for Smuts THE British Government is to give to Gen. Smuts what is described by the Rand Daily Mail (quoted by Reuters) as "a giant four-engined Avro" for his personal use. This gift is said to be a token of the Government's esteem and gratitude for his contribution to the Allied war effort. The aircraft is reported to have been especially designed internally and to have cost more than £100,000. An S..A.A.F. aircrew is stated to be now in England ready to fly the aircraft to South Africa. Telling the Worker THE excellent idea of letting the war worker see, by means of a factory exhibition, where the small part he or she makes fits into the general scheme of things seems to be spreading. In Flight of January 27th we men tioned such an exhibition in a Rootes plant in the Midlands. Now another Midland war factory, the Standard Motor Co., Ltd., has organised one in which details of sub-assemblies and major components are displayed, includ ing a sectioned Masquito, a Beaufighter fuselage, and a sectioned Hercules engine. Sir Stafford Cripps, Minister of Air craft Production, opened the Standard FLIGHT FEBB&ARY IOTH, 1944 COMPACT POWER : This assembly line glimpse of a Hawker Typhoon nearinj^, completion gives an admirable idea of the compact installation of the 2,200 Yi.il' Napier Sabre engine. Note the ignition harness and exhaust stacks of the port cylinder banks, and the combined radiator, oil-cooler and air-intake below the header-ring. exhibition for the encouragement of "the man who makes the thing that oils the ring that works the thingummy- jig" Good Show MR. A. S. DRAKEFORD, Australian Air Minister, announced last week that over 18,000 members of the R.A.A.F. are now on active "service in war theatres outside the south-west Pacific. "They are contributing tellingly to the air war in Britain, the Middle East, Burma and India. Where three R.A.A.F. men were on overseas service when Japan declared war, there are now seven," he said. "Since Japan's entry into the war, the R.A.A.F. in the south-west Pacific has flown over 400,000,000 miles in train ing and operations. Allied Air Forces in this theatre have destroyed 2,682 Japanese aircraft, probably destroyed 823, and have damaged 808 Japanese aircraft." R.C.A.F.'s 1943 Mileage THE Rpfai Canadian Air Force over-, seasr during 1943 flew more than |les on operations against anadian bombers dropped 000 tons of bombs on Ger- and Occupied Europe, tons were also dropped on ~ !aly by R.C.A.F. ased on North Africa, drons destroyed more than ircraft, while R.C.A.F. Coastal Command successfully attacked U-boats in the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay. Real " Sky-pilots " ACCORDING to Stockholm's Tidnin- "HE / I2,OOO,(f0O the enemy more than 1 many, Some 3 Sicily ani Wellington Fighter sq 17*0 enemy I\ gen, several Russian parachutists have been arrested in Estonia. They had established theiridentities as pastors and had preached ip several factories with out permission. Unfortunately for them, there is a decree under which religious services may not be held in Estonia without per mission of the German authorities, and this evidently led to their discovery. New Boots for Old THOSE on essential war work, such as civilians employed on airfield con struction, are reminded by the Board of Trade of the special scheme for the repair and reconditioning of knee-length rubber boots of British or Canadian make. Under this scheme they can exchange, without coupons, boots in need of repair for a good-as-new reconditioned pair at a costyOf 14s. 2d. Eirff particulars of the scheme are given on a leaflet obtainable by writing to the Board of Trade, Raleigh House, Dolphin Square, London, S.W.i. Stratanalogy WHERE definition fails, exemplifica tion sometimes picturesquely suc ceeds, as the following anecdote, retailed, by Dennis May, testifies:-— Two Doughboy hitch-hikers, eng in their host's Daily Telegraph, taking the war news apart to see 4 it added up to. "I see where it says W|/eVrd6dium Tartic|d £*fc Forewarned eLAjteM>attle ^ea and orce liberator^ went for ectives pear Miplan. Say, ey get all this/stuff about way I figure it^krffiirfeS^omB|ng-—call it all the fancj^narrifcs^you like and it's still only got ond poipose—to sock Jerry in the teeth. Whaddy say, Red ? " Red drew deep at a Chesterfield and pondered uffishly before replying. "Sure bombing's only for socking Jerry in the teeth, Bud, but theyis ways and ways Of doin' it. This Tac tical Air Force, now—over she goes and slaps the dentures clean out of Kesselring's boys in the front line. That"% tactics. Then what? Why, bombe: out attac Strategic industrial where ' Tactical
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