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1944
1944 - 1015.PDF
MAY I8TH, 1944 525 Vie s »m the Waw Fronts & I I* t ' '^^jiL^&^hsM^ (3) One more for game. The veteran Lancaster, S for Sugar, which has completed 99 operational flights. Her captains have gained a D.S.O. and two D.F.C.s. She has dropped a million pounds of bombs on enemy targets. (2) Physical jerks on the flight deck of H.M.S. Trumpeter one of the American-built escort carriers. (4) Loading a field gun into a C.G.13A glider. The tare weight iff the CG13A is 8,765 lb. and the payload 8,000 lb. Length 54ft. 2in., span 85ft. 6in. There is accommodation for 30 men. (8) Vultee Vengeance dive bombers, which were built to a British specification, are doing good work on the Burma front. Even for all-metal aircraft the operating conditions on this front are very severe. (7) Some versions of the North American B25 Mitchell carry a fixed, forward-firing armament of one 75 mm. cannon and four .5m. machine guns in the nose and another four .5<n. machine guns in blisters on the fuselage. The Americans refer to the blister guns as "package guns," because they are self-contained units which can be fitted to any aircraft. (5 and 9) U.S. anti-aircraft gunners are trained by shooting at target rockets. These rockets have a velocity of 450 m.p.h. (675ft. per sec.) and are 59 inches ;n length. Against these fast-moving targets the gunners practise with (all A.A. weapons from .5m. to 40 mm. Rockets used for night-firing practice are painted white.
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