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g« FLIGHT JULY 271H, 1944 Behind the Lines Luftwaffe Loss LT. EUGEN ZWEIGERT, holder of the Knight's Insignia to the Iron Cross, and one of Luftwaffe's aces, credited with 69 shot down Allied air craft, has been killed on the western front. From Budapest THE Hungarian Government has appointed a special commissioner for the aircraft industry, whose duties are to supervise and facilitate the supply of man-power, transport and raw materials for the aircraft industry. Aircraft Shortage REPORTS from Trondelag confirm Norwegian observations from other parts of the country that the Luftwaffe has at present very few aircraft at its disposal in Norway. Vernes airfield on Trondheimsfjord has only 25 aircraft stationed there. Lade airfield, near Trondheim, has only 10 bombers, and no more than six seaplanes are stationed at Ilsvika, and about 12 at the Hommelvika base. According to reliable reports, about one month ago 30 modern bombers arrived at the Lade airfield, but were sent "away after one week's stay. Service and Industrial News from the Inside of Axis and Enemy' occupied Countries superiority of the enemy," the com mentator adds, '' by the employment of highly trained and veteran flying per sonnel. . . . Names like Priller, Buch- lingen, Wurmheller, Lang, Weissen- burger—all fighter pilots with more than 100 (sic.') aircraft shot down to their credit, in some cases all of them British and U.S. aircraft, bear out the fact that personality holds its own against numbers." Jap Science Luftwaf \ESCRTBIIN the Veterans s in the in- mmentator t\c German the *,fact that st, manoeuvrable y developefl aircraft t least eqiml to the nt U.S. ajd British THE mobilisation of scientific workers is announced tvom Japan. Announcing the new order, the Japanese News Agency said that it takes immediate effect and is designed to bolster the production of aircraft. In view of the heavy losses in aircraft inflicted on them by the Allies, this is understandable. In Retrospect HE who has conquered everything from the East Prussian border up to 10 kilometres from Leningrad ought to be able to march these 10 km. from outside Leningrad to the city itself." '' Nobody will be able to free this city and she will fall into our hands."—(From, the Fuehrer's speech on the putch anni versary, November 8th, 1941, at the Beer Hall, Munich.) WHERE IS THE LUFTWAFFE? A small piece of it is shown here on an airfield in the Kandalakscea area of Northern Finland. Admission GERMAN quarters do not conceal the fact that the tremendous Allied air strength is detrimental to the supplying of the German troops and causes the advancing divisions countless diffi culties," says a provincial paper in Holland. The air superiority of the attackers, the article explains, has meant that only absolute necessities are transported by day. "The German airfields also have to suffer because they are harassed by in tensive and concentrated attacks." Weather Service A FRENCH State Meteorological Ser vice will now take the place of the local networks operated by the Depart mental Meteorological Commissions. In addition to this unification of net SF««n» vices, the Vichy Government has deci to set up a Centre for Higher Studies , 1 Atmospheric Mechanics and Physics. Escape to Freedom A 20-YEARS-OLD Danish aifcraft mechanic Vho had never himself ,flown stole an old German Heinkel from the Kastrup airfield, managed to take off with some difficulty, and set course across the Sound. The Germans dis covered the theft, fired at him, but missed. • Over the Helsingborg area he was fired on by the Swedish A.A., and as he could not signal his intention to land, the air craft was hit and crashed from about 80ft. But the young Dane is hale and sound and has reached his objective. 1 Fokker I FROM neutral sources it is reported that the Germans are using opera tionally the Fokker G.i twin-engined fighter, a pre-war creation of the famous Dutch aircraft builders. The original G.i was designed either for mixed construction or with all-metal wings. The two-seater carried an exten sive armament consisting of two auto matic cannons of 23 mm. and two Mad- sen machine guns of 7.9 mm. operated by the pilot, and a rear 7.9 gun in a rotat- able turret for the observer. The prototype was designed to be powered with two Hispano Suiza 80-02 engines of 750 h.p. maximum power out-' put. Allied Airmen Aided MANY enemy airmen have succeeded in escaping and have returned to Britain and Russia owing to the popula tion's carelessness, complains the Berliner Lokal Anseiger. " LTnharmed airmen's uniforms are easily changed into mufti by tearing off badges and then the men resemble workers, particularly mechanics at work. They have plenty of funds to buy tickets and whatever they need for travelling." After admonishing people to exercise more vigilance on suspicious characters on railway stations, etc., the article then reveals that conscripted workers from " enemy countries readily assist escaping airmen by giving them clothes and food and even their own identity cards.
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