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OCTOBER IOTH, 1944 1 ERE AND THERE over this route and for the use of Hel sinki's excellent modern airport at Malmoe, which is at present a Red Air Force base. Russia is expected to give her consent as a matter of course between Allies. ' Invasion "Spotters" Award T EN members of the Royal Observer Corps who served as aircraft identi fiers in merchant ships during the in vasion of France have been mentioned in despatches. For this work the R.O.C. men were temporarily attached to the Royal Navy. Canadian Contribution T HE R.C.A.F. have contributed no less than 100,000 tons to Bomber Command's total of 609,868 tons of bombs dropped in five years of war on Axis-held territory. The group began by* dropping 395 tons during January, [943, and by August, 1944, flad reached • peak of 13,274 tons. Mountain Crash News Appeal A N appeal is made to the people living in mountainous regions of Britain to give information of crashed aircraft to their nearest police station as promptly as possible. Units of the R.A.F. Moun tain Rescue Service are attached to stations in the main danger areas, and rapid notification of the locality of a crash may easily mean the difference between life and death. Landings Without Tears '"FO prevent paratroopers entangling •*• themselves with kit carried when ianding, as happened to the German paratroops, British designers produced ingenious leg-kit-bags and leg-rifle holders fitted with quick-release cords so that the landing is unfettered. When nearing the ground the quick-release is sprung and the kit-bag pays out on a rope so enabling it to be recovered, even ia the dark. FLIGHT Nice Work A U.S. 8th A.F. Liberator squadron has been cited for outstanding per formance of duty in flying 82 consecu tive combat missions without loss of a single aircraft or crew member. Appreciation A N American pilot who was picked up -f* by an R.A.F. Air/Sea Rescue Launch when he had almost lost hope of rescue embraced the captain of the launch, saying, "Gee, I love this guy more than my mother." Truth in Jest A DEVICE developed at Wright Field and known as the "Skyhook" is intended for dropping food, medicine and mail to isolated troops. It is stated to be superior to the parachute for this pur pose, as in ordinary wind it will land almost directly beneath its release point. The Skyhook resembles a lady's hat box with a wing on the side, and is made variously in steel, aluminium and plastic with a capacity of 2| cub. ft. Memorial to U.S. Bomber Crews T HE Norwich Diocesan Gazette announces that applications made at the Norwich Consistory Court include one "to restore the 14th century chapel in the south aisle of Quidenham Church as a memorial to the men of a grotfp of American bombing squadrons who have fallen in this war." The whole scheme has been designed by Mr. Cecil Upcher, except the stained glass for the memorial window, which is by Mr. Reginald Bell, who has done similar work in America. The Last Parade A RECENT passing-out parade at Point Cook, Victoria, Australia, when 44 trainee pilots received their wings, was the iastjjjjaft-fadd^on this famous Austrahajr'sfatjon. Point Cook School was founded in i« by two Royal Flying Corps officers^nd in the first World War 270 piloir were trained there for the Australian Flying Viscount Swinton, the new Minister for Civil Aviation. Corps. By way of contrast, siuce 1940 2,642 pilots have graduated from this school. Cabinet Congratulations A IR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR ARTHUR HARRIS has received the following message from Sir Archibald Sinclair, Secretary of State for Air:— The War Cabinet have instructed me to convey to you and to all concerned their congratulations on the outstand ing success achieved in the recent attack by Bomber Command on the Dortmund-Ems canal. Pressed home with great determination against strong opposition and in difficult weather, it constituted yet another •'major blow against the German war economy, and will add to the disorgan isation which your accurate and well- directed bombing is creating on enemy communications up to the battle area at a critical time. P'HS«W, UIRECT ROUTE: The arrival of President Roosevelt's own " Skymaster " in France aft'-r a nnn «t«n «;»>,• f™~ A_ • On board were Justice J. W. Byrnes, Gen. George C. Marshall, Lt. Gen. T. Ky toj fe„ H A Crate iSTcrf" F. McCarthy. It was the first America-France non-stop run by the U.S. Army Air Transport Command.
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