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1944
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NOVEMBER gra, 1944 WAR N THE AIR German oil, and in the effort to accomplish this they have evidently been instructed to disregard every thing else. In an attack by a large force of Fortresses and Liberators on the synthetic oil plants at Leuna and Merseburg some 400 German fighters went up to attack the bombers, and a great air battle ensued. The Ameri cans had an escort of over 900 Mus tangs and Thunderbolts, and it is claimed that 208 German aircraft were destroyed in the air and on the ground. The Americans lost 41 bombers and 28 fighters, but some of the latter are believed to have landed in friendly territory. Naval Aircraft H\I7HILE everyone admires the use »* which Admiral Mmitz is making of his carriers and their aircraft in the Pacific, it is always interesting to note the performances of British carriers off the coast of Norway. These opera tions provide excellent practice for an arm which must be destined to make its mark in the coming fin^l struggle against Japan. The Admiralty has announced yet another raid against German shipping off Norway, this time in the neigh bourhood of Bodo, where six enemy ships were sunk, among them being a tanker and an aircraft tender. The Fleet Air Arm has recently been strengthened by a new fighter, the Fairey Firefly. The name recalls a beautiful little biplane produced by the Fairey firm in 1929, which was adopted as standard equipment by the Belgian Air Force. The new type is a low-wing monoplane two-seater, GHOST PLANE : A Vickers Warwick, complete with turret-front, dorsal and tail— in the white paint camouflage of Coastal Command. The engines are Pratt and Whitney 2,000 h.p. Double Wasps. driven by a Rolls-Royce Griffon en gine. Machines of this type took part in the latest naval attack on the Tirpitz, engaging enemy aircraft which tried to interfere. Since the first part of this article was written reports have been received from Danes in Sweden which show that our hopes about the house at Aarhus were not in vain. They say that 125 Gestapo men were killed, including the chief of the organisation in Jutland, Herr Schwitzgebl, and 40 more were wounded. It is most gratifying to learn that gallant little Greece is now clear of all German occupation. British troops have entered Salonika, and have found that the Germans had quitted, PIRATES' LAIR : U.S. Navy Corsairs nttfning-up their^dgines on a palm-? airfield. but had done a lot of wrecking in the harbour before they left. The Navy now has parties which are experts at clearing harbours in record time, for they had a lot of experience in Libya. The Balkan Air Force has been look ing for the retreating Germans, but the latter had got a very good start. The transfer of Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory to South- East Asia Command has been promptly followed by a similar transfer of General Sir Oliver Lesse, who is going to command an Army Group in Burma. He will be remembered as the successor to Sir Bernard Montgomery in the command of the 8th Army, which he has led with great skill all the arduous way up to the Gothic Line in Italy. These things foreshadow serious busi ness in Burma before long. Another incident which points in the same direction was the bombing of the Japanese installations in Singapore clocks by Super-Fortresses based in India. It was the longest daylight raid yet undertaken by military air craft. A.T.A. BENEVOLENT FUND T HE total of outside contributions to the above fund up to October 17II1 last was ,£9,971 is. id., and we are happy to record the amounts subscribed since our last list was published in August. Already acknowledged .. £9,892 17 1 Subscriptions by A.T.A. and B.O.A.C. members 4,102 1 6 £i3.994 18 7 Limes Trust Co., Ltd 50 00 I. C. Geddes 10 10 o Miss M. Hoome (Glasgow) 5 50 Miss C. R. Leathart (Mor peth) 5 00 Anonymous 3 00 Major Boycott (The Suffolk Regt.) 2 20 MA. P. Light Metals Control 220 Miss J. M. Smith (Aldershot) 5_o £14,073 2 7 N.
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