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KEEN POLISH EYES
Polish fighter pilots have umum- į ually good eyesight.
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Hun miles "They can see 21 AWBY. one British pilot sand have good eyesight but these Poles are surprising They've called my attention to German interaft long
before I could see them "
A Polish airman explained it in this way.
"We in Polend had very poor radio-telephony poor. compared radio, I mean. with the British Where your pilots are trained to have keen cars as well as keen
eyes, our men had to get used to relying almost entirely on their eyes."
Another explanation is given by a British squadron commander; who had fought often with the Poles.
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Nobody knows who first were dropped
work. The bomb-aimer, for in- gave the nickname of stance, might squint down past the "Mickey Mouse" to electrical distributor which releases the bombs from the racks of R.A.F. bombers. The name goes back four years at least, but its origin is now mystery.
the leading edge of the wing, releas- ing his bombs as the target came* into line with it. It was the best small wonder he could do, and that bombing was a very inaccur-
Pulling his "Mickey Mouse" is
ate business.
Nowadays the bomb-atmer needs. to be a mathematician and a light-
ning calculator. With the aid of a "ready reckoner," known as the Computor, he allows for height, speed and wind direction, atmos- pheric pressure and temperature, his bomb-sight ac- the last and simplest action in a and adjusts series of highly intricate moves cordingly. He must also allow for which fall to the lot of the bomb-the "trail-angle" of the bomb, that In the very earliest days is to say its direction on release, aimer of air bombing. sighting was This depends on its shape and primitive matter; there were no weight. proper instruments and bombs
In peace time practice bombing there is little to distract the bomb- "Poland's atmosphere is much clearer than ours," he says. "You of what they are like. One murky aimer while he makes these cal- can see great distances there, and day, in training, we were sent up culations. In war, he is up against the Polish airmen, in training, to intercept' some Blenheims fly-enemy fire and he has to set his automatically got used to focussing on a given course. There were ing their eyes on points ten and clouds and goodness knows what twenty miles away.
"Their eyes grew accustomed to seeing great distances and I think that in England they are able to see further than we are. There is no doubt that they can often see an enemy when we cannot."
in the sky.
"Suddenly one Pole called over the radio telephone
that he had seen the Blenheims. I couldn't see
bomb sight with the least possi- ble delay. To save time the tar- get maps and photographs are of- ten memorised before the aircraft takes off.
At the moment of bombing it is who gives the a thing but clouds, so I told him the bomb-aimer
The bomb sight to lead on. He led the formation, ; pilot direction. and believe me, it was some time is now set and the run across the Our flight lieutenant who helped | before I spotted the Blenheims; target is made. It is essential that the Poles in their training, and In fact we were in a perfect posi- was posted to their squadron, said:tion for an attack by the time I
can give you a good example had seen them.”.
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His eyes are on the bumb sight and his hand on the Mickey Mouse. "Now"... and round goes the handle.
It is all over in less than half a minute--in considerably less if the anti-aircraft fire is too near.
The release of even the heaviest bombs comes us no more than a faint sensation to the crew-"You feel them go." But, the pilot noti- |ces that the aircraft is considerably lighter on the controls. Hearts too, are lighter as the aircraft turhs away and heads for home.
"KHAKI" POTATO OUSTS THE "PLAIN BOILED"
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Potatoes in their "khaki" jack- ets will replace the "plain boiled" on the tables of many restaurants this winter.
Already catering firms are taking- to heart the advice of the Ministry of Food that potatoes cooked in their jackets provide more nour- ishment and less waste than those peeled before cooking.
The catering manager of one large group
of restaurants said: "The majority of customers have welcomed the new method, of cooking. From our point of view It has resulted in a great saving of labour.".
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