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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 12, 1941.
»SELF DECEPTION QUALITIES CAUSE OF
FAILURE ITALIAN FORCE
OF AIR
IT IS DOUBTFUL TO-DAY whether Italy could muster 1,000 military aircraft which could lift them- selves off the ground. If this number could be found, they would be outmoded 'planes of Spanish war vintage, useful only where there is no modern air opposition, writes the Rome correspondent of the "Christian Science Monitor." There are no new Italian 'plane models of any military significance.
The so-called picchiatelli, or dive bombers, men- tioned in Rome cominuniques are German Stukas under an Italian name. Neutral observers in Rome have not been able to trace freshly produced machines even of the older types in any quantity. It is probable that the Italian aircraft industry is manufacturing parts for German 'planes.
A pilot receives his military she was Only one type used by brevet m Italy after approximate. the Air Force was designed more ly 100 hours of tying This co-recently than from three to five bares with an average of 250 hours years ago. It was nol
il success in the United States.
and few were used Most of the lups actually were produced more than three years ago. Three years is an aeon in modern mir history.
The Air Force therefore WILS
based 011
conclusionES
HITLER CHOOSES
BAD TIME
It is practically un- known in the military paigns to be conducted history of Egypt for cam-
during the months of May, June and July, and . even August.
A HEAT RECORD WAS SET UP ON SATURDAY IN NORTH AFRICA OF FROM 118 TO 122 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
Though limits are imposed by the heat. the British troops continuing to harass the enemy.
are
During this period everything is done to spare the plane and spot the pitol Gasoline and equipment are more precious than gold Italy, and planes are harder to entirely
A large party of Itabans work- replace than men The pilot's drawn from the Spanish war ex- Tobruk area under the protection K near the permeter of the crosscountry Traning consistsperience These conclusions were of usually of one carefully conducted erroneous. The Italians then had
armoured fighting vehicles FOR 3 PEG RAZORShop in which he simply follows heavy gun opposition in the air
were attacked by British troops lus instructor He has hat perhaps They had no effective anti-aircraft
and Bren-gun carriers. Two night flights, which consisted fire to stop their low flying. The of taking the plane off the field, bombing they did was "area circling round within a carefully bombing" rather than precision restricted area,
and setting jbombing. Strategy in the Spanish down agam.
war was chiefly concerned with This is the reverse of the dog-fighting in which Italian pilote American system, which turns unexeel; whereas to-day, precision Hying and good gunnery are the rule.
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many cross-country hops on his own." The Italian pilot out of school and "ready for service" ha, nome of that night-lying technique which is basir for men bubong “ JJe has, Itle or no expert knowledge of Davigation. He is framed only for Formation flying wheel is dan- Rerous labiess to-day, and is too nearly helpless when by himself. Instead of being experienced, he is green and is expected to gain his experience in battle.
"was in a panic," confessed a young aviator to a friend of mine, "the first time I flew over Malta. It wasn't because of the British planes or the anti-air- craft fire. I was afraid to lose sight of my squadron leader. I had, I should have been unable to find my way back alone!" Improper Training
Immediately after the Span ish war. to-day's Italian Air Force was produced in a Fascist- scaled vacuum. Italian engine ers were convinced they had the best 'planes. Therefore they spent their time trying to keep their secrets from the outside world. They ignored develop- ments elsewhere.
I know of recent cases where. Italian research engineers were labouring on problems long since solved in the United States or Germany, with the results openly published in American and Ger- man trade magazines. These magazines were not subserib-
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Before the Italian armoured vehicles could start their engines their working party had been machine-gunned and numbers kifled, wounded and taken pri- soner.
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The morale of the Italians Abyssinia is greatly affected by the constant strafing and the activ- ity of Patriot forces. Reuter.
ITALIANS OCCUPY SOME ISLANDS
An Italian communique stufes that the Aegean Sea Itaban troops have occupied the isles of Zva. Syphonos, Syria and Micono, thus completing the occupation of the Cyclades Archipelago. Ren- ter.
BUDAPEST TALE FACTORY ACTIVE
nor read in Italy. (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") was unpatriotic and un- Fascist to do SO.
Once Budapest, main distributing cen- again, the Party's rule against tre for German propaganda self-criticism barred the door to abroad, is still putting out reports technical efficiency.
that large numbers of German. The illusion of a good air force troops are arriving in Iraq.-Inter- Improper training showed up was heightened by several exploits | national News Service. fatally when serious air operations which made the Italians quite self- were attempted. Lacking ability assured. Italo Balbo's famous AS navigators, Italian aviators mass flight from Italy to the Unit- were incapable of establishing ac-ed States was executed superbly. curate, methodical reconnaissance But Marshal Balbo took the pick i over the Mediterranean of which of the Air Force. He drilled his they boasted complete air control. men for six solid months for this British convoys were located, too one flight. often by hit-or-miss methods, only to be lost again. This would be ground for dismissal in other air forces.
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JOY-RIDE IN AMBULANCE
at Lambeth Juvenile Court that A fifteen-year-old boy admitted
he took an ambulance from a garrage where he had been em- ployed, drove it round Brixton until it
ran out of petrol, and then went to garages trying to
return.
He was ordered to pay 5s.
Italian aeroplanes captured several world records for height. Pilots were not trained in sur-distance, and weight carrying. But get petrol to face naval strategy, which is cs these were made sential to supporting a sen action."suped up" 'planes. It didn't occur by specially Nor were they taught to recognise ships. This caused one of the more
To anyone to incorporate the les- ironic incidents.
sons learned into the regular Airtred and sent to Egypt In the first bat-
tle of the Ionian Sea, Italian
Force.
turned out to pasture.
to be
Returned By Train!
'planes rushed to the rescue and sight was very poor. Target prac
Meanwhile, the Italian bomb- furlously bombed their own ships.
tice had been far too casual, for They simply didn't re- cognise them. Moreover, they did
Italy couldn't afford to "waste" As for the Italian 'planes which not scrupulously maintain radio Italian aviators found themselves had a hard time of it.
ammunition on practice. When went north to attack London, they communications as they should
The old have done.
held at great heights by the Bri-wooden struts in some They did not hear the fish naval and land anti-aircraft 'planes swelled, sprung the wings of the frantic radio signals sent up by fire, so that they couldn't swoop and fuselage, and splintered under their enraged comrades below.
Happily for the Italians the ground as in the Spanish
down to lay their bombs near the the British, guns. The fabric rotted aviators' alm was satisfactorily they were helpless.
War, in the damp weather and
gave Inaccurate. Nothing was hit.
The bombs way. Motors were not accustomed were scattered far and..wide.
to starting under the protracted.. The British tested this, and in cold.
Pilots, going into battle for the first time, were amazed at their early autumn found the Italian Some of the aviators. admitted own technical incompetence. "Why attacking power 60 feeble that they had returned to Italy on didn't someone tell us?" groaned that they impudently ran the train! one of them after realising how the
They simply couldn't Queen Mary and theret their "planes off the ground. poor his training had been. The new Mauretania through the Perhaps half the 'planes failed to answer is simple: "It isn't good Sicilian Channel right under the return. Fascism to tell. Loyalty is placeri Italian tumbräcks, without dam- Italian aviators are brave, fre- above all other Fascist virtues; one. and it is disloyal to criticise. Of-
quently even necklessly so. They When the Italians finally mat continued to fight against terrific. Acials in Italy are expected to Hurricanes and Spitfires. In odds. But their bravery takes make glowing reports to their] Lybla, it, we, as one of them the form of a dashing, personal superiors saying that under Fas- bluntly said, “sulofdal," cism, all is well.
gallantry, - unsupported by discl "What could I do," he groaned, pline and continuous, hard work. "with my two forward guns Without meaning to be unkind, against the British eight? Or with an expert critic in Rome said: my 400 kilometres an hour against "They all want the glory of soar- the British: 0007" His Flat plane Ing through the air, without any wasn't na. good as the old British of the drudgery of mastering the Gloucesters which had been re- technique of their trade."
„One Type,Of 'Plane Consider the facts relative to the Italian planes. Their designs date from the period of the Span-