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FEATS OF ENDURANCE, WESTERN PATIENCE AND SKILL BY THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
LONDOŇ, Feb. 15. (BWS)—The difficulties, discomforts and dan- kers which face crews of the Royal Air Force aircraft who have taken serial photographs of · Germany, now being published, `are. revealed in records kept by the personnel engaged in these flights.
Since the outbreak of war R.A.F., other harbours and record land.
reconnaissance - machines have visited key points in all parts of the Reich as well as German is- lands.
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: THE WEATHER Weather plays the foremost part in their difficulties, On a single flight one aircraft encountered first ghtning and then a snow storm. At 20,000 feet ice formed on, the airscrews. ·
A pilot took off his 'glove for a moment to adjust the controls and was frostbitten." Ice formed in masses on the wings of one aircraft at 1,000 feet while on its way to Munich..
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marks all of which will be of grea: value when the times comes for British planes to make their way to their alloted objectives.
ENEMY OPPOSITION
At night enemy opposition to RAF, planes over Germany has, been in some ways ineffective. Their fighter aircraft, for 171- stance, have repeatedly failed, to Intercept our night reconnaissance aircraft. But on occasion fire from
enemy
anti-aircraft. guns working in close eb-operation with many searchlights has forced us take evasive action.
FRONT
Nazi Raiders Driven Back
BITTER COLD WAVE: 28 DEGREES OF FROST
PARIS, .Feb. 15 (Reuter).- Despite shefing by artillery and trench. mortars, Nazi raiders have again bean driven back in dis- order on the Western Front, it was revealed yesterday.
EXCHANGE OF FIRE Exchanges of fire between case- mates on the Rhine have also been reported.
The bitter cold wave still' grips
Western the
Front and
the thermometer has dropped to four degrees above zero Fahrenheit-- 28 degrees of frost
RAID REPULSED
Anti-aircraft gunfire, however, varies in accuracy. The pilot of an aircraft that flew over Berlin
in the region east of the reported that defence organisa-Moselle the German High Com- tion there must have been badly,
mand continues to attempt to rald French posts with the object of capturing prisoners."
The latest attempt has again been repulsed,
Ice completely covered the front windows of the cabin and there was extensive ice formation on the main wings. Ice could be heard coming off the blades of the alr-shaken. screws and striking the sides of Not a shot reached home al- the nose of the aircraft. Con though it was obvious that every tinuous movement of the controls available gun had been brought was advisable to prevent them to bear on the visitor. For the most freezing up.
part the projectiles used in this FROST-BITE
case seemed to be experimental Some members of the crew were Among the familiar ones general in such pala from frost-bife that fly used by the enemy are "flam- they butted their hands on the ing onions" a string of balls of floor and navigation table. It is tire shot into the air in the pre-hurtling down on the post itself.
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in such conditions that RAF. sumed course of the aircraft- in airmen collect information andth hope of setting it on fire. photograph towns, fortress, transport routes and naval and
INCENDIARY SHELLS There are also what a pilot described as "Incendiary shelis." When they explode these shells discharge large red balls of fire that can be seen the whole way up. They eventually disappear
Day reconnaissance is a Very different matter. Though 11, is less handicapped by adverse wet- ther it is exposed to an enemy that can see.
NO DECISION YET: U.S. EMBARGO ON EXPORTS TO JAPAN without bursting
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (Reuter) The Senate Foreign
· Relations, Committee has post- poned formal- consideration of the proposals for an embargo on exports to Japan, but Senator Pittman predicted that the embargo resolution would, " be approved by the Commit- tee at this session.
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LONDON, Feb. 15 Reuter) By a majority of 67 votes, the
ouse of Commons, on Tuesday 16 night, rejected the Labour motion for the nationlisation of inland and coastwise transport.
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It was, supported by carefully planned artillery although the raiders were few and numbered about 50
At the same time trench mor- tars sent their heavy projectiles
But the French artillery had not been idle.
HEAVY BARRAGE French gunners put down, a heavy barrage of shells in front, ant the curtain of fire, coupled with shots from the automatic Arms of the garrison, drove the Nazi raiders back in disorder.
"WAR COMMUNIQUE A Communique issued
today states that an enemy rald failed to the west of the Saar,
A German cargo was captured and taken into a French Dort.
WINTER BLIZZARD SWEEPS N.Y. CITY: WORST SINCE 1938
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (Reuter) -The first blizzard of winter is sweeping New York City. At least fifty were injured in a few hours and traffle was almost paralysed. It was the worst storm since 1938 and pedestrians were forced to cling to lamp-posts and ropes strung across the streets' to prevent being blown over.
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