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The Minesweepers
There is no branch of the ser- vices to which the thoughts of an island people turn with more unxiety and gratitude than to the men who man the little ships. that strive to keep the waters clear for the sea-borne traffic on which our existence depends.
Kipling did justice to the mine- sweepers in the last war in that rousing song that Elgar set to music!
Mines reported in the fairway,
Ware all trafic and detain: Send up Unity, Claribel, Assyrian,
Stormcock and Golden Gain,
It is vital to the safety of Britain that our fishermen should be willing in time of war to bring to the hazardous business of our defence the skill and enduranco that give them'a poor enough return in time of peace, and they have never been found wanting. To-day their task is pursued without ceasing in the face of risks unknown before, for to the rago of winter storms and the menace of mine and torpedo is added the threat of attack from the air
The sailor knows, and the landaman can well guess, what fortitude is needed for the work and what hardship it entails, yet among all the organisations, for lightening the lot of this or that branch of the sorvices nono deals with the crews of the coastal craft that are so often in our minds. At least, the monotony and anxiety of cramped quarters and constant perll can bo lightened by the provision of wireless sota and of facilities for such games as can be played on board.
Goebbels: "What's wrong with Hermann?”
Ribbenflop: "The Fuehrer has just broken it to him that his medals must be melted down for munitions.”
First time up,
in charge of
a bomber
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by J. STUBBS-WALKER
LMOST every day now you hear about those far-away things that the
men of the Royal Air Force are doing. Outlandish -feats.of.courage and endurance In a world about which you probably know little.
There is, in the air, a splash of modern adventure which tinges the exploits of the war pilots with a glamour difficult to find in the müd-drenched fields of France and Germany.
Yet it is more than likely that many of them, twelve months ago, had never flown an aeroplane.
position of the retractable under- carriage, angle of the variable pitch propellers.
Instead of the simple ratchet that controls the throttle, he has a Kantry of arms in the centre of the cockpit-a-miniature-railway-. man's signal-box.
control the pitch of the These propeller, the
the mixture of the fuel. the speed of the engines, and, in some planes, the rows of bomb- racks beneath the plane.
On top of all that, he has con- trols for the wing flags which slow landing, and him down when he is for the wheels which he tucks away nently when he is flying. ના When he is on a bombing or re-
he connaissance
han to aight, DICKINGMACEIO WEWEN
INT me give you
think 11
as well. Apart from the con- trol of his plane he responsible detailed picture of what
for watching for enemy machines. Strapped to his mouth is the oxygen feed that is necessary at heights of more than 15,000 feet. He must remember to turn that on
controls of an aeroplana — a bomber-for the first time.
We are not concerned now with actual bombing-merely the pilot- ing of the machine.
Our learner has been training on the ground for weeks before he nies, and, if his hands and feel lack the necessary delicacy of touch, his brain has at least grasped the elements of flying.
And
these are not so dimcult. The first time that you are taught to fly you are shown just where everything is. In a primary train- ing machine, it is ail
is all surprisingly simple: feet on rudder pedals, right hand holding the Joystick-gently -and the left horring near the control for the throttle.
So
simple-you think-that you cannot go wrong. Untul, after he had explained it all, your instrue- tor tells you to take over the con- trola.
And then you begin really to learn how to fly. ...
N that training pláne in which you make your Arat mistakes
two
large dials show your height and your speed. A smaller dial shows you the number of revolutions being made per minute by the Another registers the engine, engine oil pressure.
Probably, too, there is a pale green tube of glass, slightly curved and with a bubble floating in it. It shows you when the machine is level, laterally,
Compare the simplicity of that cookpit, with the pilot's seat in, a twin-engined machine. controls are very nearly the Hin same-a joy-stick (we call it a con- Chess trol-column
and rudder pedals.
сод But before him is a board con taining the most impressive array of instruments imaginable. Any- thing from 20 to 30 dinis register auch obscure things as engine boost-presaILTC, -oxygen ---supply,
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and keep it at the right pressure, otherwise, and without warning, he is likely to collapse at his con- trols.
If he is bombing. It may be his responsibility to sight the target they are attacking, and either drop the bombs Himselt or give the Instructions to one of his crew,
If he is fighting, he must control his
forward-Bring nwn
guns. alghting them through a ring-sight before his face, and remembering to manoeuvre into every possible position to give his rear gunner a chance to get in bursts of fire whenever possible.
H
Emust dodge_antl aircraft shells, never get lost. look for cloud cover that may shield him from attack, and last of all, in the event of disaster, he must give every member of his crew the. chance to get away before he him- self leaps.
A job for a he-man: much more -job for:
man of real intelligence and cool reasoning.
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A year ago, after he stepped from the simple plane in which he had made his first solo fight, he probably told himself that, though ho had mastered the first step, he would never have the nerve to y one of those vast £20,000-or-more death-carriers,
Bus ho has.
GRIN AND BEAR IT
170
NAVAL CONTROL
By Admiral · Sir R. Bacon
NE of the most important factors in the successful waging of war is the exercise of common sense. Closely allied to this is the necessity for all services and individuals to sub- jordinate both personal and cor- porate considerations to the furtherance of the war.
During my period of command of the Dover Patrol in the Great War the advisability of concentrating all the coastal defences under one single head became indelibly stamped on my mind.
gun.
The situation at Dover so far as coastal defence was concerned be- come almost impossible. The defences were under military con- trol, the gunners hnd had no prac- tical training in the recognition of the
differences between our own and. enemy vessels. The fishermen who manned our trawlers and dritters. were unaccustomed to paying meti- culous attention to written orders, so that it was more by good fortune than anything else that regrettable. Incidents were nvolded: "
QUOTE this old experience to show the evils of divided com- mand. The common-sense solution.
of the Impasse was to put the bat- terles under. my orders; not because I was an Admiral, or wished to grab- units under the command of some olher authority, but because I and. my chief of the staff were the only persons at Dover who possessed ne- curate knowledge as to when an. enemy's vessel might or might not.
also be expected, and the general disposition of our own vessels.
So far as the air service was con- cerned, the whole of the air force at Dover und Dunkirk was under my command, with the result that.
went everything
Vilko clockwork.. The neroplanes and seaplanes work- ed with the monitora when we bom- barded the dockyard at Ostend or the
By Lichty locks at Zeebrugge.
The pilots and their commanding. ofleer came over to Dover when. necessary, and I explained to them exactly what I proposed to do and. what I wished them to do. Conse-- quently there was never, any doubt on their part, nor had the orders to be transmitted through a third party, to the saving of staff work and tho avoidance of possible errors and con-- fusion.
The question of supply, and main--- tenance of the coastal aircraft is a. separate matter. To tamper with existing arrangements might well. In war-time, lead to confusion, but there can be no tactical reason why, as was the case, at Dover, the coastal aircraft should not be under the con- trol of the man who has direct. knowledge of the position and work. of the surface and submarine craft.
N, the present war constal protec- tlon has been complicated by seaplanes Inying parneliute mines.. This intensifies the necessity for a close relationship between the patrol-. ling aircraft and the minesweeping organisation. Lastly, the hour is fast approaching when Germany will. huri a volcanic attack of aeroplanes, seaplanes, mining craft and surface. craft in one Intensive week of ate. tempted destruction and demoralisa- tion of our defences Heaven help. our, coastal defence if it falls be tween the stools of divided control,
tactical: Obviously there can be no or strategical
divorcing reason the coastal aircraft from the naval
do command. If so, why NO? I fear It looks very like the old story of the Emour propre of one portion of our
"I think the old boar is weakening! He used to give me five armed forces being offended and a
seconds to get out---nów he gives me ten!!!
dislike of a command being "cur- talled.