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By JOHN CASHEL
NIXPENCE a day to be
Sembed! Don't laugh.
That really happens.
I have just been talking to Three Men in a Yellow Bont who offer themselves as hu- MAN targets, though, their lives being precious, a sub- stantial slab of protective armour is placed between them and the rain of high ex- plosive.
They are one of many trios of brave men of Britain's Royal Air Force who speed over the coastal ranges round our shores in armoured target motor-boats 30 that our bombers can learn, and per- fect their aim by practising the real thing.
The aimers drop live explo- sives weighing about eleven pounds each, large enough when they find their elusive · mark to dent the three and a half tons of armour prolect- ing the little target boat and to give the three men inside it an-unpicasant-shake-up.
They wear crash-helmets and ear-protectors, and the Armour covers the wheel- house, engine-room and hull of their craft. The rest is packed with
a buoyant material to prevent it from being sunk by a good hit.
THE boat is painted yellow.
-the R.A.F.'s colour to distinguish training aircraft and this colouring also helps to show up the tiny target boats to the bombers as they will have nothing so small to attack in the shape of enemy objectives.
The target boats flash along at 20 knots, turning. zig-zagging, dodging the prac- tice bombers. A hit some- times capsizes them. The three men, good swimmers and specially trained for the job, dive clear, right their bont if it does not automatic- ally right itself, clamber in again, ready for the next fall of bombs.
Nothing extraordinary for them. Just routine heroes!
THEIR captain is a corporal earning 78. 9d. a day. The other two are leading air- craftmen, pay 6s. 8d., or possi- bly one is an aircraftman, pay 48. Gd.
Each receives an extra six- pence a day when at aca. An- other sixpence beyond that when they are bombed, proud to be chosen for the privilege
of earning that last sixpence. They are one section of the little-known sea-arm of the
Come to a typical station. Besides the target boats you see the better-known high- With a crew speed launches. of ten under a master mar- iner, they raee out at 40 knots, rescuing Nazi sirmen' shot or forced down at sea, and although this need is leas often-our wrecked sirmen.
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They are assisted by their smaller sisters, the 13-knot pinnaces, with a crew of five. These are the Fleet's maids- of-all-work.
Look at that onc. It is laying a flare-path so that a flying-boat can see to take off and another to come down. A second pinnace dashes across the harbour carrying stores of water. A third is off to re- cover torpedoes fired by air- craft at practice over the bombing range.
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THERE'S another different
craft a seaplane tender or crushboat. It's speeding towards a plane that has been forced down at practice. Al- ways during practice a crash- bont is standing by ready to give aid in emergency..
And what's that? A fly- ing-boat refueller moving off to the anchorage of half a dozen flying-bonts,
They're just buck from patrol, the Eyes Over the Sea, after keeping ceaseless vigil on all Hitler is doing at the occupied ports from Norway's Bergen to France's Bordeaux, on whatever Nazi ship puts its nose into the North Sea or the Channel. enemy planes that set out to reconnoitre or raid Britain.
on
The flying-boat patrols are our first line of defence. They must be refuelled immediately they come back, ready for in- stant action again. The re-
fucllor is quickly at their side, doing the job.
Something else is there, too. A flat-bottomed steel shell, known as a bomb-scow. The flying-boat, if the hunting has been good, needs a fresh lond of bombs as well as petrol.
They want the bombs, the bomb-scow has them. They are soon hoist aboard. No waiting. The flying-boat is not allowed for one moment to sit "empty."
Sometimes the bombers practise far out at sea. When they do that the R.A.F. has steam-driven
and trawler drifter auxiliaries to retrieve any torpedoes used.
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EVEN these auxiliaries do not exhaust the variety of this diverse Fleet. There are the mooring boats, with an immense task to fulfil. All round the cousts are the moor- ing sites for flying-boats.
Day and night they must be kept in perfect order. Round and round, doing the job, go the mooring boats, supplementing the work of the land mooring stuffs.
Fast dinghies provide com- munication between shore and aircraft at every sea station of Constal Coinmand, which ever has its own floating dock.
Broadly speaking, every high-speed launch that puts to sea on its mission of mercy, every major movement of this motley fleet, is like all coastal flying operations, directed over the wireless and other lines inter communication from the G.H.Q.'s Ops. Room, the Brain-Box of C.C.
And the brain inside the box-Bowhill-docs he Bec much?" answered one of his staff, "Why he lives there!"
Willkie's Boast Of War Aid For Britain
Special to the "Telegraph"
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U.S. Planes To Speed
British Victory
Producers' Great Efforts
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (Reuter)The United States War Department is reported to have planned the production of 12,000 additional bombers, largely with the help of the motor industry.
This programme, estimated to cost $2,000,000,000, is stated by independent sources to cover the 12,000 planes asked for by Britain.
MILITARY MEN OF MOMENT
(BY "REUTER'S" MILITARY CORRESPONDENT)
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It is believed that the War Depart inent proposes the erection of two large factories to assemble the parts manufactured In motor car factories. Whether these will be operated by the Government or by the aircraft or
LONDON, Oct. 31.-General motor car industry is not yel deelded.
Sir Archibald Wavell has receiv- 1,300 Planes A Month
ed a valuable reinforcement in WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (Reuter). the person of Major-General A. -The United States is at present G. Cunningham, who is going to ending Britain between 250 and 300 danes a month, it is estimated, and Kenya to take over command of rith every effort being made to speed troops in East Africn. p production, this figure alould be teadily increased.
He is a brother of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, who commands President Roosevelt's allusion in the Mediterranean Fleet and shares tia speech nt Boston last night to his qualities of tenacity and pluck. Iritain's request for additional planen Recently Major-General Cunningham efers to the scheme broached by has been closely associated with the British purchasing officials to the anti-aircraft defences of Britain and Treasury some weeks ago when they has been a big influence fo
nquired if it would be possible for practical development. He has an the United States to produce 3,000 cngnging personality and will be
popular with
South African lunes a month for Britain.
troops in Kenya. He is also a "live wire."
Two Bottlenecks Investigations have showed that
the
their
He is also a man of Ideas whose
ublic.
Maj. Gen. Fuller. WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 31 (UP)—Mr. Wendell Willkie,
his is hardly feasible and that it the Republican candidate for the Presidency, asserted this even-
Another military figure who has vould require the establishment of
Estimates come to the forefront of late Is Ing that he could gear up production in the United States for nearly 40 new factories. aeroplanes and other munitions to aid Britain, much better than were given for the production of ajor-General Fuller, konwn to his friends as "Boney" when on active about 1,200 planes a month, and U could Mr. Roosevelt.
uarantined," citing the recent renew British order for 12,000 planes, service because of his remarkable He addressed 10,000 people in the lease of a shipment of machine toolsncluding both fighters and bombers, resemblance to Napoleon Bonaparte.
to Russia, the "ally of Germany." centre of the city.
followed. Mr. Wilkie added: "This is no Referring Mr. Roosevelt's speech at
Nobody can say when the output writings have commanded a wide Boston last night, Mr. Wilkie said, way to protect ourselves. As Presit 1.300 planes a month can be "It I
'He considered that the army's am elected President, bur tent I will not help to mechanise the
Red Army so that it can carry out reached since there are two perlotis
namely, in production of machine anks polley which 18 years ago by Brlinin would not even be news tent to mechanise the army of the tools and acro-engines, but informed was unpopular and led to such acid because it would be so insignificant." United States."
American sources express the view controversy that Fuller was branded hat resort may again be made to by the conventional as an extremist. the system of releasing to Britain
Nevertheless in 1023 a permanent lanes,ordered for the American air fank Corps was created, largely an he result of Fuller's efforts, and this' orces.
grew in experience until it was em- odled in the Royal Armoured Corps which now consists of mechanised cavalry tanks.
geared
production of planes will be up that a request for 12,000 planes its purposes. We shall feel well con-bottlenecks in American industry, parle needs were tanks and yet more
Mr. Willkie sale
Third Plan
gald appeasement was Willkie's Accusation
the surest way to war.
Close Election BALTIMORE, Maryland, Oct. 31
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" (Reuter),-An allegation that Presi flying men, the R.A.F's Own dent Roosavalt has been trying to NEW YORK, Oct 31 (UP) The Navy, operated by Air Chief "appease the Totalitarian Powers magazine "News Week," in a poll of Marahal Sir Frederick Bow-was made by Mr. Wendell Willkie in fly outstanding political writers,
his campaign speech here to-day. found 27 forecasting President Roose The new plan will be the fourth hill's Conatal Command.
Mr. Winkle promised to work for velt's re-election, 22 forecasting Mr. warplane building programme in the the "maintenance of peace in the Wendell Willklo's and one undecided. Untied States, Western Hemisphere" but said that All the writers agreed ibnt the The others are (1) 35,000 planes the creation of his brain. He retired he would not stand for a policy of election will be the closest since 1910. for the United States army, already many years before, it matured to appeasement. Ho contended that the In a poll made by New York on mostly contracted; (2) the original devote himself to writing and the Roosevelt administration had bean September 23, a total of 34 writers British programme for 14,000 planes; study of milliary history,
helping those very nations which the predicted that Mr. Roosevelt would (3) the new British order for 12,000 Now once again his audnelous Ideña third term candidate says should be win and 10 were in favour of Wilkie, folanes,
jare creating widespread interest.
Day and night, at the Com-
mand's sen stations around Britain's 4.000 miles of const- line, the Airmon's Fleet naver. stops working.
Fuller was not able to serve with
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