1940-01-25 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 25, 1940

THRILLING AIR BATTLE: PILOT'S NARRATIVE

London, To-day.

ON RECENT NIGHT FLIGHTS over Germany tem- peratures as low as 52 degrees of frost have been encountered by R.A.F. bomber aircraft and ice has formed in layers on the cock-pit and inside the aircraft.

This extreme cold and the rarefied air at altitudes up to five miles above the earth which are attain- ed by bombers in the course of reconnaissance flights over the heart of Germany are the air- men's two greatest dangers.

SIAMESE ORDER FOR DUKE OF GLOUCESTER

London, To-day. Vice-Admiral Phys Rajawang- san, Thai Minister In London, yesterday handed Major-General the Duke of Gloucester the Or- der of the Royal House of Cha- krl on behalf of King Ananda of Thailand.—Reuter.

VATICAN PROTESTS

Vatican City, To-day. For the third day in succes- sion, the Vatican City Radio has denounced German op- pression of Roman Catho- licism in Poland.

In Germany itself, the announcer said, further attacks were being made on-religion, all religious teaching and schools being abolished.'

"This measure is a flagrant violation of the Vatican's Concordat with the Reich," said the announcer.-Reuter.

CONTRABAND CONTROL

London, To-day. The Ministry of Economic Welfare states there were 35 neutral ships on Tuesday in the three contraband con- trol bases in the United Kingdom, of which 25 had been there five days or less.

During the week the Contraband Committee considered the cargoes of 80 ships which had arrived since January 13, and $3 outstanding car- goes from the previous week.

In 52 cases the entire cargoes were released. Router.

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ONEEN'S & ALHAMBA

For protection against such intense cold, the airman relies almost solely upon warm clothing. It is the usual practice for oxygen inhalation to be- gin at 10,000 feet, the rate of supply | increasing steadily as the aircraft gains

height.

Each member of the crew wears an his oxygen-breathing mask covering nose and mouth and from the mask is suspended a length of flexible tub- ing which is plugged into an oxygen point nearby.

At about 35,000 feet, however, the low pressure of the atmosphere makes breathing even with the aid of the oxygen mask impossible and it then becomes necessary to encase the air- men in air-tight pressure suits sembling a diver's outfit, inside which a predetermined pressure, sufficient to permit of the inhalation of oxygen can be maintained.

BPECIAL PROBLEMB

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Apart from the physiological condi- tlons, high altitude flying also intro- duces special problems relating to the aircraft itself.

At heights approaching the aircraft "ceiling," the attenuated atmosphere provides so little lift for the aero-

plane's wings that, combining with the lower power of engines, the rate of flying may fall to a fraction of the aircraft's ground level velocity. From an aircraft travelling at 200 miles per hour at a height of 20,000 feet, a bomb has be released two miles and a half in advance of the target. More- over, to ensure any degree of accuracy in bombing, the aimer must begin to sight his target some three miles from the point at which he will release the bomb a total of five miles and a half from the target itsalt.

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An account of a recent high altitude aerial combat is contained in the Air Ministry's weekly Newsletter publish- ed yesterday.

Thrilling Story Of Air Combat

"A British fighter pilot was order- ed to pursue a Dornfer bomber sighted over a certain area at a height of "After flying west, his 18,000 feet. log reads: I sighted three anti-aircraft shell bursts at 18,000 feet and later another three bursts. I then sighted a trail of frozen exhaust gas at a con- siderably greater altitude and climbed after it." The British pilot engaged

the Dornier at 24,000 feet. He came up under the enemy's tail and open- ed fire in short bursts. at. 250 yards' range. White smoke burst from the Dornier's starboard engine. The fighter pilot then climbed to 250 feet above the enemy.

-OBVIOUSLY FINISHED "I dived to attack at a right angle," reads' hla -graphic – narrative, { "gave ‚one good bursts and broke away to right and above, I saw, two

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