British Triumph In Aerial Photography Needs of War
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NAZI AIRMEN LAY OFF
A few enemy air- craft approached the British coast singly during yesterday, some of which pene- trated into east Kent: Reports received in- "dicate, says an Air communi- Ministry
que, that only two bombs were dropped, causing little damage and no casualties. Reuter.
EMIR NOW HON. AIR COMMODORE
AN EASTERN RULER WHO IS A WARM SUPPORTER OF THE BRITISH CAUSE HAS BEEN APPOINTED HONORARY AIR COMMODORE, IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN THE "LON- DON GAZETTE" LAST NIGHT.
He is the Emir Abdullah of
Trans-Jordan.
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(By Reuter's Air Correspondent)
A MAJOR BRITISH triumph in wartime aerial. photography, by which Germany is successfully spied upon from the sub-stratosphere, was announc ed in London yesterday by a senior officer of the R.A.F. Directorship of Photography.
Furthermore, this authority remarked," we are well ahead of the Germans. I don't just think sc- I know."
Cameras.captured from German The difficulties have been over- reconnaissanco aircraft have con- come by the R.A.F. more skilfully vinced his department that Bri-than by the Luftwaffe.. tain has nothing to learn from German manufacturers, even the producers of the famous Zeiss lenses.
Two of the largest photographic firms in Britain are cooperating with the Alr Ministry in helping the R.A.F. maintain the lead.
Perfection of nerial night pho-` German.cameras are regard- ed as big and.clumsy compared tography is being actively pur- with the neat and compact Bri- sued. The R.A.F. have what they tish units, the lenses are de-consider a first class flash bomb finitely inferior and the results already in use, so that although ebtained not so good..
the release of an American type to Britain is welcome, it should not be considered unique Reuter.
Streets Ahead
It was also stated that the R.A.F. is "streets ahead" of the Luftwaffe in the important matter of mounting these cameras to stand the severe strali of opera- tional flights.
photo-
A new series of war graphs will shortly be released
ITALIAN
DIVISIONS
which will re-emphasise the ad- CUT OFF
vances made.
Photo 'planes have been driven up to 25,000 feet and (Continued from Page 1) over to get pictures of enemy tured territory, for the desert dispositions and bomb damage. yields nothing of all these. This has inʼroduced a multi- tude of new technical problems. To achieve clear definition of tar- gets, complicated by high speed, aircraft must fly to escape inter- ception and, if possible, detection.
Some of Problems
Immediately on the outbreak of war the Emir telegraphed King George announcing his support, loyalty and sympathy. Necessary developments affect- . He is reported in recent in-ed are, inter alia, the size of the terviews as having stated that if camera; length of focus, freezing Trans-Jordania were involved of parts at high altitudes and the Arabs would rise as one man condensation of the obscuring against the invader-Reuter. sight of the lenses.
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Every drop of water and every scrap of food must be carried by the forces on the
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The problems of desert war fare were well illustra cd by the operations undertaken by the Italians when they advanced; into Egypt earlier this year.'
Well equipped. they were able to advance rapidly as far as
Sidi Barrant, but then their ma mentum was absorbed by the sands of the desert..
Official Communique
The operations in the Westerri Desert are successfully continu- ing, states a communique issued by General Headquarters in Cairo yesterday.
Prisoners so far:captured are reported to exceed 4,000 and a number of medlum tanks. In the Gallabat area patrolling activity supported by our artil- lery fire, continues.
Perimeter Camps
The Italian troops in Egypt are occupying an area extending from Sollum to Sidi Barrani, bounded on the north by the sea and ex- tending, from 20 to 25 miles to the south, it was stated in au- horitative military circles in Lon- don yesterday.
they
Inside this. quadrilaterali are holding a number of peri-. meter camps which are strongly defended and fortifled 'and, pro- 'vided with anti-tank and A.A.
guns.
It appears the British forces hitherto have attacked two of these camps, with considerable
success.
British Troops In
It cannot at the moment be said for certain that the Italians have been entirely driven out of these camps but what undoubted- ly is true. is that. the British forces are in them or in at least part of. them.
It is probable that these camps are malḥly occupied by Italian native troops. It is known there are two Li- byan divisions. In the area and presumably these are the divi- bions belog cagaged at the mo- ment..
SECRET DEBATE ON SHIPPING
The House of Commong will: hold a secret debate about ship- ping in the near future. — Reuter
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OXFORD STREET SALES GIRLS BEAT THE BOMBERS,
At a big stores in the Oxford. Street area, the workers' problem of getting homeħat, night has been colved.. Many of them sleep In the vast shelter under the stores, or pt the men's quarters round the corner, or at a hostel. The shelters are air-conditioned, have" running water-and-a First, Ald. room,”. and the occupants can sleep comfortably without being trous bled by the noise of London's unti-aircraft. barrage. Photo shows salesgirls in their shelter. A series of small shelters. are also used, connected by small entrances in the wall, thus in event of bombing they would not be trapped. The Duty Manager can patrol all shelters and can communicate, by 'phone to any of the shelters. (Copyright, Fox);
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