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·THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 14, 1941

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AMERICAN "FLYING FORTRESSES" are in successful operation in Royal Air Force raids over Germany, Major Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Corps, made known in Washington. He discussed advances in Army aviation in a speech before the Women's National Democratic Club.

General Arnold described the accomplishments of American 'planes, going far beyond the usually terse announcements issued by the War and Navy Departments. He said that Lockheed and Martin bombers were in regular British service and that the deadly Airacobra fighter was in production.

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"To-day the Air Corps Is rapidly getting ready for trial by battle," he said. "To-morrow it will be better prepared. And a year from to-day, a year from to-morrow, it will be even better prepared."

He went on:

"I can tell you that one of the world's fastest pursuit acro-

planes, the Airacobra, is now in. production in the United States. This remarkable aeroplane is worthy of its name. It is armed not only with machine-guns, but with cannon as well. To facilitate

these guns and But for a broken-down

operating

pro- vide better visibility for the pilot. machine, Mr. William the engine is located in back of

Hawes, English manager of a Lofoten Island oil plant, would still be in a Nazi prison camp in Nor-

way.

He was released to make the repairs, played ca' canny with the job, and was still at the factory when British troops raided the island and rescued him.

Now he has rejoined his wife she has been in Leeds, where staying with her youngest sister, never expecting to see her hus- band again until after the war.

"I had been in the prison camp "Then for four months," he said. the machine broke down, and as the Germans had no skilled men they released me on parole. "I took as much time as could over the repairs.

On Our Side

the pilot.

"We expect great things of the Airacobra in 's final form with armour plate and Its leak- proof tanks.

Enemy's Problem

Difficult

able to

HORSE WAR HERO IS DEAD

A famous war-horse that fearlessly faced shot and shell throughout the "last war and became known as "the horse the Germans couldn't kill," has been painlessly destroyed at Motti- stone Manor, Isle of Wight, at the age of thirty-two.

He was Lord Motti- stone's old horse, War- rior, which he and Sir John French used to ride during, the 1914- 18 campaign.

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engine, and with half the rudder gone,| an R.A.F. bomber came safely home from Ger-

"In this day and age our fight- ing planes with their keen, alert many after a collision with pilots must be

climb la Messerschmidt night rapidly into the air, far above fighter.

the radio and

hostile bombers. They must be able to manoeuvre warily and

The Messerschmidt hit have the speed to place them- engine, broke the selves where they can blow their wounded one of the crew in the adversary's 'plane into a sand pieces. That our Airacobra can do.

thou-

shoulder.

Then he attacked too boldly "Our B-17's, the famous Fly the tip of his wing smashed into ing Fortresses, have already won rudder came away, but the enemy the bomber's rudder. Half the their spurs by accomplishing very difficult missions over Ger- dived steeply away, apparently to

certain destruction. many. They can carry loads far

I and fast at altitudes that give hostile fighting 'planes a difficult problem when interception is at- tempted.

"Lockheeds daily carry out "The vast majority of Nor-patrols over the North Sea from wegians are wholeheartedly on our side, They hate the Germans, and they hate their own traitors of the Quisling movement even

more.

"You even find fish bones in the bread. That is made from fish meal, too, and has a distinctive flavour of herring.

Arctic Norway, over Denmark to Holland and Belgium. Martins are working daily over the Mediter- rancan. That should give an ans- wer to our critics who claim our 'planes cannot be used and are not being used in combat

overseas.

"We know we face a hard task in getting the number and kind of planes we must have, but we are not concerned over the ulti-

"I suppose It was like a light car colliding with a steam rol- ler," one of our crew Bald.

Got Rid Of Bomb

The bomber could not be got above 700ft. At the Dutch coast it was down to 500ft.

Then the crew discovered a heavy bomb still underneath, Anti-aircraft had disorganised the release apparatus,

To get at the bomb and jetti- son it they had to hack away part

of the fuselage. As soon as the

to 1,000ft. So they came home.

“GREAT DICTATOR”

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"The Norweglans refused to associate with the Nazis, even mate ability of American in- bomb was clear the pilot got up though they knew that Gestapo genuity and American determina- agents were watching every tion and American energy to move and that they might be surmount either the quantity or thrown into prison at any time. the quality problem." "German officers paid weekly General Arnold conceded that visits apparently to see that the the defence problem was a seri... morale of the rank and file of the ous one and said that more time

to bring plans to Damages of £1,250,000 are army had not been affected by, was needed the cold shoulders of the islanders. completion. But he emphasised claimed from Charles Chaplin by

that the air corps, when called Konrad Bercovici, who "The men in the factory were told that any act of sabotage or, upon to fight, would be the equal that he submitted the idea and other resistance would mean

of any foreign

plot for the an of that

power, the original immediate firing squad.

'plane for 'plane, man for man." "The Great Dictator." "Things had become worse during the past few weeks. There are no boots or shoes for sale in the market town of the island.

"One Norwegian called his dog after the Nazi gauleiter-and kept bringing it to heel. He went to prison.

"Everybody in Norway writs confidently for the day of de- liverance."

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Three weeks after she had kissed her fiance- goodnight as the sirens sounded, Emmy Gould, of

NEW VANSITTART Deptford, S.E.1, discovered that he was a hero.

ATTACK BY M.P.

ANOTHER ATTACK ON SIR ROBERT VANSITTART WAS MET BY A SPIRITED DEFENCE IN THE HOUSENGE

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"I was O.K.," was all the Another bomb fell less than young man, William Carlier, who six yards away burying six A.R.P. lives in Evelyn Street, Deptford, men, said next night..

But on his way home Bill had been doing quite a lot

Shortly after he had left Emmy, Bill had seen a fire raging at a wood wharf. As he ran to the scene a bomb exploded a short distance away.

But he went on to and a hug visual band and wife trapped in the James licking over the

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and shouted ito: žlay the hose) on

"I got the man and woman out,” said Bill, “and then help- ed to drag some of the A.R.P. men out, but the smoke and the blow on the leg 1-received when a girder. · fell had made. me dizzy and they tooki^ima. home in a carav BIL

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