1941-06-26 — Page 41

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 26, 1941.

POLISH PILOT GETS FOUR ON FIRST DAY IN ACTION

A 25-YEAR-OLD NEWCOMER TO A FAM- OUS POLISH SQUADRON OPENED HIS SCORE "IN THE FIRST OFFENSIVE SWEEP ON MONDAY ́ BY SHOOTING · DOWN ONE ME109 AND PROBABLY A SECOND.

BATTLE OF THE NILE DELTA

In a survey of the In the second sweep that day he destroy- African fighting yester- ed three the third one he rammed, cut-day, Colonel Walter Elliot, ting off its tail with the propellor of his Spit-after referring to the in- fire, after all his ammunition had gone.

vasion of Russia, said that in the eastern Medi.. terranean the Nile Delta was being held in strength and the strength of the enemy around it tested while clearing the flanks] to south and east.

He is now in hospital suffering from a cut forehead and a broken collar bone.

His squadron was acting as escort in an attack on a target in northern France. When 50 miles inside

at 14,000 feet a ME109 flew in to attack.

France

Wheeling round he fired five bursts with the cannon, The third burst blew the enemy into tiny pieces.

The Polish pilot was about to take up position in the squadron when he saw a ME100 attack a compatriot. He fired two short bursts at the ME109 which start-

away the

ed a dog fight.

When he turned Pole chased after him. A short burst sent the enemy down in flames, Again the pilot attempted rejoin the squadron over the Channel but was attacked by an- other ME 109,

When the Pale realised he had

run out of ammunition he turn-

NEW NAZI

AND

R.A.F.

FIGHTERS

How great was this work of in clearing our southern flank East Africa was not generally re- cognized.

The campaign now approaching termination had cleared not only a land flank but the sea flank, both of vital importance.

how

To clear the Axis from the Since Spitfires and shores of both the Red Sea and

the Indian

task Ocean, was the to Hurricanes of the R.A.F. which was undertaken and could began shooting down only be undertaken by land forces,

and Is a striking example the specimens of

new armies and nav'es are indispen- mark of Messerschmidt sable to each other's strategy. single-seater fighter On the western flank in ME109F there has been a good deal of speculation about the purpose for which it is designed and its real capabilities.

ed sharply inside the 109 and rammed it, cutting the whole of the tail unit with the airscrew, His windscreen was covered with

oil and a broken fragment from the enemy got him in the face.

Crash Landing

He made for the English coast blinded by the blood which pour- ed from the wound, and landed in a small field.

The aircraft struck a telegraph pole and in the crash he broke a collar bone.

By his success he brought the squadron's score to 151 destroyed since the last day of August, 1940.

British Wireless.

عبيد

Mr. Churchill In Operations Room

ROCKED

the Western Desert a heavy probe was recently undertaken against the enemy forces' positions.

The stalwart campaign which had been and is being carried on at Tobruk is another exam. ple of the Interdependence of land and sca power.

Four obvious differences be- tween the new ME and its pre-

At the present moment the decessors are that it has a more powerful engine, changed arma-northern flank in Syria was being ment, predesigned wings with cleared. rounded wing tips, and a new

It was a hard enough decision to go into Syria, harder

tail 'plane now devoid of brac-still for the Free French. Ing struts.

There are other changes, 100. such as making the tail wheel retractable and giving a general cleaning up to the silhouette,

aim which clearly

greater speed.

at

[SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")

RUMBLING EXPLOSIONS It is obvious these various im- THE FRENCH IN-provements will result in a higher VASION COAST ON TUESDAY ceiling and better performance AS R.A.F. BOMBERS LASHED at height. THE GERMAN CONTINENTAL

WAR MACHINE IN AN OFFEN- Britain's own single-seat Oght- SIVE WATCHED BY MR. WINS-ers, the Hawker Hurricane and TON CHURCHILL BEHIND THE Vickers Spitfire, have undergone

several modifications LINES.

As the sky over France glow-war begar.

ed that Mr. Churchill sat in the

since the

ed red, the Air Ministry reveal- The results have been a great' Fighter Control Room and, with improvement to their

The lesson of this war was that It was a war of quality, quality of and quality of equipment, rather than numbers.

men

The quality of British equip- ment was first rate and the quan- tity was rapid y coming forward. The quality of the men was, ac- cording to all observers, very high-British Wireless.

CHOCS FOR CHILDREN M.P.

Children will hail Mr. Robert Gibson, Labour M.P. for Greenock, as their friend.

He is to ask the Food Ministry

perform-to modify priority group distribu-

ration of a 2d. block of chocolate

the Commander-in-Chief, Fighter ance in speed, height and other tion of chocolate so as to ensure a Command, watched the tide of ways, battle raging many miles away.

In eight days the R.A.F. has downed 112 German 'planes, with

the loss of 26 British, the pilots of five being safe.-International News Service.

BALTIC SHIP ISSUE CROPS UP

and

Interesting Feature!

giving it new wings and a better

Re-engining the ME 109

streamlining may be regarded as the Germans' contribution to the contest of improving existing types.

4

An interesting feature of the new ME is the way the armament is now distributed.

Wing.guns have been dropped and all it has is one cannon-of 15 mm. firing though the air. screw hub, and two small bore machine-guns: mounted on2, the fuselage.

: [SPECIAL TO "CHINA_MAIL"]

Complications are seen in the

·UIS, aid for. Russia, as the Soviet has asked for the release of Baltic. ships tied up in American waters.

This central grouping of the The Soviet has been trying for armament weight may result in months to obtain their release, better power of manoeuvre, never the State Department refusing as strong point in the ME 109. So the U.S. does not recognise the fur the ME: 109F has not been Russian occupation of the Baltic encountered · in force.--British countries. International News Wireless, Service.

TELEPHONES FOR A.R.P SHELTERS

DEFENDS SHELTER

AMORALS

No information has reached As a measure of improvement the Home Office suggesting that in the administration of air raid shelters ar

are being used for im- shelters in Chungking following moral purposes during. All clear the recent suffocation disaster, periods, the Under-Secretary special telephones will be install-stated in the Commons. When ed in shelters to keep all persons Public Morality Council state- theroin informed of the movements were referred to he re- ments of enemy planes in future marited: This matter has been

Central News.

greatly exaggerated.".

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