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RADIO R.A.F. MEN CALL

12.10 p.m.-A Short Service of Inter

ression.

12.30 p.m.-The Band of H.M. Royal Air Force and Stuart · Robertson (Baritone), 1.5.

Royal Air Force March Past (Walford' Davies): We're On Our Way March (Capt. Plunkett-arr. Mac- kenzie)....The Band of H.M. Royal Air Force.

Flying High; Watching The Stars. (both from film "Splintera in the Air"-Lerner, Goodhart & Hoffman) ....Stuart Robertson with Orch. The Lad From London Town-Quick March (Sq, Ldr, R. O'Donnell): The Devil Ma' Cares-Quick Marghi /Beechfield Carver)....The Band of H.M. Royal Air Force Song Of The Buccancer (Morfimer &

FLYING FORTRESS

FINEST BOMBER

‚ (By CAREY LONGMIRE)

PILOTS WHO HAVE TESTED the Royal Air Force's new Boeing flying fortresses, the giant, long- Leonard); A Bowl Of Punch (Mor distance bombers that form the United States's big- Robertson with H. Dawson (Piano) gest contribution to Great Britain's air power thus Sussex By The Sea-March (Ward far, said: "We think this the finest four-motored

bomber there is."

timer & Alan Murray)....Stuart

Higgs). The Band of H.M. Royal. Air Force.

gramme Summary.

Song, Laughter

And

Dance-Waltz

(Aicherer, arr. Hohne): Badner Mad'in ---Walte (Karl Komzak)

1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Pro- Twenty flying fortresses of the Boeing B-17 type 1.02 p.m.--Concert Waltzes & Tangoos, are in Britain after flying the Atlantic in about

seven hours each. The British Ministry of Aircraft' Production put in that particular order mont is ago. It hopes for (one word censored) more fortresses "just as soon as they can be put together," in the words of a ministry representative.

Orchestra Mascotte.

Llorar Y RciTango: · Clasico.

Tango (J. Llossas). Juan Liossas

and his Orchestra.

You WI Never Know (Karl

Ber-

buer); Amphitryon - Waltzes

(Doelie-Borchert-Amberg) chestra Mascotte.

Or

Tol T'Aimer Tango;

Βε J.

Scule Tango (Mario

Laisse-Mol

Aontis)....Mario

Orchestre Argentin.

Melfi

Meill

EL Son

Caresser Waltz ~ (Lanner, ACT,

Bohne)....Orchestra Mascotte.

1,30 p.m.-Reuter & Rugby Press and

Announcementa,

1.45 p.m. Compositions of Debussy.

La Cathedrale Engloutie, Prelude No. 10 Arthur Rubinstein (Piano); Menuet... Pablo Casals ('Cello) D'Artifice...

with

Plano:

Feux

BATTLE FLAGS

CEREMONY

SOLDIERS.

SAILORS

AND

The new ones to be added to Britain's home fleet of four-mat- Stirlings ored heavy bombers. and Halifaxes, will be of a con-- siderably later flying fortress type, the B-172. A second American bomber, the Consolidated Libera- tor, is already (three words cen. sored).

"Bombsight A Marvel”. Whether any flying fortresses Marcel Clampi (Piano); Nult | AIRMEN OF THE FREE FRENCH

well D'Elofles Helene Ludolph (Sup.) FORCES RECENTLY WERE have yet been in action is a

Pilots who talked to with Piano & Organ: L'1ste Joyeuse

PRESENTED WITH BATTLE kept secret. ... Walter Gieseking (Piano):

FLAGS BY ADML. MUSELIER,this correspondent and other news- Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin....

on a visit to this as- Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) with HEAD OF THE FREE FRENCH | paper men

Lo

Pluno; Pagodes (Estampes No. 1) NAVAL AND AIR FORCES, ON sembly station made it plain that

Walter Gieseking (Piano),

BEHALF OF GEN, DE GAULLE. tests showed the Boeing a highly-

efficient bomber.

2.15 p.m.-Close down. 6.00 p.m.Indian Programme, 6.45 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota

tions.

In

Headed by the band of the Irish "That Sperry-bombsight is a Guards, they carried them in a marvel," said one pilot. "We think it is more accurate than 6.47 p.m.The London Piano Accordeon ceremonial march from Welling-

ton barracks, where the presenta- anything else we've ever seen." Band and Elsle Carlis'e (Vonal),

Westminster

for made. to

Equipped by the British Don't Dingle Dangle On The Old Gar. tion was

whereas -nine den Wall (Butler & others); The Cathedral to dedicate them to the seven-man crew, Vamp of Havana (Gilbert & Sunt deliverance of France at a solemn men are sometimes carried by the States, van)....The London Plano AccorHigh Mass in honour of the saint. fortresses in the United deon Band.

The flags were taken to the the 'plane has a range of 2,450 Elele Carlisle. Medley-Intro: Gertie,

Gong: the Girl with the

Home communion rails, where a naval miles at a cruising speed of 220 fixed bayonets was miles an hour. From bases in James, and Don't Spare the Horses; guard with

virtually No: posted over them. There they were England it could fly to No, No. a Thousand Times Dirty Hands, Dirty Face: Little joined by the flags of a group of any sector of the Nazi-held Con- Chan with Big Ideas: Little Man,

veteran French ex-Service mentinent, even as far as Bucharest or You've Had A Busy Day... Elsie

of the 1914-18 war.

Sofia, drop its bombs and return. Carlisle with Orchestra,

These included a flag believed Depending on the distance to be Little Patchy Trousers (Noel &

to be the only one brought to covered, it can carry up to eight Pelos): They Would Wind Him Up

from Paris last (Kalmar, England

June. tons of bombs-enough to raze And He Would Whistle

the flag of the English an entire munitions factory. Pilots Ruby)....The London Plano-Accor- It was

volunteers with the French Army also were enthusiastic Over ita deon Band.

Grandma Said (Magidson-Wrube?) of the last war, borne by Mr. being "highly manoeuvreable:".

The Great Waltz-Selection; Roses In December (from flim "Life of the

Lionel Hart, of the Paris branch

....Eisie Carlisle with Orchestra.

What makes the R.A.F. appre- The White Cliffs of Dover (Leon &

Towers): Log Cabin Lullaby (S. & of the British Legion, who carried ciate the flying fortress so great-

is ly, however,

an exclusively H. Byrne & Schuster)....The Lon it with him in his escape.

Cardinal Hinsley presided at the American device called the turbo don Piano-Accordeon Band,

was celebrated by supercharger. This enables it to 7.17 p.m.-Rawlox and Landauer (Two mass, which

Pianos).

Abbe Godart, the senior chaplain ay 305 miles an hour at 25,000- to the Free French Forces. There foot levels, considerably faster was a pause in the service for a than any other long-range bombe Party"-Jessel): Rosalie (from film brief address in French by the

er at that height. The 'plane also "Rosalie"-Cole Porter),

Bishop of Lamus, Dr. Edward turns in an exceptional perform- 7.80 p.m.-Dance Music.

Fox-Trot--I'll

Smile Myers, who called on the "Free Slow

ance as high as 36,000 feet. Again. Until I Smile At You; Fox- French to emulate St. Joan by

The Street throwing the invader out Troi-Half-Way Down ....Oscar Rabin & his Band, Quick-Step-Memories Of You: Waltz -Confidence Waltz....Victor Silves- ter & his Ballroom Orchestra. Swing Fox-Trot-Adios. Linda....Artle Shaw Orchestra.

Never

Mariquita

& his New

Santa Moon

France.

GRECIAN URN ARMY BADGE

of Height Adds To Safety

Since few fighter planes oper- ate at speeds greater than the Boeing in the sub-stratosphere the R.A.F. is confident that Nazi fight-

success ers will have Little

iri overtaking flying fortresses and shooting them down. (Sentence censored.). Experts agree the air war will be won by the force which can get its 'planes to the highest altitude to fight, some holding that the most deadly air combats will soon take place at THE GRECIAN URN 18 THE between 30,000 and 40,000 feet. LATEST ADDITION TO THE IN- The flying fortresses reached BRITISH Britain completely equipped with 8.29 p.m.-London Relay "Listahing | SIGNIA OF THE

Examination Post",

of Points in ARMY. THIS CLASSICAL seven guns "and with bullets in Daily German Propaganda.

VESSEL HAS BEEN: CHOSEN them," the Air Ministry represen-

Fox-Trot-Fools Rush In (Where An- gels Fear To Tread): Slow Fox-Trat Arm In Arm (Just You And Me) ....Ambrose & his Orchestra.. Tango-Summer Evening In Cruz; Slow. Fox-Trat-The Remembered But You Forget (from Alm "Let's Be Famous")....Max- well Stewart's Ballroom Melody." 8.00 p.m.-London Relay The News. B.15 p.m.-London

mentary.

Relay-War

Cqm-

8.30, p.m.-Programme Summary. AS THE CAP BADGE OF THE tative said. Pilots particularly 8.32 p.m.-Half an Hour with, Johann NEWLY FORMED ARMY liked the de-icers, which, in win-

Strauss.

Grand CATERING CORPS,.P

ter operations, will be invaluable. Waldmeister Overture

Symphony Orchestra; Le Beau

At the same big air station Danube Bleu....Lily Pong. (Sop.) The urn is surmounted by the scores of other American 'planes with Orchestra Tritsch, Tratsch crown and in a border made of of four-motored types were being Polka .... Orchestra, Raymonde: the Garter appears the name of made ready for action by several Morgenblatter (Morning Papers) the unit. The buttons are to carry hundred workers, many women. Vocal Waltz...B.B.C. Wireless the Royal Arms Chorus and Orchestra; The Gipsy Not all the cooks now employ the Glenn Martin Maryland, "the The other American aircraft were Baron-Selection....George Boulan-

ed In the Army will be admitted, Dougles DB-7, the Vought-Sikor ger & his Orchestra...

immediately to the corps since sky Chesapeake dive-bomber, and Its members are to be specialists, the Consolidated Liberator. One 0.02 p.m. Studio Tonight We Fra Ocers of the corps will be ex big workshop has just gone into bant", A Review of New Records,perts in cooking, and, as far as operation for the handling of 0.45-10.00 p.m.-News In French (on possible, will be drawn from

Short Wave only),

9.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and An-

nouncernenta.

Tell Me Again (Gronz): Russian

9,48 p.m. Alfrede and His Orchestra, civilian catering establishments American-built Allison - liquid- The Army School of Cookery cooled motors, such as those used Glosy Sketnh: (A. Ferraris): Seren- at Aldershot is the parent unit of in the American Curtiss Toma- ade In The Night (Kennedy & the corps. A pool of cooks, which hawk fighters now being recely- others) 1 Once Had A Heart, Mar will be replenished from recruits ed here and in the Middle East Karita (Connor & others) News and from qualified cooks who are in quantity, Maj. Carl Brandt, 10.15 nm-Ornfiëntral Interlude.meet all demand for kitchen per tresses to explain their operation.: and News Commentary: enda ma surplus in regimental units, will chief Boeing fest pilot, reached

Britain, with the first flying for

10,00 pm:London Relay The News

The action of three American firma, Boeing, Douglas and Ford, In collaborating on flying fortress Arangi-Lombardí (Soprano);, Phar- production on a mass production oah Baccaloni (Bass); with scale and setting up new plants. Orchestra and Full Chorus of Lain the Southwest for the job was Schla, Milan, Abdur

Siesta (W/Walton) The London sonnel.

Philharmonte Orchestra cond., kiya William Walton, MAMANTERARY MAG 10.20 p.m.-Verdi's "Alda”—ADE TO

Characters and Soloists in order of appearance: Rhadames, in young warrior.Arnold - Lindi. • (Tenor); Ramfis; High Priest....Trancredi Pasero (Bass); Amneris, Pharoah's 11.00, p.m.-London Relay-War Corres- daughlor:,, Maria Capitana (Mezzo-pondents, in Soprano); Alda, Ethiopian, slava.... 111.16 pim-Cloka down,

the finest, gesture for Britain in history, a Ministry of Alrcruft Production spokesman-assorted.