1941-08-20 — Page 29

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 20, 1941.

KEY MAN IN AIR CREWS

The advent of the giant four- engine bombers and new type fly- ing boats, with their range thousands of miles, has immense→

of

of that key man of an air crew- the Air Observer.

U.S. WAR WITH JAPAN INEVITABLE SAYS

MR. HALLETT ABEND

"WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES

ly increased the responsibilities AND JAPAN IS JUST AS INEVITABLE AS WAS WAR BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND GER- As navigator of the "ship" the Air Observer shares equally with MANY, AND FOR THE SAME REASON: IT IS the pilot the job of getting the bomber or reconnaissance aircraft IMPOSSIBLE INDEFINITELY TO MAINTAIN out and home again. Like the pilot on the bridge of a giant liner GOOD RELATIONS WITH A BAD NEIGH-

BOUR."

coming through dangerous and tricky waters, when he is navigat- Ing, the whole ship's company

are in his charge.

Full use of the great range of ing such types as the Catalina ing a non-stop flight of twenty

the R.A.F.'s new aircraft, includ-

which trailed the Bismarck dur-

hours. demands navigational qualities of a high order. On all

This is the prophecy made in a widely publicised article by Mr. Hallett Abend, for- mer Far East correspondent of the "New York Times,” which appeared on August 3 in the magazine “’Look."

for

BEST AGAINST BOMBS