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Aeroplanes

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HERE is a map of what may possibly be the next big theatre of war-the Mediterranean Sea..

Now that Italy has come into the war with Ger- many what is she likely to gain and what to lose? In the first place her profit will depend on Germany. Italy in the junior partner of the Axis.

But certain propaganda maps which were published at the time of the Munich crisis clearly showed that Italy w to be rewarded with a large Mediterranean sphere of influence, including Southern France, Greece, Spain, and the nhole North African littoral. But she was significantly not to be Yugo-Slavia.

plven Hitler was to keep that as his Mediterranean crit.

More precisely Haiy demands Tunisia in North Africa, the district rounil Nice on the French Riviera, there there

considerable Hallan-speaking minority, the controlling voice on the Suez Canal hoard and Corsica.

To achieve this her participation in the ear might be

• expected to take several forms. (1) Italy is attacking Southern France on land, but more effectively in the air.

(2) From Albania she might launch attacks into Yupo-Slavin and south-cast into Greece.

(3) Through Switzerland she might co-operate with Germany.

ing

(4) From her air and naval bases she is attack- Malta and, from the Dodecanese Islands, the British and French forces in the Middle East and Cyprus.

On the other hand, Italy instantly lost; (1) All her sca borne trade with the outside world by the closing of the Mediterraneau at Gibral- tar and Suez.

(2) Her Abyssinian Empire.

(3) Her North African province of Libya. This well be attacked both by the French from Tunisia and the British from Egypt.

Thia

Italy's participation in the war may pet bring Turkey simultaneously in on the Allied side. world effect the blockade of the Dardanelles against enemy ships and would be a counterweight to any Italian adventure in the Balkans.

The British and French navies are confident that they can deal with any Italian naval threat in spite of the fortified Dodecanese bases, the Island of Pan- tellaria and the possible tise of the Balearics by ency warships. Britain and France 'have between them six naval bases in the Mediterranean; France has Bizerta, Foulon: Britain has Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria and Cyprus.

TABYSSINIAT 1000 MILES

STRATEGY

TEST No. 9

1. What were Britain's chief

Imports from Holland?

2. How close is the Dutch coast

to the English coust?

3. Which English porta direct-

ly face the Dutch coast?

4. Name the chief Butch naval and air bases which could be used against Britain.

6. Where was the Dutch's last

fight in Holland?

Britain is getting these types

Every incident in the swaying fortunes of the war since the German blitzkrieg started in the Lowlands and swept through France has shown the enormous importance of the air arm in modern warfare. The German troops would have been unable to establish and extend their

THE question of what held but for their unquestion- ting from America has to be types of planes we are get- able supremacy in the air. answered without the bene- They have been able to utilise a fit of the official guidance of great force-of-bombers and the Allied Purchasing Com- pursuit planes and only the mission in the United superior fighting qualities of

States. both British men and machines

of Planes

has prevented the Allies from being entirely swamped. This inequality in the air is un. doubtedly responsible, more than any other factor, for the debacle in France and it is evident that, with the French air force partially crushed or immobilised and French factorics no longer producing planes, inequality must persist for some months to

in U.S.A.

"I ask Congress not to take any action which would in any way hamper or delay delivery of Ameri- can planes to those foreign nations who have ordered them or seek their purchase."

In these words-President Roosevelt recently- referred to the Allied purchase of planes. ROBERT WAITHMAN writes about the types of planes we are getting from America.

"

are said to

type they sold us before the war be- gan may have been Improved and reproduced for us since.

Without much fuss in July last yeur Consolidated few the 28-5 across the Atlantic from Bolwood, Newfoundland, to Felixstowe in a few minutes over 14 hours. This week, for the first time, appears the name of Boeing, who make huge "Flying Fortress" bombers (the latest of which has a wingspan of 1051, weighs over 20 toro and has a range a long way over 3,000 miles) and also are famous for the great Pan-American Clippers, prevently

dive

We have been told that con- tracts for so much have been signed with such and such com- the P40, so that machines we seem to be coming from the Douglas flying the Atlantic. What we are panics, but no information has shall be getting from Curtiss plant out in California, where the buying from Boeing is not yet suf- been given in any official state will be very new, very fast and Pay-roll has now been expanded to telently established, but it is doubted ment on either the numbers or very deadly. They will be all rellable news of the new purchases

10.000 employees. There is not much ing Fortresses."

whether we are interested in "Fly types of planes ordered.

metal, one place monoplanes, here, but there is good reason for with fully retractable landing believing we are getting an improved version of the DB7 high-speed attack gear and electrically controlled magnificently in France. We are Bald have already sold to the French the

Another which has already done

firm on our list 蔓越 But not everything omitted variable pitch propellers which, to be buying bombers also from the

Vought-Sikorsky, who make and from the official staternent is an in the Hawk 75, have a 900 h.p. Glenn L. Martin Company at Baltis beautifully equipped Scout direction of the Allied aeroplane them and in the Hawk 81 (ex- the F4, which we are rumoured to be to now they have supplied us with official secret, and the general Wright Cyclone engine behind more. There is

a new and un- bomber. And there is North Ameri- buying can be discerned. For port version of P40) employ discussing What we

publicised Martin twin bomber called Bghters and combat trainers, and up. can. They make attack bombera, a start, we appear to be buying 1.000 h.p. Allison engines. Curtiss pursuit planes in con- siderable numbers. They are There is a fascinating story being made for us in two large, in the electric propellers. Early closely-guarded and recently ex- this year French air experts at panded plants at Buffalo, New Buffalo opened their eyes wide that the York, at the Canadian border when they observed 576 miles placed some important orders with facturing rights bought from

The type we started on was the an hour recorded on the instru- Consolidated. They are builders of North American company. Hawk 75, which was an export ments as the terminal velocity some of the best-known types of version of the type the United of a test dive, and later this year military flying-bonts and the 26-5 States Army calls the P36. In other Allied experts watched the the Curtiss machines important new machine leap from the improvements have been evolved ground and climb at over a mile Germans to attain his ends and in the still mysterious model during part of the test, actually and are now being incorporated minute at an angle which, the lives and limbs of women called P46, which is believed to reached the vertical. and children will not be allowed be emerging from the plant

come.

Upon the Royal Air Force now devolves the herculean task of protecting Britain from mass air raids. It is evident

threat of retaliation on Berlin and other great German cities will not stop the Germans. from raids on London. Hitler has no compunction about sacrificing

to stand on the path to victory about now.

if, by sacrificing them, the goal

can be achieved or even brought

within sight of achievement,

We have been given authority by the United States, Govern-

Evente of the past week-oven ment to buy next to latest type,,

The special virtue of the new propeller is that it enables the diving plane to reach a fantastic speed without over-racing and injuring the engine.

of the past 48 hours-have clearly indicated.that production a monetary war on a total scale. heeds also in considerable numbers We are apparently buying Lock- of planes and equipment must Like grains of sand, the offer-both the P30 twin-engined Inter- be speeded up throughout the ings of every little corner of the ceptor and the B14 Hudson long-

range reconnaissance bomber. Empire, and overy penny the Empiro can, when pooled Empire can spare must be sent together, build a mountain. Let ing jobs with two 1,090 hp. engines, The Interceptor is a wicked look-

to the United States to buy the bur dollars represent the grains tricycle Innding gear, aplit rudder- output of her, factories Hong. of sand which Hongkong will an hour. Of the Hudson bomber and with a speed of over 400 miles | kong, unhappily, has not the contribute towards that cause; Locdiced say we've ordered "quan- resources of an India, a Canada, let us realise, too, that the more which we are understood to be inter- titles." Another pursuit plane in an Australia or a South Africa, we contribute the greater will be ested in the P38, or Bell Alreobrat, all of whom can equip their own the total colonial effort to win which also in tremendously fast and which has a single Allison engine air forces. But this Colony can the war. Singapore has set the equipped with a heated cabin and join Singapore in giving a lead fead. Hongkong follows and, we joxygen apparatus

very high altitudes. to all other Colonies throughout hope, will set an example, to the the Empire to make our warfaro bther colonies in the Empire.

for

It is stated in USA. that some

of our mast Important purchases

have already ordered is the 167F ni

several hundred of the machines in tack bomber, which is a three-man which our new pilots are learning their job. Alfled falls In North onoplane weighing 14 tons, American trainers is fairly well known by the fnet itat the Royal Canadian Air Force has now con-- stated in U.S.A. that we have build Harvard trainers under manu→ tracted with the Montreal plant to

It

ROBERT WAITHMAN

STRATEGY TEST: Answers

Norwich Yarmouth

Helder

Groningen haren

Arnste Dane

Osnabruck

The Lagu Utrecht Arnhem,

Rotterdam,

Chatham

ZEELANDE

Walchera

STAKSE

FRANC Chent Antwerp:

•Brussels

BERMANY

SLALE IN MILIT

ab.

1. Butter, margarine, cheese, su-

The preservation of the Inde- gar,

pendence of the Low Countries 2,00 miles at ila nearest point.

han heen a barle principle of 3. Yarmouth, Harwich, Chatham. 4. Naval bases: Flushing, Ams-

British strategy 'for over 300 terdam, Helder. Alr banca:

years. From the Dutch - naval Amsterdam (Schlpol), Rotter. and air bases Hitler could inten- dam (Waalhaven). The Hague, sify his attacks.. upon British Fishing, Eelde, Twente and shipplug, heran our communica- Eindhovenpattons with France, add one more^/^

Ink to the vast offensive hemi- circle he is drawing round the East Coast of Britain.

6. In the BRCA of the Zeeland Islands (Bladed black on the map).

the