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Acroplanes

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

MEDITERRANEAN NEWS

FRANCE

BUDAPEST GERMANY

MAP

U.S.S.R

BATUM (OIL)

PORTUGAL

MADRID

SPAIN

HUNGARY

RUMANIA

BUCHAREST

AOI

GENDA

TOULON

TRIESTE BELGRADE

YUGOSLAVIA

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BULGARIA

RANA

SALONIKA

TURKEY

NAPLES

TURKISH BLOCKADE

ANKARA

ENS

SYRIA \{{French)

GREECE

GIBRALTAR

·BIZERTA

"Dodecanese Is.

BLOCKADE

ALGIERS

ALGERIA

Pantellaria is

OTRANS

TUNISIA

JORDAN

MOROCCO

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MILES.

100 200 300 400 500

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 the likely to gain and what to lose? In the first place her profit will depend on Germany. Tuty is the junior partner of the Axle. But certain propaganda maps which were published at the time of the Afuntch crisis cicarly showed that Italy was to be rewarded with a large Mediterranean sphere of influence, including Southern France, Greece, But Spain, and the whole North African littoral. she was significantly not to be given Yugo-Slavia. Hitter was to keep that as his Mediterranean erit.

More precisely Italy demands Tunisia in North Africa, the district round Nice on the French Riviera, considerable Italian-speaking where there is minority, the controlling voice on the Suez Canal board and Corsica.

To achieve this her participation in the war might be expected to take several forms.

(1) Italy is attacking Southern Franer 'on' land, but more effectively in the air.

(2) From Albaniq she might launch attacks into Yupo-Slavia and sonth-cast into Greece.

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

Molta

TRIPOLI

ALEXANDRIA

· EGYPT

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

On the other hand, Italy fustantly lost: (1) All her sea borne trade with the outside world by the closing of the Mediterranean at Gibral- tar and Suez.

(2) Her Abyssinian Empire,

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

Italy's participation in the war may yet bring Turkey simultaneously in on the Allled side. This would effect the blockade of the Dardanelles against enemy ships and would be a counterweight to any

the Balkans. Italian adventure in

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

ABYS 1000 MILES

STRATEGY

TEST No. 9

1. What were Dritain's chief

Imports from Holland?

2. How close is the Dulch coast,

to the English coast?

3. Which English ports, direct-

ly face the Dutch coast?

4. Name the chlef Dutch naval and air bases which could be used against Britain.

6. Where was the Dutch's last

light in Holland?

Britain is getting these types

of Planes

THE question of what types of planes we are get- hold but for their unquestion- ting from America has to be 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- in the United pursuit planes and only the mission superior fighting qualities of both British men and machines

States.

We have been told that con- tracts for so much have been

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.

the

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

Another firm on

we are

Br list

is

equipped Scout

dive-

Without much fuss in July last year Consolidated, flew the 28-5 across the Atlantic from Botwood, Newfoundland, to Felixstowe in a few minutes over 14% hours. This week, for the first time, appears the name of Boeing, who make huge

bombers "Flying Fortress"

(the latest of which has a wingspan of' 105ft., welgha over 28 tons and has a range a long way over 3,000 miles) and also are famous for the great Pan-American. Clippers, presently has prevented the Allies from signed with such and such com the P40, so that machines we seem to be coming from the Douglas Rying the Atlantic. What

fciently established, but it is doubted being entirely swamped. This panics, but no information has shall be getting from. Curtiss plant out in California, where the buying from Boeing is not yet sul- been given in any official state- will be very new, very fast and Pay-roll has now been expanded to whether we are interested in "Fly-

10,000 employees. There is not much ing Fortresses," inequality in the air is un-

ment on either the numbers or very deadly. They will be all reliable news of the new purchases doubtedly responsible, more than types of planes ordered. metal, one place monoplanes, here, but there is good reason for with fully retractable landing version of the DB7 high-speed attack belleving we are getting on Improved any other factor, for the debacle

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gear and electrically controlled bomber, which has already done Vought-Sikorsky, who moke and in France and it is evident that, with the

But not everything omitted variable pitch propellers which, gently in France, We are said have already sold to the French the force French air

to be buying bombers also from beautifully partially crushed or immobilised from the official statement is an in the Hawk 75, have a 900 h.p. Glenn Martin Company ut Bulli- bomber. And there is North Ameri-

new official secret, and the general Wright Cyclone engine behind more. There is n

un can. They make attack bombers, and French factories no longer direction of the Allied aeroplane them and in the Hawk 81 (ex- the F4, which we are rumoured to be publicised Murtin twin bomber called

fighters and combat trainers, and up. producing planes, inequality buying can be discerned. For port version of P40) employ discussing. What we are said to to now they have supplied us with. must persist for some months to a start, we appear to be buying 1,000 h.p. Allison engines.

Several hundred of the machines In which our new pilots are learning. Curtiss pursuit planes in con-

their job. Allied faith in North There is a fascinating story

well American trainers is fairly siderable numbers. They are

known by the fact that the Royal Upon the Royal Air Force now being made for us in two large, in the electric propellers. Early

Canadian Air Force has now con- tracted with the Montreal plant to devolves the herculean task of closely-guarded and recently ex- this year French air experts at

It is stated in U.S.A. that we have build Harvard trainers under manu- protecting Britain from mass air panded plants at Buffalo, New Buffalo opened their eyes wide

York, at the Canadian border. when they observed 575 miles placed some important orders with facturing rights bought from the raids. It is evident that the The type we started on was the an hour recorded on the instru- Consolidated. They are builders of

North American company.- threat of retallation on Berlin Hawk. 75, which was an export ments as the terminal velocity some and other great German cities version of the type the United of a test dive, and later this year military flying-bents and the 28-5 will not stop the Germans from States Army calls the P86. In other Allied experts watched the raide on London. Hitler has no the Curtiss machines important new machine leap from the compunction about sacrificing improvements have been evolved ground and climb at over a mile and are now being incorporated minute at an angle which, Germans to attain his ends and in the still mysterious model during part of the test, actually 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 to stand on the path to victory about now.

come.

if, by sacrificing them, the goal

can be achieved or even brought We have been given authority within sight of achievement. by the United States Govern- Events of the past week-even ment to buy next to latest type,

can,

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-de

We are apparently buying Lock- clearly indicated that production a monetary war on a total scale. heeds also in considerable numbers of planes and equipment must Like grains of sand, the offer-both the P38 twin-engined Inter-

range reconnalasarice bomber. be speeded up throughout the lugs of every little corner of the ceptor and the B14 Hudson long-

when pooled Empire, and every penny the Empire

The interceptar is a wicked look- Empire can spare must be sent together, build a mountain. Let ing job with two 1,000 hp, engines, to the United States to buy the bur dollars represent the grains tricycle landing gear, split rudder

the jan output of her factorice. Hong of sand which Hongkong will and your sceu of over 400 miles

Itles.

Another pursuit plane in. kong, unhappily, has not the contribute towards that causo; Lockheed 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 an Australia or a South Africa, we contribute the greater will baested is the P39, ur Bell Aircobra, which also is tremendously fast and all of whom can equip their own the total colonial effort to win which has a single Allison enging air forces. But this Colony can the war. Singapore has set the equipped with a heated cabin and

altitudes. join Singapore in giving a load lond. Hongkong follows and, we oxygen apparatus for very high it is stated in USA, that some to all other Colonies throughout hope, will set an example to the the Empire to make our warfarsbther colonies in the Empire.of our most important purchases

and

have already ordered is the 167F at- tack bomber, which is a three-mon manoplane weighing 8% tons.

of the best-known types of

ROBERT WAITHMAN

STRATEGY TEST: Answers

Norwich Yarmouth

Groningen haren

Osnabruch

The Hague Urn Arnhem,

"Rotterdam GERMANY.

ZEELAN Walchererf

Ghent

ntwerp? Brussels

BLACK IN MILEY ---

1. Butter, margarine, checao, Bu-

Far, 2. 00 miles at its nearest point. 8. Yarmouth, Harwich, Chatham. 4. Naval bases: Flashing, Ams

basent terdam, Helder. Alr Amsterdam (Schipol). Rolter-. dam (Waalhaven). The Hague, Flushing, Eelde, Twente and „Eindhoven...

5. In the prea of the Leclarid Islands (shaded black, on the map).

The preservation of the indc- pendence of the Low Countries has been ¤ baste principle of British · strategy for over 300 years. From the Dutch naval and air bascs Hitler could inten- sify his attacks upon Uritialt shipping, harass our communica». tions with France, odd one more ink to the vast-offensive-sesssl= circle he is drawing round the East Coast of Britain.