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BRITAIN'S FIST -Bomber Command

By Air Commodore

P. F. M. FELLOWES, D.S.O.

three main Com- are situated they may be detail- decisions that have to be made. It is also vital that plans for

The Bomber Command's air phone."

craft set out sometimes for

THE

the night should never be dis mands of the Metro-od to attack any objective but nightly.

to diffuse our bombing aircraft

cussed, particularly on the tele- politan Air Force are Bom for their protection. box, Fighter and Coastal.

If, for example, the enemy Other advantages are that the twelve hours, whereas fighter were to discover our intention Bomber Command is the aircraft can fly home to their aircraft are never in the air for to attack a particular target on largest.

own aerodromes without mutual more than two hours. There a particular night, they could Interference, and can circumvent Hes the big difference.

It is organised, adminis- the weather as much as possible.

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Total Warfare

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Total Sacrifice

MERE WORDS FAIL to emphasise the gravity of the great fight against brutality and oppression, in which we are so seriously engaged. The hordes of Hitler are desperate in their fiendish desire to obliterate the British Empire, and all that it stands for. It is total warfare. Total in the sense that not only are our gallant sailors, soldiers and airmen in- volved, but civilians as well.

ALREADY THE TOLL of lives amongst the civilian population of the British Isles, is heavy. Already, innocent children are being maimed and blinded. The scene is poig- nantly grim. Our folic who are in the midst of the holocaust come up smiling after every onslaught even though they have tears in their eyes and anguish in their hearts. They are Undaunted! Unconquerable!

THEY ARE ENCOURAGED by the great help they are receiving from their kindred nations overseas, In common with the rest of the Empire, Hongkong is helping. Nearly a year ago, the Bomber Fund was started, and thanks to the generosity and the sacrifice of many, over two million dollars have now been subscribed and placed at the disposal of the British Government for the purchase of bombers-so urgently needed to avenge 'the innocents who have fallen, and to smash the German war machine,

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HONGKONG is doing well, but can do still better. There have been magnificent contributions to the Bomber Fund, and thero has been great sacrifice on the part of some who have given again and again. Let it be remembered however, that the two million dollars would not have boon recorded but for the humble gifts from, those who coulri afford no more. ATNE

THIS COLONY enjoys the blessing of peace, but that Blossing should serve to stimulate and quicken the desire to give to the greatest cause of all time... Qur people at Home know what total warfare means. Let them know that the people of Hongkong' understand what total giving' means.

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concentrate all their night sigh- ters over this target, and pos sibly destroy · a very large num ber of our aircraft.

tered and operated on It sometimes happens that Staying Power exactly the same lines as half England may be blotted Another difference between

The multiplicity of valuable Fighter Command, with out by fog and the other half the fighter and the bomber quito clear. Under theso cir- which I dealt on Saturday. cumstances, of course, only half pilots and crews is that, while targets available for attack in the qualities required in the Germany and occupied territory As its name indicates, its mately would be able to operate operation, verve and dash, mix. is necessary to see, as I saw the Bomber Command approxi- former are mainly loyal co- cannot really be imagined. It function is purely offensive, the

But that is not to say that, ed with cunning in the fight the recently, a wall scale-map with Phone 27778-9 temper of this offence being set

if good weather prevalls when latter require a more dogged some of these targets delineated by the Commander-in-Chief, Air-

and the bombers go out, and half determination

ataying on it to be able to appreciate Chief Marshal Sir Richard England is blotted out by fog power.

their great number. Peirse, a man on whom the Navy while they are away, all the

This must be blended with a The opportunities for sur has made its impression. "

bombers cannot land..

high spirit in the face of the prise attack are, therefore, al- He omanates that quiet and There are co-operative ar- determined, opposition which most limitless, and it is becauso efficient self-assurance which is, rangements which enable the they may, and often do, meet of this, and by dint of careful planning, that our night-bomber engendered by long contact with aerodromes of one Command to over the enemy country.

losses are kept so low. be used by the other.

The navigator. of the bomber

The two-engine, night bom- The enormous importance of must be highly skilled because complete confidence in weather bombers do not depend on wire- bers we are using now are the It is he who carries out the reports and forecasts will be less to direct them, except when Wellington, Whitley, Wellesley, broad policy laid down by the appreciated when it is realised through bad weather, they have Blenheim, and the Hudson.

that even with the most perfect to be diverted from their own Cabinet-and

The four-engine type is the briefly that,

training in blind landing it is aerodromes on their return.

Stirling.. stated, is to destroy the enemy's not possible at the present- Normally, they navigate, to means of making war rather and probably will not be in this their targets and back home than the morale of his people. war to land these great fast- again by taking astronomical There are still larger bombers It cannot be said that the fate the flare, path can be seen from that they cannot, or do not, use with those we already have, the landing bombers safely unless sights. That does not mean soon to go into service, but even of the Empire hangs from week at least 200 feet above the wireless direction-finding occa- loads they can carry for short

sionally when necessary. They journeys are very large, to week on the action of this ground. Command, as it could in the case of the Fighter Command and the pilot the direction for his

This flare path not only gives can, and do.

does continuously in the case of landing, but also enables him to Coastal.

orientate himself in relation to the surface of the earth.

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TRAGEDY OF CRETE

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The Bomber purpose is, week after week, to damage and hurt

not lose the war.

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Would You?

You cannot be confidently as-

Bigger Still

IT is no use trying to disguise the fact that the withdrawal

Also, all our bombers are very completely armed for defence. from Crete is another severe

No Phone Talk

So far they have, shown them- blow to the Allied cause, as well

Normally, however, they selves to be more than a match as a further illustration of the

maintain wireless silence until for enemy night fighters. bold and enterprising nature of

they have completed their task, One of the main reasons for the Nazis' offensive tactics, the enemy. If it stops doing Imagine yourself to be the air war-and this feature ap-

The importance of surprise in this is not only our excellent armament, and the high star- based firstly on mathematical this--and the weather some Air Officer Commanding, and pilles most importantly in long dard of training of our gun. precision, and secondly on the times makes it stop-we still do the night to be a doubtful one. bombing raids cannot be ex layers, but the fact that the theory that loss of life is im-

are gun-layer's eyes always aggerated. sured by your meteorological At the same time it is possible adviser that the aerodromes all material provided the objective

tuned in to night conditions. It is for this reason that co- is achieved; neither should it be that, through the destructive over England will not fog over operation is vital between Bom-

That is not the case with the forgotten that the German powers of the Command, we in the night,

ber and Coastal Command (and fighter pilot. He, from time to And there

Suppose it is your respon in all plans for bomb raids. losses are relative-that though may win the war.

this means the Admiralty also) time, must look at his illumin-

ated instruments. heavy, they are comparatively you have a quality of offensive sibility to order out several

effectiveness which cannot be hundred bombers that night- It must be arranged, you see, small against the fearful losses ascribed to the other Com- some costing £20,000, some that one Command will not sustained in some of the offen-mands.

£40,000, and some £80,000 each, arouse sleeping dogs against sives in the last war, where the

and each carrying crews of five interests of the other. They might.both lose the war:_to_ten.men.. gains secured were but a fracthey cannot win it, their actions tion of the importance of those being mainly "offensively defen- knew that at least a fair pro- attained in the military cam-sive." paigns of the present conflict.

The fantastically gallant, but hopeless defence offered by the As in the other Commands, clear for certain? Imperial and Allied troops in the Bomber Command is split up Crete will provido another eple into groups, each commanded by some of the long flights, the Remember always that, in of history when the time comes an Air Officer Commanding, who for it to be recorded in full,. but interprets and carries out the bombers have only quite small the net result is saddening and instructions of the Command- amounts of petrol left to land

with. disappointing. The blow caner-in-Chief. only be softened by, a corres-

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Beating Fog

Would you do it, unless you

portion of the aerodromes in your or your neighbouring Group's areas were going to be

TO-MORROW:

The Men In The Bombers

CONTRACT How to Play

BRIDGE

AND

How to Win

*By JOSEPHINE CULBERTSON

Discarding Losers.

THERE is one type of play which East's penalty double was far can be described by the simple from sound and should merely have phrase, "getting rid of losers." It served as an additional warning to South In the subsequent play. Un- applies to such a dent as the follow-fortunately, however, South was ing:

better bidder than a player- fact that was revealed at the very first trick.

South dealer.

GRIN AND BEAR IT.

By Lichty Rubber kridge.

pondingly energetic and success- The reason for splitting up do this.

No balanced commander would ful counter-move by the Allied this Command into Groups is High Command in the Middle not so much to attack certain ob There you have one of the East. Clearly Crete is to serve jectives-wherever the Groups difficult and highly responsible

jumping off place for another German move in that part of the world; it is up lo our military leaders to anticipate that move in such a way as to offset to the fullest extent possible gains accruing to the Germans through their latest achieve- ment in the eastern Mediter

Syria has become an rancan. Immediate potential danger to our cause; therefore the control of Syria should be the next Allied move. This may haston the show-down with Vichy, but that would more likely to turn out to our advantage rather than otherwise. Present relationship with Vichy-strained and In- sincere cannot remain in- definitely, and if the break is to come, it should be at our dicta- tion and not that of Admiral Darlan and M. Laval,

The Allied High Command still has time and opportunity to cement and invigorate the con- fidence which has been reposed in it by the British Government And the men and women of the Empire, but continuation of the `ill-prepared and half-hearted campaigns like those of Greeco. and Crete can only bring loss of faith and recriminations. It. Is true the war will not be won or lost in the Middle East, but further reverses may have an unfortunate psychological effect, not to bo offset by plausible. Foxcuses. Actiong apenk÷louder

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West opened the heart king and declarer promptly ruffed! The lead of one trump now brought out the very bad news that East had started with five. East was now one up"

trumps, hence declarer, could neither bring home his entire club sult, nor could he ruff the losing dia- monds in the dummy. The ro doubled contract was down one, no matter how'decturer squirmed.

To-morrow's 'Hand

Note how childishly simple it would have been to fulņu this con- tract. All South had to do was make Woat a gracious gift of three heart tricks, meanwhile ridding his own hand of three diamonds which were certain to be losers under the circumstances.. After West: took three hearts, dummy, would be vald -North was decidedly up against of the sult and dummy's trumps it for a good bld over South's three would then protect declarer's far spades. The first round had been more important trump suit from

"force."

would be unable to easy for him, Innsmuch as. West's get rid of any worthwhile card on three heart overcall had relieved the third heart and, after that, the Now, detendera would be helpless to take North of all responsibility, however, when South's spade re-another trick, bid came around it was up to North to make some call that would keep the bidding alive-this, despite the fact that he was trickless and had the most barren of all distribu- tions. Many players in North's po=j sition would simply throw up their hands and refuse to take

any action! Jater

that if South arguing gume in his own hand, he should "bkt 11. This North, however, was made of sterner stuff. He knew, that an opening. two-bid In a sult, most certainly should be kept open until game is reached (or the opponents are doubled), and he knew mor»- over that it was merely up to him to obey orders in this particular deal and not attempt to use "judgment"| ala um when no such Judgment

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