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...credit, a D.S.O., D.F.C. and a D.F.M. and bar. He returned briefly to Canada in 1942, then went back to England. Probably home now for good, he will teach deflection gunnery to Canada's fledglings. Said Spitfireman Beurling: "You couldn't get me in a bomber. They're too dangerous. . . . But the bombers are doing the real job. Fighter duels are just side shows...
...picture is not one of those adults-only affairs in which women in heron plumes and wolves in waxed whiskers prowl after each other on divans. It is a straight forward, dramatically naive little lecture in which the syphilis-nicked pilot of a bomber-and the audience- are told some practical facts about syphilis, its effects, its prevention. The Legion is quite correct in observing that it does not mention the most practical method of prevention, continence, yet some of its facts are well worth circulating...
...Allied aircraft no German target was now out of reach. Even fighter planes (P-51 Mustangs) ranged as far as western Poland on bomber escort duty and earned special congratulations from Lieut. General Carl ("Tooey") Spaatz, commander of all U.S. strategic bombing forces in Europe. The German defensive air force was obviously weakened in numbers, if not in fighting quality. Relentless air pounding along the French invasion coast had created an almost deserted zone, 50 miles deep...
...were proud of Mild & Bitter, proud also that her performance so well underlined the striking success in the European theater of the whole B-26 Marauder type. Once regarded by many airmen as a hot and dangerous aircraft, the B-26 has proved to be the outstanding medium bomber of the European air war. Its combat losses (less than 0.3%) are the lowest in the theater...
Taut-voiced Germans at other micro phones never let their audiences forget this horror. One minute there would be a brief escape in music. Then a strident voice would break in: "Achtung, achtung! Now we shall give you the air-situation report." That meant that the bombers were back again. Sometimes it was nothing to worry about-at least for one's own safety. The voice would say "Enemy bomber formations are approaching southwestern Germany . . ." and the music would begin again...