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...MacARTHUR's HEADQUARTERS, Australia--Gen. Mac Arthur is pouring bomber reinforcements into New Guinoa to help beat off Japanese assaults on Guadalcanal, it was learned tonight. His filters have already turned four main Jap supply bases into flaming torches and sunk or damaged 17 Japships in that area the past week...
...Luftwaffe was yet to fulfill Hitler's promise of punishment. It raided the British coast ineffectively. One German bomber flew over Reykjavik, Iceland, but dropped no bombs. Another devastated an open field near a fishing village...
Last week the R.A.F. tried what it had rejected. Ninety-four Lancaster four-motored planes bombed the Schneider-Creusot gun works (chief works of the famed French trust & munitions cartel) and the Henri Paul power plant in daylight. There was no fighter protection. Only one bomber failed to return...
Douglas A20 (Boston or Havoc)-a light (two-engine, air-cooled) bomber widely used by the British in the European and Egyptian theaters. Flexible in its performance, it has also been employed with modifications as a heavy fighter. It is unquestionably one of the best in its class...
Douglas SBD (Dauntless). The Navy's carrier-based standard dive-bomber (singleengine, air-cooled), this craft is the best in the world in its category. It will shortly be supplemented by a newer design, now in production...