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...Bureauקargest maintained by any U.S. publisher in England. He ran the office all through the Battle of Britain—the toughest six months of news coverage any TIME man has ever known. He still can't figure out why he wasn't killed when a loaded Junkers bomber crashed almost on his doorstep; the terrific explosion blew his housekeeper from one room right through the door into another, bashed in the whole house. After that Graebner slept in the office-beside his desk on nights when the bombings were light-in the basement shelter when they were...
...Navy said that at least 15 bombs and ten torpedoes hit the Jap ship. The Ryukaku had completed her third circle when she sank, with most of her planes still aboard. Aboard the Lexington, radio receivers and loudspeakers caught the happy voice of Lieut. Commander Robert Dixon, leading a bomber squadron: "Scratch one flattop, scratch one flat...
Today at 56 General Arnold still flies. But the irregular helmet burn has faded from his ruddy face and he seldom gets into a pursuit ship. His mount is the big bomber, which he insisted on developing in the U.S. when the minds of British airmen were on fighters. And he always takes along his lanky aide, Colonel Eugene Beebe, as copilot, for Hap Arnold's theory is that old fellows tire out and may need help at the end of a long flight. So far Colonel Beebe has found nothing to substantiate the boss's theory...
...same four-motored Russian bomber which had carried Mr. Smith to Britain rolled to a stop on a Washington, D.C. airport. Mr. Brown descended from the plane and presently motored to the White House. For several days he labored with President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Hull. Under Secretary Welles pronounced him "charming." Molotov boarded his bomber again and flew back to London and Moscow. As soon as he reached home the great secret was out. Molotov's accomplishments...
...Facing light metals (like aluminum) with more durable metals like steel). Example: the gun rings of bomber turrets...