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...Burma-met with the Gissimo in Chungking. Two of them have long been strongly pro-Chinese; two of them are airmen. What they said was not announced, but obviously they discussed U.S. air aid to China. The next day, informed sources in Chungking were saying: "Swarms of American bomber and fighter planes are coming to China's aid." Actually, no official deal for aid was made; the three generals merely explored the possibilities...
...whirlwind tour of U.S. war plants, suave Captain Lyttelton told reporters that Britain's production was now in sight of its limit. For the U.S., he said with pleased amazement, "there is no peak." At Ford's giant Willow Run bomber plant, Captain Lyttelton praised the action of Detroit-made M-3 tanks in Libya as "just the cat's whiskers...
...British crews knew that that night was only a curtain-raiser. Tough Air Marshal Arthur Travers Harris, chief of the bomber command, had said what they all believed...
Lord Louis then took the twice-repaired, recommissioned Kelly to the Mediterranean. On May 23, 1941, he was with the Kelly in the hell of Crete. This time, he did not bring her home. A dive-bomber found her. Within 70 seconds the Kelly sank, Lord Louis and some of his men escaped. Standing on a life raft, he led his men in a cheer for the dying Kelly. Down with her went two of Lord Louis' prized possessions: a silver cigaret lighter from his cousin, the Duke of Windsor, and a photograph of the reigning King and Queen...
...question of how flexible they may prove if design changes come too thick & fast. Detroit's biggest single venture into aircraft-the titanic Ford plant at Willow Run-has yet to show its stuff. Last week peacock-proud Charlie Sorensen showed newsmen the first B-24-E bomber off Willow Run's half-mile long assembly lines, predicted a ship an hour by late summer. Said he: "[This plant] is an invitation for Hitler to commit suicide...