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Already Germany had destroyed Malta's value as a main operating base for the British Fleet. It had worn down the island to the point where, by British accounts, bomber raids from Malta into Italy had come to an end. All that was left was the island, and the Axis wanted that...
...bomber crews it was a wild & woolly life. In one raid a U.S. gunner knocked down a Zero so near his plane that the flaming plane looped out of control around the bomber and spun into the ground. After the fight there was more trouble-no doing of the Jap. The bomb doors would not close. Two U.S. enlisted men were lowered on ropes under the speeding plane. Without parachutes for comfort, they shook the doors loose, were hauled back with the certainty of heroes' medals...
...While the great battles in the East have raged for 14 days, we have made one attack with heavy bombers on southwest Germany. This makes a total of 18 raids on Germany during 54 days. Is this the great bomber offensive? Is this the second front in the air? Is this the great relief for Timoshenko's men who are battling day and night? The storm has broken in the Ukraine; it is threatening the Chinese and the Australians, it has reached the Indian border. But all remains sunshine and quiet on the Western Front. Is it unreasonable that...
...natives that a Hitler could raise in Asia would release a battalion of German riflemen for one of the mechanical arms. . . ." Until the days of mechanized armies, says Kiralfy, the problem of invading Asia was almost as difficult for modern armies as for Alexander the Great. But "the dive-bomber and the tank have removed many of the hardships and perils which formerly confronted an aggressor." And the aggressor that is now whipsawing his way through Burma is the most populous of the Axis nations. Expert Kir-alfy is alarmed by visions of Japanese forces striking at Alaska and Canada...
...Aviation gas (100 octane) will power lightweight engines, mounted in the rear. Wheels will be smaller (13 in. and less) to save rubber, permit a lower center of gravity. Bodies will be of plastic, tops will be of transparent plastic such as is now used on bomber noses. Best feature of all: prices as low as $400 (if the dollar doesn't fall through the floor...