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When British fighters repeatedly broke up their bomber formations prematurely (on one occasion six Hurricanes dispersed 40 Dorniers attended by 40 Messerschmitts),the Germans tried the system of sending ships over singly or in groups of two and three, striking at numerous places the same day. This plan thinned out Germany's casualties but it also thinned her bombing...
...Diringshofen, is centrifugal force. "In a bombing attack the bombs are often released in an almost vertical dive at a speed which may be above 310 miles an hour and are released when the aeroplane is only 2,200-1,900 feet above the ground. Immediately the bomber must ascend to avoid the ground." If such a change in direction takes place in about six seconds, the pilot is pressed into his seat with a force more than eight times his weight, and his blood becomes heavier than iron...
...over the U. S., thousands of militant citizens clamored for something to do for Defense. They besieged local recruiting stations, deluged the War and Navy Departments in Washington with letters. A great many wanted to be the equivalent of a hostess on an Army bomber. Few considered enlisting for the lowly job of buck private or gob. Some were too old; many had special talents which would be wasted in the ranks. But buck privates and gobs are what the Army & Navy want. The Army already has so many (117,000) reserve officers that it is issuing no more commissions...
Personally piloting a heavy bomber last week on "an official mission," accompanied by the Consul General of Tripoli, the editor of Il Corriere Padano (Balbo's newspaper), a Balbo nephew and a brother-in-law, Marshal Balbo was suddenly attacked by machine-gun fire over Tobruch, Italy's coastal base near the Libya-Egypt border. High in the bright blue African sky his crew of three returned the fire. Holes were sewn down the fuselage of their ship and it caught fire. Down it slid, trailing black oil smoke. It crashed, killing all occupants including the 44-year...
Called Dive Bomber and Tank the mural was a starkly symbolic study of war's destructiveness, done in eleven colors ranging from lime white to vine black with four shades of red, which suggested explosions, storm clouds, dried blood. It had no political significance, said Orozco...