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Texas-born Lieut. Colonel Richard H. Carmichael is 29 years old; he finished West Point only six years ago. Rated a strict disciplinarian in the loosely disciplined Air Corps, he was given command of General MacArthur's Flying Fortresses last summer, the third commander of an off-&-on outfit within six months. Colonel Carmichael's strong point was his experience in this war with this war's planes: he started the war as a captain flying a B-17 out of the Philippines, learned what it meant to dodge anti-aircraft and swarms of Japanese Zeros while...
...France. The bombers had not only held at arm's length the best fighter planes Germany has, but they had felled at least 48, probably destroyed 38 more and damaged 19, while the" Allied fighter escort accounted for five.* The figures were so incredible that the Bomber Command withheld them until they were triple-checked. They added up to little less than a revolution in aerial warfare...
Until last week the German High Command kept from the people the fact that U.S. bombers were in action over France. After the Lille raid it told them out of the corner of its mouth: "A number of bombers equipped with several motors, including such of American make, were shot down with only one of our planes lost." There was much left unsaid which the silent passengers would learn about...
...stricken, oppressed Balkan peasants, traditionally pro-Russian, are attracted by slogans, long associated with Moscow, such as "Land to the Landless," "Higher Wages," and "People's Governments." Many Yugoslavs wish their Government would negotiate with the Partisans, through Moscow, to create a unified strategy and perhaps a unified command...
Much of the trouble that had occurred pointed to the failure of the U.S. Army command to take a strong line against discrimination among its own troops. Some British officers tried to please Americans by encouraging American prejudices...