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Quezon, who once planned to costume the attendants at his Philippine mansion like Buckingham Palace guards, went to his grave in somber splendor. All night, after its return to Washington in a dark baggage car, his body lay in state before the flower-banked altar of St. Matthew's...
Missing in Action. Count Antoine de Saint Exupéry, 44, best-selling French aviator-novelist (Wind, Sand and Stars, Flight to Arras); on a reconnaissance flight over Europe. Saint Exupery, veteran of over 13,000 flying hours, was grounded last March by a U.S. Army Air Forces officer because...
Friendly Winter. The German attack in June 1941 caught the Red Air Force by surprise. Appalling numbers of Red planes were destroyed on the ground. In the air, the Russians were outnumbered, outgunned and outflown. They fought on until winter brought a breathing spell. The Russians had landing gear which...
No planes will be grounded for lack of gas. But as of June 1 the three-month reserve usually kept in war theaters had been reduced to a two-month supply. Each theater had burned up about 65,000,000 gallons of 100-octane during May, with even greater consumption...
Everybody's Afraid. Many flyers found their sleep disturbed by "battle dreams," in which they relived grueling episodes of air combat. First therapy: the flight surgeon would encourage the sufferer to "talk" out his dreams and his experiences, and would explain that everyone taking off on a combat mission...