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Newest “Flying Battleship” Makes Her Debut It's Fall In Rio Brmored Cars Speed To RAF Aid
Shown on her first outing at Lindbergh Field, San Siego, Cal., is the | of four tons and has a range of 3,000 miles. Speed is around 300 miles
Consolidated Aircraft Company's XB-24 bombing plane, nicknamed the |an hour. The wing span is 110 feet, the fuselage is 64 feet. The ship is
“Flying Battleship.” The great four-motored ship can carry a bomb load | now said to be in production for use by the RAF. (Central Press)
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: PLAR Aerodrome, in Iraq, to the aid of an RAF bomber which was under fire
AILERON eT SPOILE from insurgent Iraqi gunners. The bomber had been hit through the
port wing by anti-aircraft fire while attacking the rebels. The dust cloud
a raised by the cars enabled the bomber to take off. (Central Press)
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DOOR — 1 U. S., fall moves in on Brazil, and
; FORWARD TOWING Fit that means new gowns for milady.
LANDING LIGHT ATTACHMENT w Here’s the latest, shown in Rio de
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Erique Gil British fashion cruise. Flying shoul- Zh na wa
German success in invading Crete with towed gliders has brought forth this design for a troop-carrying Erique Gil, Equadorian author of ders and slim armor silhouette, plus Welcome To British Cousin
glider for the U. S. Army. Planned by Howley Bowlus, gliding ace of Los Angeles, the glider would carry 25 “Nuestro Pan” (Our Daily Bread), a sleeveless effect with high neck-
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men and could be built at a cost of not more than one-fourth the cost of an airplane of similar capacity, De yn - i: a line, make this an ideal gown for
minus cost of the engine. (Central Press) is one of the four winners of the Rightclub wear. (Central Press)
: contest for Latin-American authors.
Judy Gives Hawaii A Break This One Won't Return To Germany
American Flying Cadet Captain John W. Wilkinson (left) welcomes
British Cadet Corporal Ernest Richard Whincup to the Southeast Air
Corps training center at Montgomery, Ala. Whincup is one of 550 Britons
who will receive 30 weeks of training in the U. S. before returning to
duty with the Royal Air Force. 3 (Central Press)
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Judy Canova, versatile American comedienne, appears to be enjoying Sentries guard a German Junkers bomber which crashed in Aundel, England, after two Royal Air Force
her vacation in Hawaii. She is pictured on the seawall in front of her pilots had given it their personal attention. The RAF pilots were a South African and a Czech, The British
Honolulu hotel, resting between picture assignments. (Central Press) caption said the South African first wounded the Nazi plane, then allowed the Czech to finish it off.
Carrying On With 1941 Style London Bridge Slain In Capital Plotting Course of “Enemy” Planes Over East
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: . 5 3 3 : dence. She was clad only in shoes Yarning system set up for the northeastern area of the United States. Observers spotting enemy planes
: A few weeks ago this London gtrect had mo cham, no bridge. A heavy Nazi bomb nade a crater sixty ard socks. Police. said BY girl had phone in the information to the control platform (upper left). The plotters then record flight paths of the
feet wide, twenty-five feet deep. British Royal Engineers put up a temporary bridge over-night and London been criminally attacked and stran- Planes and with blocks indicate their position, altitude, number and make. A half million civilians are to
carries on. Sign on street at left declares “Hitler can’t put out the sun! Trade counter at rear!” gled. be enrolled as volunteer observers.
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