Slow, unarmed aircraft weighing not much more than a third of a single 4000-lb. bomb daily fly to and fro over the Ancio beach-head. Known as "Auster" they are planes of the RAF Air Observation Post squadron manned by officers who puzzle some ...
Article : 321 wordsONE TYPE OF LIGHT PLANE USED FOR ARTILLERY SPOTTING as described in the accompanying article, is the Piper Cub, jeep of the aeroplane world. It does not need a full sized air strip, but can take of and land on a "pocket handkerchief." The Cub is powered by a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 55 wordsWhen Sergeant Thomas Currie Derrick, DCM, of Berri SA, won the Victoria Cross in the final assault on Satelberg in ...
Article : 166 wordsBritain's monthly output of planes is estimated at about 3,000 by the Daily Telegraph air writer, Air-Commodore ...
Article : 188 wordsWith, the invasion imminent, fears are being expressed in Washington that the US has not paid sufficient attention to developing infantry. General McNair's recent disclosure that out of an army of 7,500,000 men only 1,500,000 are infantry ...
Article : 210 wordsBelief that provision could be made soon for the transportation of all books awaiting shipment to Australia was expressed last ...
Article : 162 wordsSir Frank Brangwyn, one of the greatest artists Britain has produced, has decided to give away his masterpieces. ...
Article : 120 wordsWoollen dress and furnishing fabrics in a wide variety of new patterns and weaves, which will be marketed after the war, are ...
Article : 88 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.—The following awards to members of the Australian forces for gallantry in New Guinea, mainly in the Ramu Valley and Finschhafen areas, were announced to-day. ...
Article : 255 wordsFalling shrapnel is now one of the greatest risks to civilian life and property in London. The anti-aircraft barrage, which ...
Article : 146 wordsGerman leaders apparently are attaching considerable significance to recent news from Britain and are taking" more ...
Article : 143 wordsThere was no prospect of cars using Jet propulsion because the escaping hot gasses would be calamitous for 20 yards behind, ...
Article : 87 wordsA drop in war expenditure in the new financial year is believed possible. Basis for this belief is that in ...
Article : 111 wordsEight Australian airmen, who were fighting over Burma a few weeks ago, were handed passes for short leave in Melbourne last week. The leader of the party is Wing-Commander D. J. French, DFC, and bar, of Brighton, Victoria, who was the first Australian flier to be awarded a decoration. An said that the Australians ...
Article : 493 wordsSome American tanks, with American crews, were attached to the British Eighth Army in the Middle East to gain ...
Article : 149 wordsAccording to American reports General Eisenhower has rejected President Roosevelt's plan for placing responsibility on General ...
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Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946), Mon 3 Apr 1944, Page 3
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