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April 7, 1942     No. 7              32 Pages

Cover: Interlude in Africa
A brief rest after heavy fighting in Cyrenaica provides a few minutes of relaxation. Two “old Africans” have here made friends with a ship of the desert.
Photograph by Roman Schlauss (Luftwaffe)

Articles Inside:

Dolphins of the Air
Fleet Spotters Escort a Convoy.
PK photographs by Wachert (Sch), war correspondent

Comrades-in-Arms
The Blue Division in the Struggle against Bolshevism.
(Major-General Eduardo Gallarza, Lieutenant-Colonel Pazó)
PK photographs by Schumann (3), Brieke (2), Beyer and Jakobi war correspondents

Feodosia is a Heap of Ruins (Ukraine)
PK Written and Illustrated by Wittmaack (Sch), War Correspondent

When the Bomb Drops
Theory and Practice of Bomb Aiming.
By Dr. Paul Karlson, Drawings by Trester, photos by Franz, H. Schaller, reproduced from “Nauticus”

Pursued by British Armored Cars
“You Take over the Fourth Gun and Act as Tactical Officer”, Said the Battery Commander, as He Shook His Hand.
Drawings by Ellgaard, War Correspondent, Described on the basis of a report by Ludwig von Danwitz, war correspondent

The Warlike Kangaroo
Australia in the Focus of Decisive Events.
Photographs by Tschira-Bilderdienst

In Grateful Appreciation of Their Heroism

The Oak Leaves with Swords to the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross
(Hauptmann Philipp)

The Oak Leaves to the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross
(Field-Marshal General Albert Kesselring, Oberleutnant Walter Hagen, Major Hubertus Hitschhold, Hauptmann Dietrich Peltz, Hauptmann Joachim Helbig, Hauptmann Rolf Kaldrack † KIA, Hauptmann Kurt Ubben, Hauptmann Franz Eckerle † KIA, and Oberleutnant Max-Hellmuth Ostermann)

Freddy’s Tenth
The Ellermann Battery Has a Hot Time.
By Kurt A. St. Jentkiewicz, Drawings by H. von Medvey

Promotions
The Fuhrer promoted General der Flieger (Air Chief Marshal) Freiherr von Richthofen and General der Flieger Jeschonnek to Generaloberst, with effect as from March 1, 1942

Further Generalleutnant (Air Marshal) Waber was promoted to General der Flieger (Air Chief Marshal) and Generalmajor (Air Vice-Marshal) Hoffmann von Waldau to Generalleutnant

A Clasp for Transport Pilots
Photograph by Presse-Hoffmann

On the Advance.
PK photograph Luftwaffe

Gerda Ursula Marie
Herms Niel, Singer of the Soldier’s Lasses.
Special for the Adler by Dr. H. Franz

Andreas Schlüter.
(Olga Tschechowa, Theodor Loos, Herbert Hübner, Marianna Simson, Karl John)
Photographs by the Terra (Lindner)

Equitation before the Footlights.
(Cilly Feindt, Moeser-José
Photographs from the Wintergarten, Berlin by Dr. H. Franz

Little Easter Hares
Spring Provides Surprises for the Ufa Town.
(Käthe Dickoff, Wolfram Junghans, Gerhild Weber)
Photographs by Bernd Cornelius

Gerhard Fieseler Werke (Advertisement)

British Wing Commander Shot Down
German Anti-Aircraft Gun is the Victor in a Breathtaking Gunnery Duel.
By L. Winners, War Correspondent

Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken A. G. (Advertisement)

Propellerwerk Gustav Schwarz (Advertisement)

Zoellner Varnishes for air-plane building (Advertisement)

Perutz Filme (Advertisement)

Knoll Medicines (Advertisement)

Chivvying Two Spitfire Observation Planes over the English Channel. Oberleutnant L. Gains His Thirty-Fourth Air Victory.
By Walter Binner, War Correspondent

Unsere JU an Allen Fronten
Junkers – JU 52 (Advertisement)

Ikarol Airplane Varnishes – Warnecke & Böhm (Advertisement)

Robot Berning & Co. (Advertisement)

Sum Vergaser-Gesellschaft (Advertisement)

The Trustiest of the Trusty.
By Theo Hitzlberger, War Correspondent

Messerschmitt – Jäger Zerstörer (Advertisement)

TraumaPlast (Advertisement)

Efasit (Advertisement)

Mimosa (Advertisement)

Pastime

What Is That?
Photograph by Bayer, Schaller

Togal (Advertisement)

Cartoons
Easter Eggs.
Drawings by Bartha (5), Pippart (1) and Stange (1)