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December 29, 1942       No. 26                    32 Pages

Cover: The Youngest German General

Colonel Galland, one of the most courageous German officers, has been specially distinguished by his promotion to Major-General. He is now 30 and was the second German soldier to receive the Oak Leaves to the Knight’s Cross with Swords and Diamonds. As Inspector of Fighter Pilots and successor of the unforgettable Werner Mölders, he has done remarkable work in the further development of that branch of our Luftwaffe.
Photograph by Halnacher (Sch)

Articles Inside:

The Counterthrust
German Supplies For Tunis
PK photographs by the war correspondents Hielscher (PBZ) and Kark (HH)

The Front in the Dark
Parachutists Combat Guerillas
PK photographs by war correspondent Stickers (HH)

Air Combat with a Sunderland Flying-Boat
An Arado 196 plane stands the acid test
By Oberleutnant Reuter, PK drawings by war correspondent Filipowsky

A Night With The Flak
Anti-Aircraft Battery Breaks Up Night Raid By Enemy Bombers
PK photographs by war correspondent Sperling (Sch)

The First to Contact the Enemy
The Quiet Work of Our Long-Distance Reconnaissance Pilots
PK photographs by Hagens (HH), war correspondent

The Messerschmitt Me 109 Fighting Plane

Improvisation in Desert Warfare
Husbands in Uniform, Rock Gardens in A Lunar Landshape, The Cave Bar, Struggle with Lethargy, The Marvel of the Solid House
By Oberleutnant Fritz Dettmann, Photographs Scherl-Bilderdienst, Schlsser and private exposures

Oak Leaves to the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross
Hauptmann Büsen †, Hauptmann Alfred Kindler, Hauptmann Friedrich Lang and Oberleutnant Alwin Boerst

How They Won the Knight’s Cross
Hauptmann Otto Schmidt, Hauptmann Rudolf Resch, Hauptmann Ernst Fick †, Oberleutnant Horst Quednau, Oberleutnant Hans Von Bargen, Oberleutnant Helmut Putz, Oberleutnant Herbert Stry, Leutnant Waldemar Semelka †, Oberfeldwebel Heinrich-Wilhelm Ahnert, Feldwebel Anton Hafner, Feldwebel Kurt Mevissen and Obergefreiter Ernst Schulte †
PK photographs by Gross (Atl), Hagens (Sch), Hoepner (HH). Jütte (Sch), Kling, Krempl, Speck, Sperling (Atl 3). war correspondents. Weltbild-OKW, Scherl-OKW (5). Lagiller (Sch). and private
photographs (2)

Christmas Packages For The Russian Front
Written and illustrated by Dr. H. Franz

Pursuit Planes on the Mediterranean
PK photographs by the war correspondents Rheinländer (Sch) and Kotelhohn (Sch)

Pampered Darlings
German Soldiers as Animal Lovers
PK photographs by Schubert, Zwirner, Klink (Wb 3), Wahner, Eisenmann, Hermann, Andres (PBZ 8), Wenzel (HH 1), Eisenmann (1), Sessler (Sch 1), and private source (1)

To The Beat Of Drums And The Sound Of Trumpets
The Bey of Tunis Drives Out — A Gorgeously Colored Intermezzo — A Side-Show of the War
PK photographs by war correspondent Büschgens (PBZ)

Gerhard Taschner
First Conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
(Wilhelm Furtwangler, Professor Hubay)
Photographs by Degenhardt (Munich Illustrated Report)

Woman As Artistic Creator
Maria. Neppert-Boehland, Elfriede Glaser-Kempf, Frau Moll, Countess von der Schulenburg, Countess Dohna
Photographs by Degenhardt (Munich illustrated report 8)

Mysterious Tibet
The First Documentary Film from Lhasa, the Forbidden City
(Reichsführer SS Himmler, Dr. Ernst Schafer, Dr. Wienert, Dr. Beget, Geer)
Photographs by Schaefer Expedition Ufa (Krause)

We of the Destroyer Planes
Experiences On Every Front (Part III)
By Hauptmann Kiel, Drawings by H. von Medley

From the Editor’s Scrapbook
Inherited Airmindedness
(Hellmut Hirth)
Drawing by Ciesielski

Junkers Flugzeug-und Motorenwerke (Advertisement)

He Was One of Our Best
By Udo Wolter, war correspondent

Zeiss Ikon (Advertisement)

Heine Propeller (Advertisement)

One Hundred Times Round the Globe
Bomber wing carries out five thousand flights over the enemy
By Dr. Pessl, War Correspondent

Fritz Hesselbein, Chemical Works (Advertisement)

Merck Chemical Works • Darmstadt (Advertisement)

Perutz Film (Advertisement)

Troponwerke • Köln-Mülheim (Advertisement)

M. Hensoldt & Söhne Optische Werke (Advertisement)

“Pan, Mes – ser – schmitt?”
A Name with a Significance even for the Young Folk in the Ukraine
By Karl Heinz Vollmann, War Correspondent

Voigtländer Cameras (Advertisement)

Efasit Powder (Advertisement)

Leica (Advertisement)

Pastime

What is that?
PK photograph by Spook (PBZ), war correspondent

Togal (Advertisement)

Cartoons
All good things come from Heaven
Drawings by Jac. K. Martin