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Cover: Awaiting the Return of Comrades – Wing Commander Hrabak, commodore of a fighter group, and Flight Lieutenant Rall (left), group commander in a fighter group, to whom, as the 34th soldier of the German armed forces, the Fuehrer awarded the Oak Leaves with Swords to the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, on the occasion of his 200th air victory, are watching for the return of comrades from a flight against the enemy. / PK-Photo by war correspondent Haenig ……. Articles Inside: … The Face of the Battlefield – In low-level flight over devastated country / PK-Photos by war correspondents Speck (Sch), Juette (Sch) and Luftwaffe ….. Withdrawal According to Plan / PK-Photos by war correspondent Fischer (Wb and PBZ) ….. Harvest and Fighting in the Guerrilla Area / PK-Photos by war correspondent Horn (Atl) ….. Production Geared to Maximum – Big series production of the famous Messerschmitt fighter Me 109 / Photos by Max Goellner and Werkfoto (Gottschalg-Luetze) ….. Caution! Prohibited Zone / PK-Photos by war correspondent Zwirn (Atl) ….. To the Front in the Transport Glider – First illustrated report of a new type of aircraft of the Luftwaffe / PK-Photos by war correspondent Seeger (Atl) ….. Air Chief Marshal Gunther Korten has been appointed Chief of General Staff of the Luftwaffe ….. “One must demand the impossible in order to achieve the possible” / H. V. Moltke ….. In grateful recognition of their heroic efforts in the struggle for the future of our nation the Fuehrer awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross to: … Squadron Leader Hartmann Grasser … Flying Officer Wolf Ettel KIA … Flight Lieutenant Heinrich Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein … Flying Officer Walter Nowotny ….. How They Won their Knight’s Cross: … Flight Lieutenant Kurt Lehmann … Flight Lieutenant Oberlaender … Flying Officer Roehrig … Flying Officer Boewing-Treuding KIA … Flying Officer Franken … Flight Sergeant Herbert Kaiser ….. Burma – Boomerang for England / By Dr. Rolf Reissmann with Map by Trester and Photos from Collection Seilen, Weltbild and Transocean ….. The Monks of Mount Athos / PK-Illustrated report by Ockhardt ….. The Big Prize – Hoppegarten Races / Photos by Schwahn (Scherl) and Sigrid Hansen ….. The Waves of Love and the Sea – Serious observations by a little bird / Photos by Ufa ….. The Tortoise Becomes the Hare – The Unusual Experience of a Ju 52 Which Lost Its Undercarriage / By war correspondent Werner Bockelmann with drawings by war correspondent Schimpke ….. “Emil” and the Four Comrades – Long distance Reconnaissance Flights Deep into the Enemy’s Hinterland / Successful Battle Against Soviet Planes / Rammed by an Enemy Fighter / By war correspondent Hans Caratiola ….. The Five Minutes of Attack – The Climax in the Life of a Bomber Pilot / By war correspondent Hanns Gross ….. Four Downs in Four Minutes / PK Drawing by war correspondent Schimpke ….. Pastime ….. What is That? ….. The Other Side (Cartoons) / Drawings by Klee, Braehme, Jeannin and Kuhn