Description

No. 11

Cover: At the Automatic Gun-sight

Eying sharply over notch and circle of the gun-sight the head gunner closely observes the movements of the enemy bomber lighted up by the rays of searchlights.

Articles Inside:

Haul-in the low-barrage “Anton!” – A glance at the daily duties of our Balloon Barrage troops. PK-Photos by War Correspondent Wilhelm Mueller (PBZ)

“So many, we couldn’t count them…” that is to say, the German fighters, said the squadron commander of an USA bomber formation. Photos Auslandsfotos (Sch)

The Growth of a Giant – A Glance into the birth-place of a Giant Flying Boat BV 222 Wiking. Work-Photos by Blohm & Voss

Round About Aprilia

The Performance of Kiyoshi Ishikawa. Drawing by H. von Medvey

How They Won the Knight’s Cross ( Major Herget, Lieutenant Hafner, Lieutenant Schack, Lieutenant Stepp, Lieutenant Lang, Lieutenant Schossleitner, Lieutenant Gmuenden, Major Zauner, Major Moebus, Flight Sergeant Josten, Lieutenant Scheel KIA, Lieutenant Haselbach, Lieutenant Poelz and Flight Sergeant Vinke KIA )

Transport Gliders – A sporting implement developed into a weapon. / From the glider of the Rhoen to the air transporter of this war. / Development, employment and success of the “flying goods trains” Photos by Luftwaffe

Uli By war correspondent Karl Ebert PK-drawings by war correspondent Ellgaard

A Fighter Pilot of the Nettuno Front – He baled out after the third victory and saved the opponent from drowning. By war correspondent Alfred Strobel including photo

How We Became “Red Eagles” – The way of the Estonian flyers. By war correspondent F. W. Nippel

Pastime

What is That?

A cheerful spirit is the best medicine – Well known artists entertain wounded soldiers. Photos by Ingeborg Degenhardt (Scherl)