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IMPACT          February 1944          52 Pages

Vol. 2 No. 2

Cover: B-29

Articles Inside:

Air War catches Up to the Comic Strips
     Skies over Europe Exhibit Some Weird and Bizarre Sights
     Rocket Bursts Surround B-17 Over Emden; ME-210 Making Cannon-Firing Runs
     St. Dizier, France – rocket attack on US formation

Results of Bombing Through Overcast
     Bremen, Kiel

Old-Fashioned Visual Still Good; Here’s Sample of Tactical Pasting by 9th AF
     Both Strategic Air Forces Hit Bearing Plants
     Paris, C.A.M. Works, Bois Colombes, Ivry, Turin, Fiat Works

Target: Formosa – Jap Is Solidly Entrenched
     Under 14th AF Attack, This Island Is One Step Nearer Enemy’s Homeland
     Mosaic of Tainan Area, Einansho Airfield; Shinchiku, Formosa

Joint Campaign by 10th, 14th
     Insein hit

Even Aces Get into Trouble
     P-38 in action, Capt. Richard I. Bong with 5th Air Force
     Make Jap Commit Self (Maj. T.J. Lynch)

Briefing Aids
     Models, Perspective Maps, Landfall Strips Show Look Of Targets From The Air
     Ploesti, Bremen, Holland
     Perspective Target Maps

B-29—First Of The True Heavy Bombers
     B-29 over the Coulees of Kansas

Citizen’s-Eye View of Trondheim Bombing

Formations For Low Level Escort In SW Pacific
     Attack On Rabul, Boram Airport Near Wewak
     Formations 5th AF Uses En Route To Target And During Actual Bombing
     Rabaul Harbor – Sample of Resulta from 5th AF Tactics
     Jap ships hit: Hokuyo Maru, Hakusan Maru, Gosei Maru, Hayasaki,      Yamabiko, Haruna Maru, Lyons Maru, Onoe Maru

For the Photo-Interpreter
     Invasion Defences
     Coastal defences battery near Cape Nez, France; anti-tank ditches near Ijmuiden, the Netherlands; anti-aircraft battery near Ostend and      Emden; Dunkerque

Flak: Don’t Let It Get You Down
     Two Schools Of Thought Exist On Problem Of Evading AA Fire
     Downed US Planes During Mission To Cognac
     B-17 Is Victim Of Flak Off Coast Of Norway, Rjukan

Naples Victim of Allies, Nazis
     Vessel Sicilia, Lombardia, Imam Airframe Works
     Choking Off Nazi Transportation: Rimini, Pola, Leaning tower of Pisa, Prato

Patterns in Central Pacific
     Tarea strip on Maloelap, Taroa
     More Aspects of War As Waged by 7th AF
     Emidj island, Mili island
     Naru, an Old Acquaintance
     Foe Prepared for Central Pacific Landings

Back Cover – Williwaw vs. Landing Mat
     11th Air Force Strip Damaged