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IMPACT          October 1944          52 Pages

Vol. 2 No. 10

Cover: Nips on the Lam

Articles Inside:

Three-Dimensional Attack On Westwall, C-47s Over Flooded Holland

Around the World with the Rocketeers
     Versatile New Weapon For Fighters Is Product Of World War II
     (P47 Attack Near Marigny; Captain Dean)
     HVAR 5-Inch Is Rough On Tanks

West China Front
     14th Smashes At Jap Supply Lines On 3 China Fronts
     Lashio and Lungling
     The Hunan Front
     Yellow River Front
     Strategic Missions

The Leaping 7th Leaps Again
     And Keeps House at Saipan

From Saipan The 7th Batters The Bonins
     Chichi Hima, Iwo Jima

Palau: Stepping Stone To The Philippines
     Philippines Bombed First Time Since 1942

(N.E.I.; Pelelieu; Koror, Lieanan Airfield)

The Rich East Indies
     Japan Is Already Threatened With Their Loss
     (Boela)
     Air Blows Keep The Japs Groggy In N. E. I.

Airborne Blitz Launched In Holland
     Holland Airborne Invasion – 82nd and 101st Airborne Division
     GAF (German Air Force) Strike at Poltava; 47 B-17s destroyed

In Ukraine the GAF Showed It Still Can Toss a Wicked Punch
     Poltava, USSR   22 June, 1944

First Ground Views of U. S. Bombing Results at Ploesti
     Production Down Four- Fifths in Long Campaign
     Statistics on the Campaign
     (Ploesti Ground Photos; Concordia Vega, Astra Romana, Creditul Minier)

Southern France Invasion
     Preliminary Study Of Beaches From Air Helped Determine Best Invasion Spots
     Formations Flown By the Troop Carriers
     Soundness Proven by Invasion Without Personnel Failure
     Invasion Wreckage
     (Photo Of Raft Used To Drop Pyramids; St. Raphael; Frejus Beach, Le Muy; Paratroopers Of The Troop Carrier Troop Division; Montelimar, Maquis)

Newest Attempts of GAF (German Air Force)
     (Me 163, V-1 lunched from planes, JU-88 filled with explosives)

Steel-Strategic Target In Japan
     Anshan Steel Plant Is Vital Factor In Jap Manchurian Economy
     It Contains All Steps For Processing Steel

New Tail Radar Real Neck Saver
     (AN/APS-13 Radar)

Huns’ Hangars Topple In France
     (Wrecked Hangars; Chateaudun; St. Andre Leure)

8th AF Fighters Blast Ammunition Trains