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IMPACT          December 1944           56 Pages

Vol. 2 No. 12

Cover: Zeke Pokes At 14th AF B-24s over Hong Kong

Articles Inside:

Balikpapan – Ploesti of the East Indies

Fire Bombs
     They Helped Blast Germans From The Isle De Cezembre Guarding St. Malo
     Cezembre is a Dead Duck after Attacks

(Bombing of Metz Forts)

In The Wake of Fighter Attacks
     (8th AF Fighter Havoc; Gisors, France, Campiegne)

China Air Base Retreat
     (Tanchuk)

14th Hits Hong Kong And Jap Bridges
     (Bombing of Hong Kong and Bridges; Kowloon, Dai Giang, Hue)

Captured Oscar MK. II is Flown against P-47D
     (Lt. C. F. Whistler and Lt. A. V. Jackson)

Surprise At Gorontalo, 5th AF Bombs Celebes Harbor

East Indies Oil
     Opening Blows Are Aimed At A Major Source Of Jap Fuel
     Longest B-24 Missions In SWPA Smash Oil Plants At Balikpapan

B-29 Field Day
     Japs Lose Big Formosa Aircraft Plant

Almost Cut In Two, Fort Gets Home
     Pilot on First Mission Flies It 520 Miles without Controls
     (B-17 “Miracle” – Fort cut in two makes it home from Debrecen raid; pilot 2nd Lt. G. M. Miller of the Second Bomb Group (238078))
     This One Got Back, Too

AAF Comes Up With Single-Tail B-24
     XB-24N Is Lighter, Has Improved Stability and New Armament

The V-2 Rocket
     Range, Speed Of V-2 Pose Huge Problems In Construction And Control
     (Peenemunde)

Holland: Proving Ground For Airborne Operations
     Air Resupply Vital in Airborne Attack
     (Arnhem, Major General James M. Gavin)

A-26 Invader Makes Operational Debut

Beaufighter Razzle Dazzle Elbing and Seetier

What We Did To Refinery Production
     Facts about Ploesti
     Astra Romana
     Creditul Minier
     Standard & Unirea
     Romana Americana
     Concordia Vega
     Colombia Aquila
     Xenia, Steaua Romana
     Dacia Romana
     Smoke Defenses
     Flak Defenses

The Air-Tank Team