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No. 3 ……. Cover: P-38 Firing ……. Articles Inside: …

Quiz No. 1: Aircraft

The Long View

Backgrounds Make Recognition Difficult

Two New Planes ( C-47 and Japanese twin engine )

Warships Recognition Training List

The Luftwaffe – The first great air force of World War II is hard-pressed … ME-109 ( Luftwaffe Stand-By ), … FW-190 ( It serves as a fighter and bomber in new Nazi defensive air strategy ), … JU-88 ( Dive-bombing and night-fighting are but two of the plane’s many uses ), … JU-87 ( Now outdated, the Stuka once terrorized Europe ), … ME-110 ( Twin-engine fighter proved a failure as an escort plane for daylight raiders ), … ME-410 ( Successor to ME-210 sees action as a fighter-bomber, long-range fighter ), … HE-111 ( Nazi medium bomber paid heavily for day and night assaults over England ), … HS-129 ( Underpowered engines are said to handicap Henschel 129, tank-busting attack-bomber ), … and DO-217 ( Shows Nazis’ fondness for multi-purpose planes )

Bumps – Warships are quickly recognized by new Coast Artillery Bump silhouettes

Heavy Tanks – They are difficult to maneuver on all terrain, but they have terrific firepower … Churchill ( Britain’s biggest tank does finest work as an infantry support weapon ), … KV-I & KV-II ( Formidable Soviet heavy tanks mount biggest guns, heaviest armor of war ), … Dummy Planes – Reconnaissance photos of landing strips reveal many enemy “planes” are fakes

Army Fighters – USAAF has balanced array of fighting planes … P-38 ( Homesick Angel is AAF’s most versatile fighter ), … P-39 ( Cannon-carrying fighter blasts armored vehicles ), … P-40 ( Is a versatile all-purpose fighter ), … P-47 ( Great new fighter plane has fine combat record ), … and P-51 ( In Mustang Allies have best low altitude plane )

Quiz No. 2: Tanks are Tough to Spot

F6F & HAP Differ – Don’t mistake Hellcat for clip-winged Japanese fighter

News & Miscellany

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