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No. 4 ……. Cover: Royal Navy ……. Articles Inside: …
Quiz No. 1: Gunnery
It Pays Off
French Ships – Reconditioned units are back at sea with Allies
Cruisers – Modern French light cruisers are fast, sturdy and carry heavy armament
Destroyers – Le Fantasque, Le Terrible and Leopard are three large French super-destroyers
Emily Downed – New Navy fighters knock Japan’s new four-motored patrol bomber into sea
Nazi Guns – Self-propelled gun is prime anti-tank weapon
Light Chassis – 75’s are also mounted on French Lorraine and German PzKw II Tanks
Czech Chassis – Mounts good 75-mm. gun
Heavier Weapons 76.2-mm., 88-mm., 150-mm, are tough and dangerous
US Bombers – Bombing planes of the USAAF excel in range, accuracy and firepower … A-20 ( Fast and heavily armed, it is an ideal attack plane and light bomber ), … B-25 ( Steady rugged Mitchell is consistent performer ), … B-26 ( Terrific punch features this fast medium bomber ), … B-17 ( Flying Fortresses have captured public’s fancy ), … and B-24 ( Long-range Liberators have performed superbly on important missions )
Quiz No. 2: Planes Over the Atlantic
Royal Fleet – Its Ships are Winning Their Fight
British Naval Vessels – Principal Combatant Types by Classes … Battleships ( Older classes have fought in two wars ), … Battle Power ( Britain’s best are new ships ), … Fleet Carriers ( Hit Bismarck, Italians ), … Auxiliaries ( Smaller Carriers help swell fleet )
Torpedo Bombing – Hazardous Combat Job Done by Naval Fliers … TBF ( U.S. Navy’s plane is big, versatile ), … Beaufort ( Land-based TB of RAF attacks German convoys ), … Beaufighter ( Built as fighter, it now serves as torpedo bomber ), … Swordfish ( Sank Italian fleet at Taranto ), … Barracuda ( Gives new speed to Fleet Air Arm’s torpedo attack )
Japanese TB’s – Enemy Uses Them Successfully
JU-88 – Is Latecomer as Torpedo Bomber
HE-111 – Is a Constant Menace to Convoys
Quiz No. 3: Tanks & Armored Cars
British vs. Jap
News & Miscellany
Spotter Charts for German ME-323 and D.F.S. 230