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Vol. 6 No. 9
Cover: B-25s ….. Contents: Facing the Issue ….. Leaders of the Army Air Forces ….. The Life and Times of Army Aviation – Thirty-two years ago the Army paid the Wright Brothers $30,000 for the world’s first military plane. Today, descendants of that powered box-kite by the ten-thousands are making the AAF a terror to the Axis. ….. Air Transport …Unlimited – World’s largest “airline” is the AAF’s Air Transport Command, which flies its thousands of planes to all continents burdened with everything from capsules of vaccine to heavy maintenance equipment. ….. Cyclones – in Action! – Bullet-riddled, raced in combat far beyond normal limits, flown in the cold of Alaska, the heat of Africa, and the vast distances of the Pacific, these mighty power plants are serving the AAF as dependably as they serve the airlines. ….. Bomber Base – Somewhere in the Pacific – This is the type of hand-hewn, home-made jungle flying field from which scores of the AAF’s Cyclone-powered Boeing Flying Fortresses are raining bombs on the Japs, with devastating results. ….. Cyclone Schooling for Soldiers – Wright Aeronautical converts a sturdy old silk mill into a new Army Technical Training School for AAF Maintenance, complete on a grand scale with barracks, instruction shops, study halls and a battery of test cells. ….. Engine Overhaul – By the Acre – A Glimpse at the Service Overhaul Shop of a Typical Huge Army “Depot.” ….. Purely Personnel ….. Exhaust Fumes