The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 82National Geographic Society, 1942 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... planes wing over and head almost straight down for the target - soldiers ashore or a ship at sea . Antiaircraft fire can break up such formations and deflect the aim , but the only sure defense is a strong force of fighter planes ...
... planes wing over and head almost straight down for the target - soldiers ashore or a ship at sea . Antiaircraft fire can break up such formations and deflect the aim , but the only sure defense is a strong force of fighter planes ...
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... planes . Even if a tanker can carry only 10 or 15 combat planes on her deck , those few , added to the planes of other ships in the convoy , will give the fleet overwhelming air power . Too , they will serve as " big guns " in the ...
... planes . Even if a tanker can carry only 10 or 15 combat planes on her deck , those few , added to the planes of other ships in the convoy , will give the fleet overwhelming air power . Too , they will serve as " big guns " in the ...
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... planes could take off from these to refuel ocean - hopping Flying Fortresses in the air . Big patrol seaplanes like the Catalina also could refuel in the air from tanker planes at these floating bases . Then they wouldn't have to come ...
... planes could take off from these to refuel ocean - hopping Flying Fortresses in the air . Big patrol seaplanes like the Catalina also could refuel in the air from tanker planes at these floating bases . Then they wouldn't have to come ...
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Wartime in the Pacific Northwest United States and Canada By FREDERICH SIMPICH 421 | 139 |
Summed up in Prime Minister Churchills Unflinching Words By HARVEY KLEMMER | 141 |
Ships Bound for Faraway Battlegrounds Stream | 197 |
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