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 abroad quickly and efficiently . Instead of unloading crated planes at a dock whence they have to be trucked to an airport , the transport could launch her plane cargo 1,000 or 1,500 miles at sea , well out of reach of enemy ...
... planes abroad quickly and efficiently . Instead of unloading crated planes at a dock whence they have to be trucked to an airport , the transport could launch her plane cargo 1,000 or 1,500 miles at sea , well out of reach of enemy ...
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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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Ships Bound for Faraway Battlegrounds Stream | 197 |
Color at Africas Southern Tip Cape of Good Hope Province II illustrations in color | 213 |
A Scientist Finds Ivoryeyed Skeletons of | 319 |
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