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Volume 6 - No. 139 - October 18, 1942

The War in the Air

Oct1942

The War in the Air

The strategic and tactical employment of air forces for the prosecution of war on land has at present reached a stage of stabilization; although their methods may differ slightly the aim of the use of

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I Was There! - On the 13th Day I Killed and Ate a Seagull

Oct1942

I Was There! - On the 13th Day I Killed and Ate a Seagull

This is the story told by Pilot Officer Holbrooke Mahn, 23-years-old American member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, who spent 14 days in a small dinghy in the North Sea following the crash of his Ha

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Full index of this magazine

  • Along the Battle Fronts
  • The War in the Air
  • Under the Swastika
  • New Links in the Chain of Panama's Defence
  • Views & Reviews
  • The War at Sea
  • The Home Front
  • The Battle of Britain: Two Years After
  • I Was There! - From the Zulu I Saw the Sikh's Last Fight
  • I Was There! - We Nurses Were in the Front Line of Fire
  • I Was There! - On the 13th Day I Killed and Ate a Seagull
  • Our Diary of the War
  • Editor's Postscript