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I f By Capt. Greer Williams Air SlITgeoll's Office vou nrc :1 fl\"lT \\110 never m.rkcs a mivt.rk«, you C:1n sleep through this ouc. On the other hand, von tu.rv he hl11l1:111,like the joker who slept through :1 cl.ivs f)JJ ditefling. On th.rt unluckv d:11' when his airpl.mc had to ditch. he didn't know h ow to opcn his onc-m.m life raft. lie clrow ned. Or like the pilot of a B-li in whicl: half the crew, including the bombnrdicr, were uuconxcrous from o"ygen w.mt dming the hOinhiug run. The pilot saved their Jiles by IC1\'ing the formation and di'ing from :2 :;,000 to 5,000 feet. Bnt that didnt correct the leaking mygen system which had gin'n his crew trouble on a previous mission, Nor did it help in a subsequent mission when the whole right half of the svstcm went out complctclv. Or like a pilot who got his shot-up fighter back to the base hut couldn't laud. lIe bailed out all right, but landed facing Considerable realism 1\ put in lo tim d.monvt rut ron of slccpmg ill a lr.unmo.}, IIL"!c (If p:n;whllk \II! h\ln(lIl'J, atLle'hn] t o trccs. 1 6 e Careless Die Early i ! «. vvi ncl. The ch u te jerked him O\"lT h:lck\l':n(k Tl ishead struck tile l.mdiru; stnp .mcl he \\:IS k illc«]. Or like the B-2CJ pilot \1'110 tried to \\:l1k hick to his hase through ')00 miles of 1'\e\l' Cuinc\ jungle with ouf citing. J Ie elidn't feel 11l1ngr:' after the first two elan .n n] looking for fooel slowed him down, lie II':IS definiteh' slowed down when he contacted f ricnd lv natives 1-+ (L1\s 1:Jter. Or like the :1irm:I;1 wh» n-ed hi< clcct ricallv heated hoots for ovcrvhocs hec1l1se of the S1l0\l' ancl slush illI the grouud. I li- toes were frostbitten wlun the battered wirc-, f:1iled at high :11ti tude, Or like the four crewmen of :1 B-17 \lhich ditched in the South Pacific. They failed to :IS"lIue ditehiug positiollS .md were never seen again. The other si, got into tlu Lifts .md, as soon as thcv were hon:I!jde casta\\':1\S, .itc :111their cnurgellC'\' r.it ious ;;nd drunk all their w.itcr. Thcv wc«. shot with luck hecallSe, although 110 one h:«l thonght to bring the Cibson Cirl or a Very pistol, a PBY spotted them after seven hours. :\LJyhe the burdens of discipline and the h:lI:m]s of comhat flight m.ikc you feel like lea,iug ellTlthlng to luck, Luck is :1 good thing but any g:unhlcr \I'i11 tell you that to stretch it you have to gi'e it a li ttle expert gni(1:Jnee. '111e mun the A,\j. has delegated to help you becomc an expert in stretching your luck is the Pcrvou.rl I':quipmcnt Othccr. The Air Trau-.port Conuu.uid calls him a I,'light bllergencl' Olliccr and the ?\aly has u.uncd him the Avi.tbon Lquipmcnt ()flicer, but whatever you call him. PEO or This nAn type lean-to shelter 1\ IlL](!c (If P(l!c\ 1)(>111\(1 wit h palm lihns .nu] «()\LTcd wit l: m.it, \I (lIT II (If p.rhu [mil']" It IS w.rtcrproof', AIR FORCE
Introducing your survival salesman, the personal equipment officer, who is a guy well worth listening to. His job may be a headache tor him - but it can mean all the difference between lite and death tor you Surviv«] Joe, !Ie's :1 kl!O\I" vou n];ll" w.i nt to knll\\", T!IC\' th rcw the book at h im when thcv wrote the directive cxtab- Jj,hin£; the l'cr,oll;t! J
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~J 1 AIR FOftCES * OCTOBER 1944
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Rendezvous Who Is He? Dear Editor:
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[us: ,dlat is tIle AAI'I'DC~ It is
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oads and bridges and military imtal
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Here's how controllers direct the p
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sengcr and courier service in areas
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GET WISE Here are a few of the easi
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Airborne soldiers. shown here durin
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Smoke in background is fruin [up.ui
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It has pronounced step characterist
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TIIC{"II""IIIi; ;lItidc j, till' I/
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OCTOBER,1944 The first thing the a\
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YOUR ENEMY All ;Iirer;!ft fllillg o
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->",i" .""tJnil'et hj/'- By Col. Do
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28 011 BOll~aiIldk is quicklv unloa
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the plane landed, a jccp would driv
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THE PHiliPPINES DISTANCES SHOWN IN
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The economic system of the Philippi
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The AAF's homing pigeons are recogn
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Our aviation engineers had to fight
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---- technique • -- - --- . RUNWA
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High Intensity Controlled Lighting
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Attached to a flyer's ear, the Oxim
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Automatic Pilot Trainer-A new train
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3 5 7 Surprised by the friendliness
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TIM ELY A D V ICE FRO M THE A I R I
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R.6 I:>:CJ: the AAF S helicopter, t
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SS I. You on the left, Buddy, appea
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ever .nrivc at a fir',t ~Iid stut i
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p:rinted on the outvi.lc wrt l: ,ih
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tanks and truck-borne infantry and
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FIGHTER CONTROL (Colltilltled from
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Property of tDe Library ARMY INDtJS
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For the Record I)e:lr h!Jtlll Rende
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he Allie's into German-held of the
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H Combat may make you Lazy By Maj.
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..... -; ... The results of two yea
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Production charts show the disaster
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all key points of the factory's 3-+
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HE Fortresses T wings to the took o
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'l'h is was a YClr ago, but these a
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Pulling in His Ne-:I:. Reeelit de,c
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When a radio operator makes a mista
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Lifeline to the US,S R BY HERBERT R
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Ten o'clock of a December morning a
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THE MAN WITH THE PRIVATE BREEZE By
Page 98 and 99: THE AIR WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFI
Page 100 and 101: STANDARD FLIGHT INSTRUMENT PANEL E
Page 102 and 103: It 11c:l!,illg l.ot h sidc
Page 104 and 105: , , ,CO:-iTI:-iUI:D ]'\o\\', pacbgi
Page 106 and 107: technique ••• CO]\;Tl:"UED Ne
Page 108 and 109: INSTRUMENT PANEL (Continued from Pa
Page 110 and 111: LIFELINE TO THE US S R ( Cout iuucc
Page 112 and 113: F\lr:RCF'\~CY FOUrp\lr:,\'T luvpcct
Page 114 and 115: 50 COMBAT MAY MAKE YOU LAZY (Contin
Page 116 and 117: EN of the AAF-including the hundred
Page 118 and 119: .I In. ]~rhO:S-':cl the'mll-it:IIT
Page 120 and 121: August 7. Patton kept moving his he
Page 122 and 123: l'Iiavigation Training En Masse. Th
Page 124 and 125: "WE arc not going to bubble over wi
Page 126 and 127: A wood block support; injured legs
Page 128 and 129: Burma. A Japanese light antiaircraf
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Page 134 and 135: HOW ,SHARP ARE YOU? A 'hoto Test of
Page 136 and 137: .. ' Back to the Philippines PART I
Page 138 and 139: Tacloban strip \\";IS not sC'ITicca
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Page 142 and 143: :lIe fbttle of Hrit.un. IC\i" intru
Page 144 and 145: Underground. ,'~ group of worried m
Page 146 and 147: volunteers between the agcs of II .
Page 150 and 151: Flaming debris (If njllI, ])1]]1:ll
Page 152: ground fire the pilot should look f
Page 155 and 156: two weeks: Cincinnati. one week: Pi
Page 157 and 158: At 5.000 fed. the pilot opened the
Page 159 and 160: cardboard bombs on their choice of
Page 161 and 162: turn to Traffic Scction, Crcnicr Fi
Page 163 and 164: Oil refineries arc gooel targets, T
Page 165 and 166: Tile air campaign to choke off fuel
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Page 182 and 183: j ._3 Thirteen days after the 13th
Page 184 and 185: THE ABC OF D-DAY When an invasion i
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Page 188 and 189: The fighters called for help and th
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Page 192 and 193: THE ABC OF D-DAY t Cont inu.xl [r o
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We're more than 2,300,000 individua
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