For <strong>the</strong> Record I)e:lr h!Jtlll Rendezvous I rl'ad ill t lic Septl'mher i"ll(' Ilf ,\IR I:"RCI: 11'!JUl' Il11C Ilf t hr ~lorJlil'd B ,-, !lew t!Jl' t ot.rl Ilf : :l!)()!!! ]l!I)lllll''> 111\- ]ll()"t!\ eli,,;\'>!rl)I]" \\, d'lll ""'. I'k. \:1111:1 (,.SI,',I),\. \l"II"llil \',1. \ If: I, II I 'I' .1. l. It's Done with Mirrors \)l'li t [j!I)1'. 1"1111 1111' I" "Sl""tlill.~ I 111 I,. IC)(ll(). 111 \. ()lJl (h! ())1l'] 1""I~l 111111,'" IlL NOVEMBER,1944 ! C'l)]!t ill11l{ 1 ()Il I),l~l' .f(l I i l ) THE OFFIC Bombpower Maj, Charles D. Frazer .\ :.:r:lpllll. tir,t h.ru.: !l'pml "f h"mh d,lllJ:l~l' t" :\:I.'i I.uilit i« ill I r.n« c. Portrait of a Guy Thinking About an Island .\ c()pilot ~i\"L"'-, « or d-, t o tIll..' tll()ll~llh ()f 111'111\ .m More Power To You I !O\\" CJ1]f w.n pl.un-, 1I.l\ l' ~;liJl('(l ;1 l\{}l'''l"j)()\\ ('1 Interception Begins on <strong>the</strong> Ground Key Men V",1.27 ~.-. \ Operation: Reunion The dr.nn.it« .iir C\':!llJ:lt i"ll ()]JJ' l'IIl11lil'\ 1J:I\l' l:i,;1: rl'pl'el for Wear That Armor! Capt. L. P, Bachmann of .\\J.' w.rr pri-uuor-, [roru !Z"IIJ:IllJ:l, Combat May Make You Lazy Ma;. Walker M. Mahurin If \"11 think lioun inc.u.. vuu r j"h i, ov cr Ie:,,] t hi-, .uu! t hiu]; "g:llii. 2d Lt. Bert Stiles nir m.iu ill 1!Ie lTt ). S/Sgt, Douglas J, Ingells CHI t h« L'lll'JII\ Charlotte Knight \\1' I i:.:ltflT ('''lltr,,!. IIlTl'" \\ 11\. \\1:\ Lldll) "plLII"r, iun-t II\l' tl](';r 1Il':!d, iI\ \\lll 'I' tlll'ir lilll;l'l'. j,l:tk -nil-, m.i , h ],1I1b hnt I" tlu«. nuu 111l'\ .u, III t lu hl,t of ,Ilk. Lifeline to <strong>the</strong> USSR Herbert Ringold I lu \trm lit h"ltlilll: t li« \relic to cli-p.rtch phlll\ t" "Ill' Stl\ld ,\II:l'\. The Man with <strong>the</strong> Private Breeze Maj, Lu<strong>the</strong>r Davis Ilcl'l.''' Olle \ OIl C;111 t.ik.: or ]c'l\ c. 1)11t' kL'L'p \ rntr t-()Il~llC ill \ our ('lied,. Night Marauders Capt. Raymond Creekmore .vn .ut r-t'. I1llprC\\I"II' "f "III lir,t ni2ht lJr)]nl>illf; in forcl' ill Ihe 1,It J. -Ed, The <strong>Air</strong> War in <strong>the</strong> Southwest Pacific Col. B, B, Cain 30 .\ (illmllli rl\IIlIIC' ()f .ur ]l()\\l'l'\ ](lie ill thc "c1IClrrcc fr()lll '\lll' Cuincr. '::J / .t Standard Flight Instrument Panel Col. T. J. DuBose TlIe IllI1' :lrr:lll~CIIIl'llt ()j h.i-.ic jk,ht in-trumcnt , on .\\F 'lircuft. Patton's <strong>Air</strong> Cavalry S/Sgl, Mark Murphy It t()()k pl.m.. t o jll()k,t tl« tlillb ()j t!«: 'pc'cdill:': )1,1 \1111' ill !'J'lIl1l' What Becomes of Our Convalescents? J !ell." .u: .ni-v cr th,l! ,II()IJI,[ ll\l ,I 1()1 ()f .un«l- ill "itlliul t]lukr\. DEPARTMENTS Rendezvous 1 This Is Your Enemy 20 On <strong>the</strong> Line 37 Technique 39 Flying Safety 44 Off <strong>the</strong> 800m 47 On <strong>the</strong> Alert 48 Shooting tho In This Issue Cross Country Intercom AIR FORCE Quiz Training Aids November in <strong>the</strong> AAF The l.ib r o r-. Br c-cz o 64' 51 52 53 57 58 59 63 I: I', 2 5 6 13 14 17 22 23 24 28 29 36 54 60
<strong>Air</strong>men just back from Romanian PO" - e~mp' stripped ofT t luir vcnuiundck-n unif or m-, :llld took hot. 'O:Jp' b.it h. Ixfor« receil'in~ a fresh issue of elotlling. Vvhil« this \I:lS t;Jl,illg pl:iee <strong>the</strong>ir dis- 2 By Capt. L. P. Bachmann AIR FORCE Overseas Staff REUNION Clrlkcl 1I11ifofJlIS wc«. spr:l\ecl wit l: :I lou-«. killlll" cliSlllkct;lllt by :l 1 ~t1J .\ir <strong>Force</strong> su!.;e:lllt. Lile w cr« :Illllillc: tile SOllllIlIT' <strong>the</strong>y [J,(lecl lip after heillg sllut (1
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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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August 7. Patton kept moving his he
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l'Iiavigation Training En Masse. Th
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"WE arc not going to bubble over wi
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A wood block support; injured legs
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Burma. A Japanese light antiaircraf
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HOW ,SHARP ARE YOU? A 'hoto Test of
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.. ' Back to the Philippines PART I
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Tacloban strip \\";IS not sC'ITicca
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volunteers between the agcs of II .
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I f By Capt. Greer Williams Air SlI
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Flaming debris (If njllI, ])1]]1:ll
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ground fire the pilot should look f
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two weeks: Cincinnati. one week: Pi
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At 5.000 fed. the pilot opened the
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cardboard bombs on their choice of
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turn to Traffic Scction, Crcnicr Fi
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Tile air campaign to choke off fuel
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fallen into Allied hands, thus maki
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THE ABC OF D-DAY When an invasion i
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THE ABC OF D-DAY t Cont inu.xl [r o
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