"VIET ." (Ooncluded) Junker-87 bomber has a maximum speed of 206 miles per hour, a radius of action of about 519 miles. and is capable of lifting one 1,000 lb. bomb and four 110 lb. bombs. These planes are employed in the bombing of brid8es. railwa:r centers, industrial objectives, as vell as against troop concentrations. The one-place pursu1 t ~lane and powerdive Henschel-l'23 bCllllberhave a me.rlmum speed of about 220 miles per hour,a range of 560 miles, carr;y 440 Ibs. of bCllllbsand are armed with four machine guns. !hese planes are utilized primarily in action on the battlefield Bt;atnst artillery batteries, machine-gun nests, troops in shelters. tanks and other targets. 00nsiderab1e assistance was afforded by the power-dive bombers to their forces on . the ground. A major portion of these Wall attached tomoblle motorized and mechanized units with the m1ss1onofinsuring the continued progress of these units. Oontact with the bombers was maintained by radio. The mCllllenthat mechanized col'WlUlsencoun.- tered resistance the aircraft were called upon for assistance. Oombined air 8Ild ground attacks against hostile troop co~ centrations and antitank batteries soon paved the wa:r for the advance of the Germans. A few words are necess~ on the tactics employed by the power-dive bombers in attacking objectives protected by antiaircraft artilleZT. A group of five airplanes, two of which are power-dive machines, approach the target at an altitude closely within max1mwa range of the antiaircraft fire. The power-dive bombers then immediately descend upon the target. acting as if they had been hit b7 the antiaircraft fire below. The fire of the antiaircraft artilleZT is then concentrated on the airplanes continuing their fiight--meanwhile the power-dive bombers complete their bombing missions. The action of the power-dive bombers has been such as thoroughly to just1t;y their existence. The successful action of bombardment aviation. however. calls for the combined employment of different methods in the execution of bombardmentmissions. Xrasnqa Zv;yexda, 23 Mq 1940 JUNGLE .•. (Ooncluded) high dqtime temperatures. The newly laid concrete was, therefore, cured by covering with watersoaked burlap, followed. after its initial set, by a coat of black asphalt emult1On •. This latter sprqing operation also reduces the sun glare reflected by the runwa:r surface. which is an important construction detail to prevent blinding of the landing pilots. Speed achieved on this project was large.. ly due to the fact that the constructing quartermaster had planned for months in ad,- vance, and his force had acCtUDUlateda huge pile of rock at its own quarr;y. Roads had been hacked out from quarr;y to runwa:rs1te, and from the cement plant to the work area; cement had been ordered from the States and arrangements made for its transportation from dockside via the Thatcher Jerry across the Oanal and thence by truck to the storage sheds. These factors had an important bearing on the progress of the air field when the actual work was started. Amongthe prelimin&rT tasks accomplished by the Oonstructing QDartermaster's force were the clearing of about 1,000 acres of jungle underbru.sh; moving ot 300,000 cubic yards of dirt. and the leTel1ng of a long 27-foot hill to fill in the hollo... There were 32,000 cubic ;yards of rock mined at the Howard Field qual'r7 and 14,000 cubic yards of sand scooped from the beach at :Bru.ja Point. The task reqa1red 186,000 bags of cement. Howard Field is one of a group of ~ <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong> .installations being oonstructed to supplement the vi tal defenses of the Oanal Zone. It is veZT large, when completed having facilities to accommodate several thousand officers and enlisted men. Part of the constru.ction program alre~ has been completed, and some facilities are tIl use. INSIDE THE BACK COVER !he cartoon on the inside o'f the back cover is one of a series being distribu.ted by the lmndreds of thousands by the :Britieh Government to emphasize the danger to ~ tional security of careless talk which reveals information of value to the eneJIIT. Poster-size reproductions of the series (one ot which will be carried in each issue .(Translatedat the knq War Oollege. Wash.- ot m AIR OQBP8NEWSLETTER)suitable tor ington, condensed by 001. "I. M. :Barrows, posting in barracks and elsewhere, ma;y be "I.A., and reprinted from The Milit&r7 Beview of the Oommandand General Staff to the Intelligence Division, <strong>Office</strong> ot the obtained by station commanders on request School.) Ohief of the <strong>Air</strong> Oorps. Washington. -22-
SPANISH .8-A,n~erican r e a rmaroe n t must it l~, "'1{}!e t :~,}f1 guns , at least in regard to ."'>"j~ ~i .i . Hemisphere defense wi l l Cl!:p':,,; '.;' ou , ;,i i'> to win the friendship of H,p , I q Arno r icae';. That is the assertion of Prof,"." ., 'ie.'; iL'Ul~' Gueydan, distinguished schoLH O' head "J ,!,p Spanish Department at Barksclaip );"li La. <strong>Air</strong> bases in the SOllthAJ,O('! ;,,'1 United the States professor against us by loans for nrmat
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.. An Equipment Review GERMAN AIRCR
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