Daily Post - 24.09.1941, Síða 3

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Onr New long-Range Fighter
With Hoge Fire Power
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Cartoon by a Soldier-Artist
I ca.n assure you, my dea.r Vorv Krupp, l~he German
workers know nothiricj about this V Co.rnpa.uyrL
UP THF HIKHEN
RADIO NEWS
Most of our readers have
Probably heard of the new
Bristol Beaufighter already;
some of them may have heard
its comforting drone overhead
at night, or have seen it—look-
iog rather like a black shad-
ow—in the sky. But it is not
yet generally realised what a
tremendous weapon we have
ln this aircraft. Can you ima-
ghie nearly ten tons of stream-
lined metal hurtling through
the air at more than 330 miles
an hour? Can you imagine
2,800 horsepower packed into
a space less than six feet
square? Or in that controlled
thunderbplt an armament of
four cannon and six machine-
guns, firing at a total rate of
something like 10,000 rounds
a minute? For that is what is
implied by the name Beau-
hitler is no second
napoleon.
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remitting pursuit of the enemy
he never went ashore from the
time he left Malta in June,
1803, until he reached Gibralt-
ar in July 1805.
In his Life of Nelson the
great American naval historian
tells how “his slight figure
^as continually in view, walk-
ing the front of the poop, to
the unconscious contentment
°f the men, thus reminded ever
that their admiral shared their
deprivations.”
“Wars may cease,” says
Mahan in aJater passage, “but
the need for heroism shall
not depart from the earth
t^hile man remains and evil
exists to be redressed.
“Wherever danger has to
he faced or duty to be done at
c°st to self, men will draw in-
sPiration from the name and
deeds of Nelson.”
Cromwell’s fierce hold on the
ideal of freedom and Nelson’s
heroic and vigilant courage
express the spirit that inspires
the British people to-day. It is
that spirit that gives them
their imperturbable outlook on
World events and their resolute
eonfidence in victory.
fighter, the great new two-
motor day and night fighter
material going through the
works in a straigh stream, from
which can and will blast out of
the sky every German aero-
plane whích comes within
range of its guns. And if they
don’t come of their own accord,
then the Beaufighter can go out
and fetch them. It’s that type
we have been needing ever
since the war began: the long-
range fighter.
The Beaufighter can fly
non-stop for 1,500 miles; it can
escort bombers far into Ger-
many and back again, and still
have fuel to stop and fight.
What is more, it can stay up
at night from dusk pretty well
to dawn, and lie in wait for the
raiders at the height they are
flying. And now, in the Middle
East, too, it’s doing some very
fine service, for its terrific fire
power has been used to great
effect in going for objectives
on the ground.
A week or two ago, the
Ministry of Aircraft Produc-
tion arranged a visit to one of
the new assembly factories,
and whereas the older factori-
es, have had to stand as best
they can in the space they have
had available, the new factori-
es have been laid out to pro-
duce the Beaufighter from the
start. The result is a smooth
and orderly process, with the
front to back, with none of
those awkward corners or
bottle-necks which held up
production on earlier types.
One of the first things you
notice about the Beaufighter is
its extraordinary short, stubby
nose; it looks a regular bruiser.
Underneath the nose are four
nasty-looking spouts which
house the cannon; the machine
guns are put in the wings. The
pilot sits high up in the nose,
and behind him' is an observ-
er who loads the cannon and
does all the sort of odd jobs
about the house. There is
plenty of room, too, for it is a
big aeroplane with a wing-span
of nearly 58 feet. The night-
fighter looks really sinister in
PATH
By George
Our serial continued.
Where was M’Clachan my
g'hillie? Deserted with the
oats, the scoundrel. It was mad-
ness to brave the heather for-
ests without support of cover-
ing fire ,but it had to be done.
I pushed on into the gloom.
And then a miracle happened
— as if to encourage and bless,
the rain stopped, the sun ap-
peáred and a voice called out,
“Bannockburn.” For the first
time in the knowledge of
Dochandoris, this meterorologi-
cal even had taken place. But
wonder had made me incauti-
ous, for, in front of me sudd-
enly lolomed the fearful
Haggis-Bird. (To be continued).
.... And then the soldier
awoke to realise that Hitler had
existed only in a nightmare . .
By changing your kronur
into American paper dollars
and thence to Japanese yen;
by corhmuting these to
Portuguese reis and later
Mdscow roubles; by bringing
it back to Swedish crowns and
exchanging them for guid
the blackest of dull black
paint; in contrast, the day-
fighter looks almost sprightly
in what is officially known as
duck-egg blue.
Wednesday: Ivory Interlude
No. 12.
Thursday: The TIC-TOCS Con-
cert Party in the 3rd Sidi-
tion of Talbot Magazine.
Friday: Studio Concert and
Radio Play “The Third Per-
son”.
H. M. of England and U.S.A.
forces’ emblem in Iceland
are on sale at 1 króna and
50 aura pr. pair at 34 Lauga-
vegur. The shop is open till
11 o’clock p.m. This emblem
can also be obtained at the
tailor’s shop 29, Strandgata,
Hafnarfjörður.
Scotch pounds in Aberdeen,
you might have enough left to
buy a Daily Post.
Engage a Wimsey, Fortune or
a Poirot,
Summon Sherlock Holmes.
When once again a Gethryn
\ roams,
If one more case a Trent will
take on,
We may know
The unhappy fate of macon.
At last there has been taken
a German soldier who seemed
well nourished but very dejec-
ted at his capture, knew there
was a war on and was ex-
tremely happy to be fighting
against England.
Silk Polarbears