THE ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS _ T> l""* T 1 _ November is, 1939. Price Sevei¥pei\ck K.u \JK N 1 ij ;'C5 PART 3 VLLUSTR4r£a Iwjse. mwi' PRICE SEVENPENCE: BY INLAND POST, EIGHTPENCE. printed in England and registered as a newspaper for transmission in PUBLISHING OFFICE: Canada and Newfo

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SEARCHING THE SEA FOR U-BOATS AN R.A.F. PILOT AND NAVIGATOR WORKING OUT THEIR COURSE WHILE ON PATROL. (Photograph by Charles E. Brown.)

ROYAL AIR FORCE DECORATIONS AWARDED TO OFFICERS AND WARRANT OFFICERS THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND THE AIR FORCE CROSS. I. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, OBVERSE. 2. DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, REVERSE. 3. AIR FORCE CROSS, REVERSE. 4. AIR FORCE CROSS, OBVERSE. The Royal Air For

MOST FAMOUS OF GERMANY'S RADIO HEROES: KAPITANLEUTNANT PRIEN AND HIS CREW, CLAIMED AS THE SINKERS OF THE "ROYAL OAK" IN SCAPA FLOW WITH HITLER, AND (LEFT, BELOW) WITH CAPTAIN SIEMENS, HEAD OF THE U-BOAT SERVICE AND KAPITANLEUTNANT PRIEN BESIEGED FOR AUTOGRAPHS. Whether Kapitanleu

THE KING CONFERS THE FIRST R.A.F. DECORATIONS-- THE FOUR OFFICERS WEARING D.F.C.s, AND THE SERGEANT WEARING THE DFM (P.N. A.) j The first R.A.F. decorations of the war were conferred on November 2, when j the King invested four officers with the Distinguished Flying Cross, and on

A NEW MENACE AGAINST WHOSE DANGERS THE COMMAND IN FRANCE IS ON ITS GUARD ATTACK BY PARACHUTE-- A RUSSIAN DEMONSTRATION. As yet the possibilities of attack by parachute have not been seriously tested between evenly-matched contestants. The Germans, however, used this method with c

THE FORMER CZECHOSLOVAKS BREN LIGHT MACHINE-GUN, NOW MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND AND IN ACTIVE USE BY THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. I I. FLASH-ABSORBER. 2. FORE-SIGHT. 3. GAS BLOCK. 4. GAS REGULATOR. 5. GAS VENT. 6. BARREL 7. RIFLED BORE. 8. FOULING SHIELD. Q. GAS CYLINDER. IO. BI

A FRENCH NAVAL ESCORT TAKING OVER THE PROTECTION OF A CONVOY FROM OUR NAVY (A BRITISH DESTROYER BEING SEEN IN THE LEFT MIDDLE DISTANCE) A FRENCH ARTIST'S IMPRESSION, SHOWING THE WARSHIPS RANGING THE SEA AND ZIG-ZAGGING. (By Courtesy of V Illustration.") (By Courtesy of V Illustra

HOW BRITISH SHIPS LEARN TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST U-BOATS MEN OF THE MERCHANT MARINE AT GUN DRILL UNDER NAVAL INSTRUCTORS. THE MEN ALSO LEARN HIGH-ANGLE GUNNERY FOR DEFENCE AGAINST AIR ATTACK. {Fox.)