"T MjH 1 -fc. V X CONTRASTING STRANGELY WITH ITS FARMYARD SETTING A BRITISH HEAVY GUN IN POSITION ON THE FRONT, AND UNDERGOING ITS MORNING OVERHAUL. ANOTHER NEWCOMER IS THE WOMAN SWEEPING, WHO IS A POLISH REFUGEE. (Specially Drawn by Captain Bryan de Grincau.) j

THE MOST POWERFUL SHIP-BORNE AIRCRAFT IN QUANTITY PRODUCTION FOR ANY NAVY: BLACKBURN "SKUAS" ON PATROL. (Charles E. Brown.) The Blackburn Skua was the first specific dive-bomber aircraft to be constructed in England. It is officially described as a fighter-dive-bomber, and is the

HIGH-PERFORMANCE BOMBERS AND FIGHTERS OF THE FRENCH ARMfiE DE L'AIR (TOP; LEFT) THE AMIOT 340" LONG-RANGE BOMBER; (TOP; RIGHT) CURTISS P-36a SINGLE-SEAT FIGHTER (BOTTOM LEFT) BLOCK 151 SINGLE-SEAT FIGHTER AND (BOTTOM RIGHT) Le O.4S TWIN-ENGINED BOMBER. The Amiot 340 bomber has a

GERMANS FOR WHOM THE WAR IS ALREADY OVER PRISONERS OF WAR PLAYING FOOTBALL AND (RIGHT) A PRISONER RECEIVING ORDERS Aitnough certain prisoners of war at Donnington Hall between 1914 and 1918 made capital out of their experiences by painting adverse pictures, of their life j *n Eng

ON THE PROPAGANDA FRONT B.B.C. MONITORS AT WORK-- EXPERT LINGUISTS WHO LISTEN-IN TO ALL FOREIGN BROADCASTS. (Keystone Photos.) The War in the Ether has not developed into the chaos of jamming that was predicted by many experts; but the B.B.C. has taken many defensive measures and

THE ONLY CONCRETE RESULT OF THE FIRST GERMAN AIR RAIDS CAPTURED GERMAN AIRMEN IN LONDON. (GJ>.U.) Although, according to reports from neutral countries, Hitler has been debating with his generals the possibilities of a joint land and air attack on Eastern Britain, and, in ^n Engl

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A CHECK AGAINST A^OURED CARS AND A HINDRANCE TO THE TANK: GIGANTIC COILS OF "FRENCH" WIRE, WHICH ENTWINES ITSELF AROUND ANY VEHICLE HAVING EXPOSED AXLES, THUS BRINGING IT TO A COMPLETE STOP-- BLOCKING A ROAD. {Topical.) j {Topical.)

THE FLAGSHIP OF BRITAIN'S HOME FLEET-- H.M.S. NELSON (33,950 TONS), WHICH MOUNTS THE HUGE ARMAMENT OF NINE 16-IN. GUNS. (Charles E. Brown.) H.M.S. Nelson," 33,950 tons, is the flagship of Britain's Home Fleet, according to the last Navy List issued. She was laid down with her sis

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.)