CAPABLE OF FLYING 7162 MILES NON-STOP THE VICKERS WELLESLEY LONG-RANGE BOMBER, AND GENERAL PURPOSES MONOPLANE. {Charles E. Brown.) The Vickers Wellesley long-range bomber monoplane was the first aircraft built entirely on the Vickers-Wallis geodetic principle to be put into quant

BRITISH WAR MEDALS AWARDS FOR GALLANTRY IN ACTION, OR FOR DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT ON LAND, SEA, OR IN THE AIR. (From Original Medals lent by Messrs. Spink and Son, Ltd.) All the Medals for Valour illustrated above (slightly reduced in size) are awarded for war service in the field,

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HOW OUR DEFENSIVE SEARCHLIGHTS GET THEIR CURRENT INDEPENDENTLY OF CIVIL ELECTRICITY SUPPLIES, THEREBY ENSURING THAT AIR RAID DAMAGE DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH THEIR WORKING NIGHT DUTY AT A MOBILE POWER-UNIT. B (Keystone.)

THE DIGGING WAR ON THE BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AN ANTI-AIRCRAFT SECTION AT A FORWARD SECTOR CONSTRUCTING EMPLACEMENTS-- IN WHICH ARE VISIBLE PREDICTORS AND A HEIGHT-FINDER WHILE AN OBSERVER SCANS THE SKIES FROM A SPECIAL CHAIR. (British Official Photograph.) So far the war on the

"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

AN INFORMAL PHOTOGRAPH FROM DOWNING STREET SOME MEMBERS OF BRITAIN'S WAR CABINET, WITH THE PRIME MINISTER (THIRD ON LEFT). {A.P.) Three members of Britain's War Cabinet (which consists of nine) are absent from our photograph Mr. Churchill, Sir John Simon, and Sir Samuel Hoare. Le