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
15 November 1939 - Illustrated War News - London, London, England
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
15 November 1939 - Illustrated War News - London, London, England
A GERMAN POCKET BATTLESHIP OPERATING AS A COMMERCE RAIDER ELEVEN-INCH GUNS IN THE DEUTSCHLAND," WHICH SEIZED THE AMERICAN STEAMSHIP "CITY OF FLINT," AND SANK THE S.S. STONEGATE AND A NORWEGIAN STEAMER. Photograph by Charles K. Brotm.)
15 November 1939 - Illustrated War News - London, London, England
NOW IN SAFE KEEPING IN SPECIAL DETENTION CENTRES-- PART OF A U-BOAT CREW LINED UP ON BEING LANDED ON THE ENGLISH COAST. (Topical.) The number of prisoners captured from U-boat and aeroplane and now lodged in England is constantly on the increase an increase which goes on in a qui
15 November 1939 - Illustrated War News - London, London, England
" THERE'S A WEALTH OF ENTERTAINMENT IN A large number of the informative diagrammatic drawings, reproduced as panoramas, EACH MEASURING OVER THREE chiefly by that well-known artist G. H. Davis, which have FEET WIDE. They show British warship types a Battleship, a been published
15 November 1939 - Illustrated War News - London, London, England
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.)
15 November 1939 - Illustrated War News - London, London, England
j FIRING LUMINOUS BULLETS DURING TARGET PRACTICE AT NIGHT A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY THE LIGHT OF BREN-GUN TRACER-BULLETS. Under modern conditions of war the struggle for position is, by the nature of 1 things, carried on mainly at night. Such activities as patrols, wiring parties, an
15 November 1939 - Illustrated War News - London, London, England
GUNNERY TRAINING IN THE FLEET AIR ARM AN INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF A CAMERA-GUN TO A RATTNr. (C.P.) This is one of the first photographs to be taken at a naval air station since the outbreak of war, and shows an instructor teaching a rating to work a camera-gun. At this
15 November 1939 - Illustrated War News - London, London, England