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.'Fnmccs at 12;00 o'dock," m.appedthC'ough the intercom. Lr, S. ilUJttedianly!I\UD,J! into -ill climbing turn and In,O IUen-[ lily eeneealed the giant PB4Y ,u a bankof clouds. PulJing out Within ntn~e, Il,bow gunnel' fired II I~ng bursr inlO theJllt!'. winA ' . N O ' dlll1' lagi llg efFecf WaS apparent.Ahhough the bow 'turret had expended

i'5 Illmmunition, and duo $tarbo,.rd gWlwas out of commIssion:. John R. Pfeiffi!l:'

Will< cun6dcnt. He called hispiJol . "GooDie a taJ'gel. I'll lob 'em with illYport gull,."Losing no rime. the pHot put th~ PB4Yina Stlle,1iIdive, rapidly closing the di..ranee between the fJbera/or and Fya.~c;e$...I: -II very loW, level, hit pg_Ued au! an dki l11J1Wd over the- wa(e... They were fliTbelow the JaP plane and compJeudy oulo{_range for It .50 calibre machine gun,bU I Pfeiffer knew it would be Ihe ir l-ss t

ahltnce u> gel It shot. He reied hj, luck- .Opening up with hi;, on.e rllJ. 'D'.l lininggun, Pfeiffer lobhed) the bullets in ;J wideaee roward the .racing Jap planl!'. HislllukJmanSl1il} '\'M excellent, his alfowan"clor gravity drop and relative speeds fuuh-less, 'I'he lap port CI1g inc exploded; -Iheentire ll.llceJle drop,pcd away_ Losing aI.tiru.de ,,"pidly. the Fr.anr;e5 5pir.J.I-ed intothe waves lind sank instantly,A ir c:r ewmen h av e- wh~. ~ takes


3/44

MAAl nU llOM NEWS I .ANUAR ' t 15. 19H "-NO . 233

AL~OUC:H in ~944Naval ~":viatiou PPeJ'~t~ principally1._ m the Pacifle, Navy nlwntft {rem tamer deck'Sandland bases Ilew a nd f\'lught iJJ almost every theater ofW'dr. They snpPQrted arnphihtous landings in Europe.blasted enemy submarines in the Atlantic. poundtd Japshippil1g and choked off i~ s supply lanes, SP!'larhead~dinvasions, Rev, patrol. searohand rescue miSslQl lS ruldtransported personnel and cargo over vast ex{').anse~.Back in the homeland. at desks and behind planning

Itables, in labaratortes and [It testillg stations, expel'tsin cle&ign,ellginel.lring and mainteuanee stLldied comba~f


4/44

B i k i n i f fBGtigelap!. ~,


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O P E R A T I O N SMORB than 3,,000 miles s ep a .ll ate T a ra wa in th e Gilb~Islands frorn Mindoro in the Philippines. Americanf tm l es c l; )v~ recl thls sw ee_ p o r th e Pacif ic in 1944 . Aae~COD -s ol id a tin g g a in s in th e G il he J'to ; in ilie Ja~lef _ pAr t df 1943.. troops iIwllded the: Marshalls In February, by-passedTruk und the ether Olln~lifie Islands, smashed in to theMarianaslu Iune and Ju ly . re d u c e d the Palaus in Seplemhera nd IatlIlc~he~ the P Il iJ ip p in e in va s ip n ill OctoUeJ!. In 1 J l . i . d -D ece mbe r, the lum,y la nd ed e u M ind oro.To these. large-sca1e operatlocs und other impu r t ant but1 s e r knowll e ng ag em ents . ! tva } A vi a ti Q 1 '1 maUe he avy c on-trfuutiuns. EVelY m ajor Ja nd ittg w as p r eo ed e d by n soften-ing-up period in which both carrier- and land-based 'planesbomhed lid slrJlfeti vital instaIlMiaus en islands eli,rrnarkedfill' Inva s ion . N avy p Ja ne s b la ste d eH em y ship p i:lIg to w re a khavoc OD his supply sohedule, and helped neutralize enemy-h e ld te rrito ry .Naval ilirmerlJ harassed Jap sl~ppjng and instailationsIru m the Ku rl le s to e w B rita in in Eb e 6rst mou tn of the,vear , CarrieJ'-ba:sllld l'lircrdt Jill. , lap ' warshil's ~D Kavt~l'lgHurbur and G.a~ili le .Clliannel. SED s -and TBF s attacked('olnoouu'(l!tiOllS 0r - shipping m S im p so n's H ~ :rrb /il r (Rllb4lLI).and PB4Y's litrnc~ Kusaie Island in the arolines,Kw!tj~ le ilJ in the we s te rn Mnnhalls wa s invnd et:! Inl ~ cI JJ TU a ry . A l s o il l th e second month, American and N ewZeaJand'troops lauded on reen Island in the Solomons: atask fi1rce blasted Trnk, Na planes hit Paramushiruand' l r i rnl1sMru ill th e Kur l l e s , LrOOpS invaded th e dmiralties.u.s. Troops Landed at Altapa ond Hol/andla 'n A prilIn M arc h, 1~vy m ed iu m bom be rs bit th e KUT il e,s . and attl sk fo rt bJa~ le d the FtJaH~. l1iJd iL~gh_ts of ABril. werethe AITn 'ymni lH~ at Hollandia .nnd Aitnpe a nd the bomb,

i!lg of T re k , S ::i! tl;lw ;m an(T 'PM8.pB.In .\{ny, Anny, Na y nnd Mariue planes hit Jap bases illthe M u .I'shu lls ; N avy m ed ium bu mbtl,l 'S hit Nauru lslund,AJl lUy


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r j ~ Preceded b power ul attacks by ArmY' andI , y L U ' ! f ; U l , N a vy p 'l lm e s'u u d _ su p p or te d by a l < a r g e eon-aeD trotioo of ",ari~l1.JS: ty p IJf shi(ls , e om brne d U .S . Ie re e sl anded on KwajiLI_e in . wutld ' s lU l


7/44

,Ill""'! ,1l.S. am~I,~bi@us lux~ landed 6u Pelellu and_...!.d ~ i l \ngnur Islands, sou the rnm os t rof the Palaugroup, on 5eptJ!ffihl:x 1~J7. The llmdit!gs foJJou-ed a tieriodo f sustnined ail' and sen bombardments, sald t{ ) have brenthe heaviest eve~ hurled ~gaI l1s t Japanese ud". l l i ses in HlQCentral Pacmc~ Nol only were eU$llY pooititms il l lhe Palausbom bed a nd sheJltltlbi' uirc . -mf l and .!lDips b u t fl ir fi el rl ~ HhMshippfllg witbTn a rndiw. ,oJ more than GOO mile s , J tt~I~ lc l Jl~gr l , e . sou f?e un ~ nd e entra l PbiJip pine s, we t'e s lnm k re p~ l,1 tl:'d lyby c.uTler RlrCfaft. Ef; lHVY losses to the enem n' l~11Ited.Catt.let ~lones ,Blas:to;ld JOf Island In.daflof/01n

OpP-}:a.tfdnll awnttst (Ita Palau s liieW ID O il Septernbt- l r6 .witb a. ~r-bJlsed fig hte r s we e p or Japtlues' Iu,strulntiob$on the islands .. Thls wa s fo l lowed the nezl day hy a he aV) !"bomhing nLL 'ack , dUr . i ll g which cruisers a nd deJitro}"'l 's mewedIn to hammer a t In:stallntion..~. On these tWfJ days nl l_ d on 'th e8th, Ynp Itlld U1itbi Is la nd s, 3 OU -4(J() nules l1flrthoost ol'Pilla\l. a l so were unde r at!:ack of U.s. earricx a4-ctaft. ]up-!m e s e a i r ie l d s nn d shiEpfulgin the s ou the rn P hll il ?p io e~ w erehiten the 9th hycarrrfer planes, which on bile12tb, 13th andJ 4th rrcturned to elreCl gre~t desl : iueaQl!l ,among tlUmtlY air-eraft, sllippin8: alld gl 'Ound installations in the centralPbilJppings. Meanwhile" at Palaa, aircraft and sorlft~ ves-sels, inoluding battleships. on t o o 10th re_l lB\\! 'cl i lheir nt~t a cks Oil shore .in$taUations und bellcb dtlf t l l1ses , C'Olleen-lIa'l:fng their ntt~tion fmunl)' o n - Pe le liH a n d .'\;f!{l:allr . m l n l l i ! l s .Eor frve suncessrve days bombs and shells rained 011 'thebland:,; . H U 1 1 d r o e c l s of l ;Q~s ( I F high . explo~jves, " , o S well 3$gteat numheJ'S o r rocll:et projec ti les , hil t : h l ? llirlield.s.eoastnl ! l O a a ntia im ra ft ! .JU n emplaooment1i, pil l m o x A < ; a ndIJlher defens.es Qll the blm.clles ~Ulci inland. Wfthili 1:\'10weeks of the ini!:i81 landings, all but soottered poekets oJ re-sisfanee had b ee ne lir. r:l lna te d . e ln Em e liu and Anganr islands.

t l l l t l l : U i i j " R Il r I b D O Q n ~ . . mlpm~ 1 1 " "-,,V."Tell ON'lT~ s~~"rJ! ;o"t.llr;-t&. l'HIr ' - "I 'M. &


8/44

MIMUNE MECHS PR&"RE CORSAIRS 1"011'GIU!EU.ING WORKOUTS. THOROUGH ctlECK.ING BY SMILLED II'IQI "SSURE$ PEAK PERFOIIIYIANCE ATALL Tlll'ln

H eakIi.og the Ja ps by n~ghtwere Lh." { i '/ .y il1g Nig/Hwl l fe- , \"RnH Ma .r in PBJ squadron to se e uotlen,1n the Mrntshalls. t l(U' ine dive bomber!> were given the( a sk of 1 'l1 )nling ou t JuP Force s witb re len t less preefs i enha mla ing . M ea nwhile tw o Marine T.ibera.lo( '$ to ok - o ff H o rnthe Selemons a ll a d:injngFeC~)nl~rus~Ull~emi. sion, .>\ftetbattling tllrGugh tropic stermsand Ireak weather for 1.200miles, th ey p ho to g ra p he d J ap ror ti fi c ot io l ]s wb ish resultC'!.din the a tta c io: on TTllk hy :. powe rfu l na va l ta sk for~ "Marille Ac:tloll Demanded Many ChangesGrinding awa. a t e nem y i1 tallations was the next irn-,(lortrunt mlsslon, and the Marine Cor. l "a;r plane became ai.gbwr-bomhm-. TJ~e C o r , w , t J r ' , v ll 'Fle;etl in ;w'iving ove r utarget had St !TPTi~ value; its ge tawu.y time, bomb weightaway was short. On Ilnal s:ttaflngs. the blast ha m its shwillg-mou.uted .60's was devastating. Durip.g seven weeks,(joe Bgb.t~r quadron dumped more than 200 .0 (m pounds

of bomb On tile enemy. .In ueat future. Marlne squadrons will operl'lte frOIDCl'Wrlel"!iin support of amphibious und grl'lUlld movements.

TflE llh.,'lJ of HI44 marks a distinchve epoeh 111tile hi~tt)ryg~ Mar .i ru l I lV il li io n. Leatherneck pil()ls I artlelpated ine~er)' major I1(iVIJl[) '8 in the South Pnclllc, and eontrflrutedto these lu other acens,1"h1:ifi rs n Q u ts ta n; cl fu g f fii ss irm wru; di .rec led tu wu rd Ila ba ul'\\lllh II. S i 1 l i d b.etlal punch of 100 Allied l lghte:r planes.Bepre.~cDtnttv6 squadrons in li1is .~';Veepwel'e the B l ( J ( ) kS /le ep > F i: gf lt f1 rg Corsairs; Bulld.(1g.~ :lUU Md7 ' s Allgel~.

PRACTIce RllN WIT . . WATEB-FILLED HOMIll; INSUIfE MOR'E ACCUMAC't'

6GUN!;, "'RE C"ECl


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NA:V.-u. Alrt J'j 'flllSptll 'i SI;\r\jce broke -il~ O\Y.tl records in1$)44. II 1 i t ' S b~eslJ- year. NA.T!> l Ie w . ne a rl Y n,(IQO,OOOp la ne m ile s in carrying more th an 5 tlO ,O OO p a.% '61 1g e rs andlEi. lID IruIs of wargo a nd mall. 1'ut-a i route lnile~ flown ID -tT elise a from u Ep roX im ate ly 65 ~OOOat th e b eg trm il lg o f th eyear to ,3 loe nk of BO ,ot} O, N umbe r of trMlsport llirQrnH in-creased .From 179 to 84B. -NATS" b a si c o rg iU l iz a 't io n- c om p r ls iu _ g three h: ' l l l lSPQrlw ir lg s , . CnmN ll .t sL a n t, 'C W n n N :a t sW e s t C o a s t a ud CQ ill. l~a ts -Pae, and eae felT)' , \ ling, Comnirferons, n~rating u n d j i : rGNO-MlS l10lalumged ill ISM. Three new ban~port SqtHld..roas an:d one se;af!1arul ferrying llq~1ll.drOlilwere C~tmrijs.stoned: VR~g, N,AS Paru.'(fmt :River: VU,.l2.. NAB Pearl Har-00l'; VR-18, Advance PtlciIie Are,u, and V111'-4. HAS N ew\;ork. ' " , [ : h U ; hrollg ht Iiteoom i nu mbe r 0 1 l :mII lSpa l t s qu t l. d ru ri sto 13 and ferrying squadrons to fou!'. There is one ferryservice- squadran, VRS- l . while four G f the - w squadr{) t1s aremaintenance O f headquarters sgu ' aW:ous . Missioo~ o f theseKlJlIaclron.s do Dll t include the o pe ra ti( '1 n o f tra ns p o:r ;t ;l ir drn ft.

Mol'S I I'bd 'SI!~!I 'I II '5fe'" PJled LOllS Over.Waf'e.r R:ouhl$NATS star~ecl 1944 witn 1111:!SsistRnt' ;e o f f OU l " C:.'" r's .a re a oq u. 1re cl.0pr;lral:ionli in lhr-:Atlantic were expmrh .:u cmnsidtlrublyin Ba rl}' 1!,Iei4 by th e I!n~lgllrnf'n\ol' ;1ddJtivmt1 four-~n,girtehmdphw6s and hy the ina u g nraH on of l 11 il it :r l' X s e ( 1 ,p l ~n0service over fhl: J;Torl:b Atlantic route in the--spting , Cb~mg-in g military requirremel' l l , . ,q. le d to the elimin(l~i! l t1 or -rlw

'Fransatlantlc seaplane service in the fall, The South Alllru"ielID route, whit' l} Wt!llt to IH o d e Janeiro at the be -g i:n-

Sydnc}" -!lnn :Atl!lklmld II.~ ilia beginning of the ?(l,Il:l', well~iutt l r-c{)nnec ted witl) the Cenrra l Pa c ific rou te s by l 'nougura . -'liu n of se rvic e from Kwa ja la in to G ili.\d a l~ l 1 J,D t1MantiS.(J1:ber routes nnw eonneet Silmon with T Rt 1aW I! a nd . Kwaju -l$ri~ Steiner a nd l ih is ba i'ie with Mlne B1lJ' , FinschlutflID.MUtllL'l, RoDwld ia , l H a l ; - a nd Pelelru,La te s t N,...CS se rvic e to the FIGf. l t in the Pl:l-~ifk~s th e f lymgof w.half ' blood . A d a i l y , serviCe Itloy fn g th is Ufe-sM'wgcs-sential now ol'eFates from Sari Ji' l 'anciscn to the blood c en-ter at Palau. NATS is the fitst { ; llLTTior I1 f whole blood ill the-I 'l lc jA c a xe s . T he ' t 'Xtel lsim1 o r I he & e . s l m e s s of- w hole -blood Is made possible by 31 special refngeratif1n d~\tiieeper-feNed- by Bu 1l.Ie ,(j. v\'hole blood Is tle ce SSIlT Y in m any c a s e swhere plasma aloae Is ndl sumcienJ La bulle] u p blq utl CQrurt.NATS p e T ! m ' i . U l e J ~tren~th gt'e\v F r O l I ! JH,6~7 on J a n u a r y 1,11;1.14to 22)100 aL ye a r S ' end, Of the L a tte r tilt~l. a ll 11tH2 s o n were Nftvy p e rs on ne l, th e o l:.h cll ':;.being el;DJi l loyees . t l tt:o['llrn:!J1 flp:erHfuTs, who hnn employe l l 9,542 R ye a r earlier .


10/44

.LIMP 0,. ""TAOL 0"OpP9 LlIT II,.FT TO 'fH1&SURVIVOROF (lRAS"

T AHl -Q. ln.J.GHTS of the year in ligMer-thau-aic were the firstBight O c r standard K-type n


11/44

A il 1.Q NG ,rn\\' planes. developed for the nava l service in. W 44 we re the "PB4\'-2 Pi:ihateel'k .PV-:2 Hiltpoon, Be1 Se4 llllu;k,e FM - 2 Wildcat u nd the F 1 F T Ig fl'J 'c :at.T he .t!om ma :H ng fe a tu re o. : the PB4Y-2Istha. ~.u g e s ins ;lelin , a . n l i l r ud d e r. _T Iu : tw:in. platters of th e 1 32 :4 tilll hll.ve dis -appean.>d nnd !he tnilaJ1e now t~pers on bOtll edges. TheDavis wing has bean 'retained. but tl 7-ft. extensj,en hasbe e n a d ile rI to the fu se .k lg e fmWU l4 o! th e wing so tha t l ltep~e now has II much Jong~ Dose. The Il~W Pf1va tee r

&'I"OL:E FIN ,. ..... :1 RUII!:II!;R GWl: Stl!iCYIJ.A _';P!'EARAWCt:: TO NE:W PBAy.\l!

carries mw;li 1:lJ.~avjerarmament than i.ts pred~S'or!l. _Tlre Barpo(J1J represmR5. a great improvement over the1'\ '1-1. t\ lower wing loa ding wa s 1 Id hie ve d by the- addition0 1 g~. ft. ~uthe \V~lg5J. 3 l" e a t1 ; g r ent e t : I i u , _ g e b y .i no re . ns e il p r o-t~oted fuel capaClty~ g.reater stabJ11ty and lighfer: confralsfro ID a newly d e s ign . c d tail assembly . Aimu :menlhasbe . e . I l fn-

m't:lIse'd to H t9till 0 . f iv e 6 0 -l:'a 1. lilre d . guu s 'in the nose ..The Sea "faw" Mar I~ .RI1'Gog.!!i:a:edEar/IvThe SC"l i~replacillg he oll ler SOG and OS2U as thee ye s of -the Fle et. L ike its p re dm c:e ss rn;s , th e Sel l f iawK isprlmnrij~ II . Shi[lbas~d aircrtlit, desig;ui l l to be iRun~hedfrom catapults on .ohllSerti mid batrloohtpS'. lloweveE, it ,eanbe fitled witb .a fixed-wheel undiLlreariiage for operatioafrom la nd . bases .The 17M_;2s fundamentally the same design as the F4F-4. ~ e p t that it'h ns I ry O re horsepower aed less gross weight .:kllpw allitude its pe~rma'ni!le ctll:l)lpares f uvombly ~vith the-much higber powered. heavicJ. ' FSF::S and F4U-J . i"f'he newWildcat's short take-olrru:n. luw stalling ~ pe ed , lo,\\, grossweighL L l n : d sm a ll s~ m ak~ it. a .m o.~ ~d~rn :U]e Navy nghterfor srnull earriaes; H e a n any furwn:rd~fii:mg r oc k e ts .


12/44

T E C H N I C A LA D V A N C S

NY D ep U 1'L m ellt Bureaus and activities in t::lle .6 Jdbacked up ~vaJ Aviation's flgbl!ing fronts In 19,14 bytllakillg ol:ltstauUing contr ibut ions in des i gn~ engineering,rnuiu teururc and 9pel1 lt : iotJal p ! l u m ' l . t l g ,D u ring 11 ')44 the m onthly ra l 'e of p rod u c tion of u irora ftfo r tile Navy reached the poJht re q l1irflQ ~ maintain NavalA via tion a t j;~ p e a k le ve l. A c c e p ta nc e s of p 1M &S fromNavy prime contractors nd from the Anny averaged ap-p l 'Ox im l l' L el y 2 ,500 per month, eempared w ith 85 per menthin the second haH of 1 40 . A t the e nd of 1944. lol l Navyha d on hand mote than 16 tim es a s m iU lY a irp la .ne s a a t theend o f 1940,cceptances of f l . g n t e f S " inereased to suoh au extent tbata IW I?t 'rc(>l1t ( 'uwacl . . itt th e 6ght~ p rl J. b'l: al li l f or t h e s e c cndha l l of .u J44 was order ed , In the d ive bOl11ber ootego'r1 .the solution of eertain produotion dif f icul t ies resulted in reo-u r ti i le i lv e rie s bf S~2C'8, a u d p e tm itte d . t:he c los ing nu t o fSlIO production. 'r'l q F ( hI '! year's significant d eve lop m ents w us . e sta blis h-m en t (I f Lb Inregr ' l t Jd f\ I'onaulii Pwg tm n. d rawl') u p bya boa rd of , W e ll , R e a r A d Jnir~ l A . W. R ad ford wa s se niormetn"ber . impl sUltd, th e p ro gra l(l e arm ar. k s ne w planesfor combat, keeps tl em in u . there a b rter period" andrelurus tholle that hnv h en in combat u stated time for re-oondiLiIJllillg and lise by ttailling c omman d .. . for j'cmningand rerOmlt l1g squadrons. The board realized. i1l1kt FJeetm afu le nrm .c e c ou ld be im p ro ve d if it were poss i l}1", to ke pa ll p l c : H l e . S en ha nd in H constant s tj ti :e o f readmsss, Af thee nd u f H lt.J, t.letHil~ of t h lnllegt'llted Aeronnutic Programwer heing i l i~semjtHtted widely throughout the aeror tau t i -C ' a l ol 'gAl:Lizalioll . T he S I" [vic t' Test nit wn. stabhshed iat NAN .Pnluxentlliver in [ul ..'This activity was ~1up to eonduet aocel rat-ed le ld te s ts of new m od els of u fl'{ ) ra ft to e s ta blish m ainre -

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[ In ou e p ru c ed u r and to obtain mforrnar lou 011 sp ate p artsfetjLliremflnts, New R irc ra ft a re ol?erafed in manne r simll~ll itin g u s close ly a s p os sfb le o pe ra ting 0f cU l l .Wat , cond i tions .T hi$ P!o grm .n is d C'i. 'd g ne d to fa ls e s ta nd a rd s o f maint enancef nav a l a i l ' cmut by el inUnll t iog def ti l l ts in new m od a ls byearly proved changes. und by d I s s emina t ing to th e Beld ear lyin'f0rlT'Ullion as to how m&Jll toof lnoe t rouble tIilily be a .void ed . The SecretllfY oJ llhe !lvy iu eneral Order No. 210 des-ignated ItS A ir Bases all seven o the existing Na'vaI A irCent.ers and ex t ended the A ir Ba se s COI'lc;ept to the res t ofth e n av al d is t:ric l::s . If! t : I r i s mann e r the lavy J'uet admin is t r a -tlv problems that grew out o f lremendaua warrim expnn-bi",t1 OJ TIft. al aercnauncsl a(.! tivny on l and , 1llt' orderc r ea t ed three types of comm and s : ~ a va l Air Ba se s , N a -al Air Training Bases and Marine Corps Air .Buses

AdvCI'nc:edStqglu of "'of Trarfl/llg Were fmp' IClSlred. . T I Ilviatiou ~rajj;ling program W;)S r e v i s e d . in - 1 9 . . 1 4 ~IJ s n : . pu p pilor !;truldAtcL; I)y p~acing iu e re s e d em pha s is on he a d .-v anc ed , s ta .ges of b'alnm$' ne - o f the rnnln Jea50I1S why thiswns l ~ ( ) l/ s ib l ewa s tha : t t h e ; r..ttl) o f s u rv iv al in b attle prf)wd ~"be g rea teF than had been ant: ic ipaie t '1 . Training of alrorew-m en a nd ailier enlisted per s enne l in t lvnl Aviation a l soWIl5 intetlliifitltl duf iing 1 ' 1 i " yr.ar to meet c , omha l d911lfU1QS, 1 '0 k e e p abreast of improved p la ne m od e ls . th !l.vy d e -"eloped ('I, eonthmed tv irnl)rtwC in 1944 inf l l l l l ; ! erabile items01 41upmenll'elating to Jltmd1inu,tJi'vicing and eperaticnal.cHkiency and safely of a irc ra ft. T he se inOll1defl wing a nd~ l, d e-ic er~ > d rilp J?a ble .g as biok s ~ ~r@ ve c1 ,pnraabute" a n?llighl c lo fh Jl lg , ID l! rr ur .l iK e surface m ushe s, trnp rnve d lubri-c a nt a nd wease s , p ro te c tiv e c o .tttin g !1 , shou ld e r ty p e s a fe th ells , a rid c l \ S l I u l t t y h an d lin g f'. tl u fpmm it '. Developrneru o f 1 I 1 erafts and va :d oo ~ a ir- se a rescue devjct!~ helped to recovermere men ltnd made at'! mrlst l l :ndfng eOlltrih~l!!;:ld!l tN rncrulinNaval viation,) Jet assisted take-off' devieesand C;.lJt'lnuts O f gre~ltly in -e r e a s e d tlpllCiLies f or l a! L nc hi ng hea1i'iJy lQa de d . aiJ'em[L Wetput Into s rviee dUling the year. These devtees enabl air-c ra ft to takre th e a i i . : u nd e r ove rlo ad conditions lhat were 001-thought possible lis recent as four years ngo. In addition.catapults have b ,80 d signed anti supplied for the Navy'sne w bat t leships , c ru is l:r s a n d CU_rJ'lt:lfs, while obso lew mu d -el. nave been replaced on: the oJdar ships. New andimproved arresting a.eaJ' of greater c apa . c i ty aDd reliabilityhM be en c l.e #g ne d a nd p r lv :id ed for { .> a nie rs .. . F ire p owe r of na va l a irc ra ft ha s illi:.~rOOS0dnol ooll bythe. il~ditiOil o f gr~nte~ num be rs oJ' g nn:s p f I?rg e r c(Lli~elnnd lfllp roved re hll .blhty , bu t al;o, 1)y L he Ineorpomuouol forward firing rockets. power-operated turrets andj -UISol l f lb le paokage ~u l conWners ~hnt c> l in be a t tach"dto the e~ternal omh racks of various types o f naval aircraft.


13/44

" 0 Del Got ,,,,proved CO"''' ' lIni""flotl' $ysfo"".~'Improved airCl'a(t CtlmmuniCl;lrtions, u tiliz ing lT equ e1 w.yr a ng ~ . s h lt hn l'tt r em p l oy e d e x p :e r im e f lta l ly , w a r e inoorpQrat~din Pl'eet pl a t ies . R n d i G l altimeters, direction finders ~ nd alec-tronic rescue atds are' l:l few o f many d U V l t m s that enablenaval !lvia ~I)I,~tu search '@I)~ and a i tack- the e:l'lemy underadverse conditions, .Ellectronic w e a p o l 1 ! : _ - h a v E ' rJayed ad ecis ive p :a rt in I?tQsf.:cutiO!l or'tlJe war. alia nppliQati


14/44

t1 9 4 1 ~ r ;: : _. . "S P C I A L D E V I C E ST'R E E!I.'E~fi!l large prllfJ01'tiol1l1.te plune losses have be.onCU B .in la rg e m ( $S llre ,to . the N.'lvy"s ,hIghly-trained pilo"tsa nd mcoreW.fjlllU, D U tiI\g H h1 4 thJ.lJ,l s ~m '1 so f 6g}Jt~r pilo tsmustered prr!p~ defleotion 00 the GunaiJ.'strucwr. Turretgunners le,tp:l~d_bow muqb to lead allackiJ,)gonemy Gght-ers on the 3A-2 Dual Projection Th"liner, wll.Jt one eem-m llnd ing oH ie e) : thought so \I'~hlDble:h e was willing to re -rnp ve s om p . q ilie ship'~ guns to make room to r th e c l e v ide.Rfl!lOgniU0U has been sharpened. by the Flasl1 Projectoralia Ullil'f devices that ptoject J11an~son h screen in a splitsecond. F t e u ' e : s l w , r thi~fn:g is p,o~fdb'tlln Ti lnUY ready l'uoms,by t~e. Flasb Q.llizz~r.Naw:i.gatots l~a'Ve l ea rne d ! to keep' ,theh

bearings m~ lo~? fLi~ltt)l lmrn C1ll![IeJll lu,d u~~rn !>ltf.elY,byuse-of i1Jl1'1gatit)1l I l . . l d s , including the Celestial N'aivlgatiOnTrainer. Airman lesrn creW't:ooperatiou en th e ,gnnmd in th eOp~atiqJlaJ Flight Trll.iner HEld Craw N~lv igat1(Jn Tr$er-Medhan i~ s t ud r mrun t enl l. u c :e - p r fl b lems (}n mock -up sys temsu t an:eraH thai: show what e RIl g o w rong . why. -and how toprevent H . T h _ E1 S t: : a re S l'in'le o f the ways devices ha...e served.OfflceN" S11,1,dl.ed T.fQ/n'ng Neetls I." C' ' ' I ITbaf-

MI lI IY c l ev ie fi ; r!erfeated stem from liaMng need s s~urliedi n C ?mh< lt ru 'e n S" , New wa r .lIaining problems a re relayed to'engmeers by officeri' npon, return &om comb~t theaters, Re-search, engineering and device de:veJopmen.t bu!low. Thns,~r;rep H O l , .. . .he spent 3 total of s~ven ye.ars on t l l e . ' ~~ngt(m.t l ' l '(J.t9ga an d Evterprlse fU)WV; deveJqping a SClJ,S r u de-vices JOt Righ t safety and pilotefficlellCY, Another , ... ohas mnde mere di'v~ bint!ljitig < . 1 b ( : a r n . s than any other pilotin. th e 'u c iJ ie is " working, 0 1 1


15/44

eorn-p:uecl \~Hh his "C})()j!t for the p as tm onth, and tfloru :lIg hly \fd it.t!d for - BC-em i lO} '. ' l' hH it got's to FIE:Q} CONT1\OLfbich dQJ. lbtIlHlhed~s fO r 3cctrWCyandwrites Jetters if mere, Informal'ion is1 l. 6C l de tl. 1 1 1 t: S T al K) ; SEC'J ' 101 f ge t s it,l he n , n otie@ : >~ h nt 1 '0 p ta ue s wore s triok -ell For tho m onth and removes th! ' !$1. ' !lrom the 1M of a ll p la uli! S'we N'avyo,vns ,Tho next IItop is the TABULMIllIiGM A m " l l1 < - : E StCTloN w b a r e evezy p I n n e -(111 the re port ;lcqIU rf;lS its own i ndeJ (care and al:l iatormntion about thatp -J an e b ~ n$ S s-eemingly nothing hilt as t range PlltLel'IiO[ holes ill the eard.By rh e th ou s an d s, these web; thenare fed into annther robot machine. andthe punCh hsles Milf!;ienl1y l l ,ecbme long~It !m'ns ' O F words an d figiltes OD a g e i,'l .-e ra l e ll rnrn a : r y ilia t 5 1 1 r;lws e 1 f . . ' l : s t l y howmany plll.11e~ tL~ Navy Iras in a ny war~"3ter. how many were lost. howmnn}' have bean in b;)tt'le the slatedD um be r of m ontbs and a ra -re J.td v forl'etuenletlt u nd e r the 1ntegr t t l ' ed ' Pro-gram to nD iJ -~ omba t dui:) ' .From OP--St ..!1 this summa.r izat i 'On

glles till CNG _PL.\.NNJ:NGDtVTsrON whichanaly:z~s it [\nd sel:8 12be IntegratedPro,b'TaJ11 in Inotl()n . N ew p lane s H ownll~ totl1e Fleet. otheJ'/i come back -forg filu e ra l ove rha u l, nnd .e new cydeofu se in Ilon-C l0 mbntd uly . The poolw bi~ h fnnd slle :d J! lIhnQ . Pilot 1 e pi l lnesto cover his: 1I1sses~g.ets 10 more.Had John Q. missed th e boat withhis _ f~ po rt w l:rid l is d ue tfl b e f iir -m a i l~ du ot la te r I ha n the lU :th of e ac h month.his the ate r p ool W ou ld huvebeen short 10 .

R e pD r t s S p a rk R a d f o rd 8 o G 1 'd ~ l ( lnFor },elli'S, American motorists haveU lu 3 ers tlIJo Q ana used uas le _rmll1ciriesembod i ed ,in th e I nte g nl te d J\w:ol1atltk

Pragl'flID developed by th e lladtordBawd. Many ef them traded ti l theE a : m U y ear when the uUI'W" had worna ll beoouse they Mew 1ns\' y e < tt's m o d elwou ld c os t m nl'e for ll'Illin't6nupce andrevans than Q ne w car , would l a e ktn il l . improvemen ts" a nd wou ld fa ll ,shortIn p .f}l"wrm anc e. In Q l lu ts l1eI l , ~ha . t ISt he p J ll nc ip l e -Q f t be Integrated. p rog r am-fight the war with new p lanes , use re-c o nd J tl 1l T l1 e d onJ eS f0r fC 1 l ' n l i n g sl] ,uailronsand fQ r training,Y et, whe n Q.'Sgtlildtl1D ofE\t-er r n i l ! l l1 Js e e d in his. monll l !}" re p orts on formNavA e r J 8 72 l, he - ifl sho.r:t-circ!:dtillg tftt'iLnt~gra . led p : r o . ) ~ r a . m }tDdillight Ofl . t l i l i t . ' !I IAn d him:selr agtltil~ th e warwith bi'l~kmodel n ir p lt "i Il l' S , F .OF mMtbly rer(lrt~are cite spark flllr the cn:ti(e prog~a11l.A ll the N avy knows tlwt John Q ',Pilot hils p Ienty to {1 ( ! l 1 ; ' I l pY hi s t ime- ou tln the Pnc l:Bc . 'ta king Oll Ierrn 187~WU5 like st-lld:ing all Indrvldunl din.ryfor a ll the p J.tntls aboard , H~ may w i d u .th:r wh y j,t WItS llElccli,SW'V-wl1at b e ..comes.of that piece ;'f, p u p ! . " ) ' he ~endsin tI " CNO.Ol>~l-R,Jolin Q . ha p p e ns ro be I;\l 'oginceringofikex of E 1 flcllcat s q u a d r en out in th ePuei l lc . Con_b!:;Jr'( to some of the break-Ia s t c omm ents te rs , th4; }'lpS, are. nopush-overs and UI6Y ! . ' l i l t 10 6f tM s~qu&i.I(ons [/clrt:(II,~ ou t 9f 1 1 1 ( > runningIn Decemher-. This all shows on ~hef o n u 1&12 T l : l b n Q r n a - il .e a t o QP ..' l l :R.

By tha time the report has resebedW1;:sbingLo~ john Iras se .c l l t : ed 10 m u tep l_ aT Je .~ ,I 'lm se c;u ne Fru In II pOQI of SUI-plus planes the Navy maintalns a. t stra-tegic ~Ja~ sa>Ja i l ah l e to fhc Fle e t.fohn, tepqtt r eaches OP-illIt is

1 : l t u i d A L U t C A I I O , N a n d t S I .G f H t f N ti f ' e V i t a l t n A e t o o a u U t 1 u P I L o t l

ODD~[JDw01 ,0 . .. -" ", ,, . .. .. 10.oQOOO'DOD

u


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157 g l O l 1 o n s Eer heur, The pilnt JeveledQff a t 250 0 r e A r a .nd by g , r a . dU l l 1 L y d e -elieasil'lg, rpm and throttle, consumptionwas reduced to 97 g -a Jk l1 ls - a t 2300 l p J l 1lind (3)t in e he :s h .g .Fuel exhaustion finally forced thep lane down ~hOl t-" o f its. .desl'.inftt1Dn, ,Agood landing Wl'IS made Il'.! U,e Open senwi~h .no injury to the crew nO T damagew . the plane.

Gr tim p (S , ~ ~P ! ", ri bo n e ~"1:Go i1d won:111" , c"QmlJe l en t b~ lBi


17/44

dive bomber tow s sleeve' past ea!rrier.s i n J ta c= i1 fj ewar qreQ


18/44

Tab~(aus ,ed C r a s h e s(]a.ge 1. Purmg t a _ke .~ lLF ; an fi5Cl\> ; I a s s een to . le a ve the grollnd a fte r a nu nu su a lly s ho ~t Tun . The m il wlis DeVerra ised to nUnTI:l.llilke-_ofr ( It :. l s il ; ion . . l l fte r

becomil1g airborne. the nircrnft entereda . VBI)" sIeep cl:im'b. stal1e~ at 200 feetwith p r , n ~ c : t i c a . U r fun pM1er being de-veloped. fell off Or! the lef~ wing, IUld(!ra~bed. Evidenoo : i iuj iCll t 'ed Iha.t Diepilot l i J l . d atreropted t ake-off wilhnutnwtrnli'ltng- the elevator trim tabs :af1erthe last landing,Case 2. The- dh'ectioi! o r tuIteoff of-ll paMS : in semi'l''(!stl'ided w;t~r.s wasappfoximatflily 3S u(:g:ree~ out or a 15knot wIDd ami into fnirly henvy ~wen)j.A t t;h~ sti{rt of tile itt l.e.olf the pilothad hiB flap s up and h is et~v:tfqr tab_sse t < I t " { ( l eg-rooS' "111"" Flaps wereloweter1 fO 20 deg ree :; WIlen the sp,ec: :clrea~hed 4'5 bats and Ihea to SO de-,g re es . nt which lime H ie elevator bibswere set to l'he fu n "up" position,Shol'U y after this. {lie plane eitherwas prematutely pulled C l f f the waterorwas brlUocl#1 rnlo ilia a ir by a swell,WhltlheVf!r the case. the plane could(lot maintain


19/44

The DORt@ cOD5"idered developmentof - - ! ;J l lthe t . ic lrlltjllillg devices :in th isCla r e gO_ l j ' andawHrded r r h e gZ-rear-oldtIlop:hy to Captain d e Flor~ "{or hi sCO:rlt:riblltil!ltl to the s:a fe and rapid!Laining of combat pilots and crews.'"

N a . y y S e t s R e c o r d i~B o n d D r i v eD,eeembeJ' ,. 1 Sale~ Total $64.0DO.'000Breaking "all established records f C l r$imiLu campaigns, Navy's Pearl Har-bor Day e,xLTa WI lT 'bond sa'!e; le7 De-c emQ : e t, t "l il 't nle d e a 2 ; ,730,000, accord-ing to lncompIete tab,ulatiolls, with U le!ina!. ' total expected to exceed S64.001).-O O(). Th~ loW ce mpflre s with $417,843, . -r22 fo r th e J 1n ~e iJ .d ! ID tie Day sale laslJuly 4tl~ a nd $~ ~~ O OO ,O O QOf the 1943Pearl Harbor: Day .sale.The Third Naval District led thebond parade with its total of $8,945,-057. Other headliners Were Ule Four-teenth N~vaJ District Bu d tile l'ae1BeFle et whose incomplete fo,ta! WtlS $13,,-02.6.088: Twelfth DiSWct. ~5.!n5.067;Ninth Distric], $5,599.755. Fifth Dis-trict, ~5',501\QBO:EigJ1th District, $5.217,734, and Tbirteernh Djsbtict, $4,-2B0.179.The Ol1tstanding aeronaulies aotmty.ae .eord ing to th e seml-flnal f igures , \"'f!~NA T B P en s-a .c oin , with n ,347,@QO.lames of recently eonqn4red or lib-erated areas in the FaclHi:; war theaterspotlighted t h e - OV6Nl.U report. NavalpersoIlnel _on M a nu s ls la :nd , for example, bOl1g~t en,OSQ,75Gwortb o f ~VIl.rbonds dur.mg the Blweua.ayc:ail \ ' lpalgn.'me Pearl Harhoe Dlly tohu broughtthe ~ a_ Qd i tota l of Navy war a o n c l pur-ehssess lnoe Oct9ber -U )4_ ( ttl nppt-{lxil I Ia . t e lY $925 ,'000 ,000 .

T\V(;I NEW ~NrIJ\'G :!I~ !!!iil b Z ( ' ) . w ; ) m4 'O O n ' I Ip o n the- firma . r r f enl fst l !d -Pll t.1I1I 'I Iwl.A S fJ fJ C ln ft ! l m t 'J J 'k f u r uvfatrOll b1Jatswatf1'~roMe oud (me ffJ'r Tl1ttllrnarl wel'cQd()l~fe(/ bVthe Nm:;y r r ; t ; , m t 1 y !Vi' t h e s e ,r l~w rates.N a v y Officer W i n s 1 943 T rop hvCapt.. de .Flo~ Earns COl l i e , . AwardFo r- his wQrk in the deve1 t ipmen t ofsyril:hetic b:!i'ining devipf , l s . C!ipt Lu i sde. Florez, USNR. directDr'of the BuAerSpecial Devicelt Division. has b1 ' l e l l _awarded the coveted 1l-ebe-rt J. Col l ieI '

trophy for 19!i3. The award ftirdis-L i u g ,u i ih e c l s e rv io o to aeia tinn was pre -sented by Viee-Presidenl Wallace ill thetJ_lti~ed SUlte.~ Chamber of e()mmer! ' :eauditorium OD the arunversarv o f theWrigbt Brothers' Bight at Kit iy .Huwk.

F a l s e A r m i s t i c e W i ld l y H a i le dN,,"ves CeleJ)rQfe Germany's SUftclfde,r

BLIMP-RON 51-The K-3.2 llew Over anative village one Oigb~,~andso im-pressed the fnhabit_ants \wfh till -itseolored and blinking li_gbtsthat theyl)eUev'ed. G-~rma:ny hpd surrendered.Seizing this op~orhmity. the entire v u -I l lge went on 11 t lU l ' if ia b in g e that lastedmost of the: night. De~l)est symputhieswere extended thli ! fo lloW in g c la y whenLD .o nntivcs awoke to bad ballgovers.

Fill-fITER :DIBEc:.or l r 4 f : C f J r S p l n ! : ,pwUwmr, c h r $ c k 1 1 I ' Q / ! }, I < i f tg ' ,II'r/Oi'1(wtfvll' . /Il1d send o u ! Ji.~tI!$1lm~ ()~T f(lttltph(}tte$ I f! , /~ ' ; ' ; ( l i : i d - . , ' b a g g & . t d ' J ; g o u t ; al (II) (j~lblJn(lfld P a c i f i c b as e . AU~tJ te ll tgentt ! f- .e ! {J It '1g I I . ! ' the a f ' ( & l ~ ' ae rl ar I IC f ilJ it ie s f 1 a _ , v $ ' ill hef fJ a J'! d al J i~tWregard ii ' Jg t it cr ie ,s rm .d 1'J1'CfI 'l {f f ln$ fire f;s:;ved [rom th~~ c/e-IJti l lg hause . Depic ted . l ier.e istlw mfriJlI Ct#l ' t1J1' o f hW flr y- rn uM rl. g b bt t1 .e s. '1'1* U j figltfltftg -aU! Wti r f1'prfl tlltgrormd

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Moun.t(lin PeahPfJ: ' " e h P r ; t ~hlikf'rr) t ; ~ m l i le - l f I '

1I10 ! statmmmJs velow, t l ie t checkyOU f dnlii1j}~1i 11:1 '1 Illtgc en .J, The five highest. lIlOUlllttillS in lb.e\V,esrern H~~ph\ll'e ZlC)tth of tbe-PanattlaCanaj Ol)~ N. Lat.)il.re--o u . . . . .M c K in lE > Y . 5 1 . E li < l! $ . , Whitney.f u i : U ! i e r . snll~ma b....MciKinwy , L og on. S t. E lia s ,Fo~. Kirtgo c-McKinI"y. O riz \tp .iI; N " nw "c io de. T oIIc n, t> 1 ) po c !l to ;P !l l. L Og ; U 1o d-McKinle}', l.Q~Jn. Santa M;tr-

< t t l . , Orlmli : l , St, R U a s2. The- mOi lntoUn: !hat S .b .OWB the.

gromr.e!ll prng.r.essj ..., m E i'ro,n lev.db II:$e to o(ulnmil ~o It-E"emst (Ium-Nepal).ob4fu!,Lli!i Kea (Hawaii)6J c-l\IcKinley , : l U n l l k n l"0 d - Ki li m iU l ]1 Ir G ( ': ro .h S lU l y ik w )3. Th.e Keogral'hio: point on the :;ur-fll~ o E lhl: e iU 'rh ! ha t h i farthest

f r lOlm tile e :i ti h' li . C Q .U L e t :"is th~ p~ak'of-o CI-'Mt TUo l 'V l ll d : -l :i lson in AnJjlre--tica ( 1 I 1 t . above 5e,1 l e ve l 1 5 .'1 0 0ft.) _o 1,-;Ml, Everest an l'he lnc l in~N e p a l border (fill. abDye s e al e v . 6 1 29,141 ft..)o ",'-Mv. A d~ :m oog ua in A rg entina(1;I1t.l ibnve S ! I < i I l ev el 2 2 ,. :6 34 ft, Jo d ~ M l . CUi.Jn1)UfaZO in E . c u Q . . d o r(nIt. ilbove sea level 20$17 ft.)4. The highesl pe4~ ill the "iciDi~,.

of !he noethern ltafjaD border ulh... ~mitOf-o ,{/~Mon;~~Rosao !,-MQ.nt Blanco ,c-The" Matter . l : lOmn~1-!11j J tmgffiu,!5 . T he b , g n e l l ' .JI"~I ;> c tw c e n B u rm alind Southu.stern t:ltim:t has 4nap'pl'oxUnll! ejevQtiDrtof-[J u~5 ' ,OOO ft.o b _ : 2 9 , O O O f1 .Q t - . . . . 2 Q . Q ! J O ft.o ([-16,000 ft.6, Among the r&lan..b of the Pad it,

the higb~1 p.oin. t above sea levelis Ih~ peak ..E-O l'l-l'Iiltwna LotL {Hnwfl.'il)o ')-CIY~ensz (New Guinea)o t:4nji (JlI.pmlD d -Klrr.iba lu (Borne Q)'1, The ~lImmits (If W 10 lti.l!lbul

[lH!lJ.nt!lins on t :b . . . North AmeJ'icmIt.(uuillwt ;;U lie b e [Wc e n appro~i.mawy_ .C J 0:-1:7,:000 and 20 ,000 f I : : . above BellIsvelo b-1 9,O OO a nd ~ ,0 I'lO fl. JJ,bow;l;ronl(weIo 0-14,000 and 20,000 fl o alwve seal eve lo d-15,OOO and j9,000 rt.above sealevel

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1"01'1 IlESGm;: lJJotk r n til(' fnee u f j llplmrNIC glmfi~e . ! i o e p i l o t " ) and twa aiTti1"ewl1J,;'U ClJKrngfi9hers remmrly ' ~( ;f }I "ea wlJ rmJ .5{rl'I".1 hf / "flfll'1I1.(l~llJfI~ f tUhlr t J f IJ ~'o~qr 1 ; 1 1 , < 1 " fmen.The 111!i1t~(l.' highlight' u relc:Nlio(l/ :nem tole f {If tile sltn, Ughl i L y am"!~cl B!Jllitr)l


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to leave the "iremfl ql.licidy when 11,,~d",~ise bu~tO Ieave it witll0Ut fOl'~tcingequipment ',ilal t.o ,urviv.a1.

WhJ1 e fewe r and Iewe r acoidenlsWl'11 hf'l ~ Cl'ibe d to m e( :h !lJiic ;U f!lil1l.r6S(ill imp~ovemtmts are inoorporul~ inh)airplanes, tbm;e same aircr"3h _l}sunllyare more cvrnplict > < ' I I . . A~ OO.8t!S.t8 about it. l\iJ,aybe II d e . Si ,g n c lmn. g e is io -The lU :ummate t lSJgnL and Gunnery dieated. Poss ibly further L i g ! I l restric-Approu,ches p _ : u n p W e t s m re u se d in m - t i c m s on tha t mode l e re ne ed e c l. O r ittennedillJe training and 'the others in IlIlay he 3 q U E L ' 1 tiOl1 01 spr(!adlng th~op~ra:tionaJacti\ri.ti.&;. CQpie~ a re a va il- word, infurmntil'lll nrlHmdy in the pilots'o ble E rd m O .ffic e o S ,C'NU.TntiniIlg L it- hand book bu t llnre!l~ by mort of theerature -ectinn, Op-33...J-I1.. flier.s in the squadron.IIlotit'II'l pii'lturl'J,S on ~ above sub- ~T6ots, with the exception of MN-84.i

"Pight f !1 Com,bat TIII:Mf.l . ' . ,-C'lmbttt. Air1'~I.rl'i)I:have heelJ ' r e~ lu t l ec l ill clnssif ication hom CONFI1;rEl'rIiU. to nr,;-STIU~tl. as follows:

M'I.84. Jr.(/I~..r e< ~ .. 1 h~hr.~TI'"UfO < If u.I! I/IUfl!,~.','d r , , , , , ."V i"" ' M:.l ,84b F'wld ..r Cllmb"j TAl, ."", 6"",,1''7 .Af1~r~rJr~' -\1 " ! ! > I e Pi'phJ,. . C , > m b n J Ta."'/':.\~J-fadd Ago-r. .sl B~mib"r 11"'' '1-I lpw,{ ''l~~H F c I " o l ; t~ . . C'"",~~t1 '

'IiA e r H ,c ! I AI,. F o r , c : , e 5 , Pamphlef : rAn A.mzy Al" FOi'titJ publl",",,(uuc~hlJlI!iI b."bllllll~ via .....~"" rwll~51 ffll", MIIIl:".criplrfQ=Ji'rn~_ut S C < , 1 1 a Q , l 'ubli~I{{II'il RIWlCb. B u , : \ e r : .roo E SI., N\V,. W~ohinJlt


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MURAL I ' I ' I A J ! ' DEI'U:T5. VEGETA'TION AFiEAS AT 1 1 ' 1U5UJ 1 \ 1 1 . ""'HIDIT BEGINS WI'TH DITCHING "PilD TAK'E5 '\l15!TOR TKROUGt! OIl ;O~AL 01' SURV!V/\L

THE urvival Museum III Pensacolawas designed to disseruinate rescueaIld Stttvival infummtion tl nava l p 1" -soane], To tell an airman how to sur-vive is one thing, to show him. another.TIns mU5eJJl1I COJltnifls s1>1HIOrllS lindoffers graphio answers to pfo~'ess:iveproblem of the ' I ?] a. ne -wr eo}. :e d n vi at or ,The parachute mOTU is built around adescending 'cillitc Irem which a sus-pended mannequln snows control, in re-la tiu n to d lEe c tiD n a nd ra te of d esC llnt.Qne of the largest and most complete

d~lay!j is the " 'A lIoo t" r0011'1. Pilo~anJ crew are depifilted as being adtiftin rubben life l 'aJIt~ aboard which theyhave employed the complete survivalkits Whioh are a part of the equipmentG F a ll aviators,Btrds that are to b Iound at vary-ing d is 1:~ < :c s from shore are CJv~rb_e.'Hi.and in the ceiling. !lin pt)int Hgllts de-pict ocnstellatiens Q f stllrs tb t can beused -a s rlnvigB:t:ionn_ lfi.m s. A sm a lla qu arfu m bu il t in to one s id e oE the W!J. 'lJp I the eliliillit room contains poisonousand edible Ilsn thlit the men will beable to atch. Lifeiu tilemiddle ofthe unknown become. ral~tivwy Simple.Polor Room Porf.ra'lS Arctic: SII.rlffvalIn the Polar room, 11 eave is builrinto a simulated snow bank. The 0("-

CUplll1t demonstrates best I1S8 of avail-a ble o lo t1 u ng a nd parachute s ilk for thegr-eate~t jmssfble protecticn. On toepl!J.t(";Rtj of BMW is bu il l a pruce le an-to, -alld ever ~lw camp lire a large polnr

rabbit and birds of l l i ' f . i region are be-in g COQk~d . Proper U Se o r sJ lQW shoesis indicated by a mannequin whosefootprints reveal that pFior to his don-ning his SJil()\V shoes, he was hopelesslYsb>anded In the snow. Modernis t icarchitsoture laa Laen used througb "theexposition, and in this way t star-tlingrealism is chieved in all of the silmuseum exhibit rooms.SoPa.: Previewed I.,. The Tropical RoomT he trop iC '$.1 rOom is 1 1 l ll :rg c g reM -house containing vegetation and -treesof the tropic.s. Bambeo . lean-to, baugbshelters sod a paraohute silk tent offerprereetion !'rum ttfll'icHl weather. Para-

s(le plants whos e le ave s hold a 's mueh,as a pint of drinkable. water, tropicalf n t i : t s " . and certain ~ass shoats illtljcateto what extent man Is able to live offthe land. model camp has beenbu ilt ou ts id e the bu ild ing a nd it wa sconstructed entirely from material mencould salvI l ! l ' e ham .a plane or jungle.


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m n ~ re w m e m be rs hit the s ilk , t h ~ y m ! ls t k now tlle F'JOper prQl::O-ares for a safe lrmding .. In the Parachute Boom, .0 . rirannequlnmQ IlS l.n.Iie S .ho w c on 'lto l c an be e :< "te d lind t I l l : . ) re su lts to bee d . Jtlnnen CQD5 i c le r t il ts 1 :1 '~mllst ',on t lt lfl:r O C l l 1 rcDt the museum

f u l U r e c Q T l 1 b a l ~ r eW S SChl>duk.d for tb.e SOlith PacHk l e a r n m a , n yurvival hints in the TrepjeaJ Room. A thatchud lean-te i l lus-trates vncied usesof bamboo aud ooo'i!!1W'1i,and men RW tl lu g htbo\'\" tQ ~t by living off the liuid: Eldtiblt i$ ' proving p:0p.ular

a d e l~ m p b u i l t O1Jtsiile (he museum' sl. lqws what ca n he OOlll lm ate ria l :> alva g ed . f ro m c ra she d p la ne nnd 1 \1 I]g I6: All iID p.rn-I IJ :d ioTe , s lwwer b a L h , ~oQk s tove , messt:abJ,e, b !i ll h es ; a ndGOo i e r he lp to PNJ~ id e nmTl) ' qf thi' .bMorl:!; fl f )).11],16

T h e M o a f R o o m ~p'lMTlil the Wilctery ph~'e of l i l lMvaL A. one-1I'H,mIlfe mIt and mtl lU1equ in illllStEates: survtvel pack use, while ex -h il li.ts ll J:m m d th e wllIl d l > ! ; p l a y the wa :t~ r pudflrn\:tfun. appar a tus .Grapllic e J il i: U j p le s p r ov e v ll .hw 'b le to Pens a L : Il la 's I u tu r e nlrmen

S ' l u d e n l p i l o l s b . < l L ' i l 1 I i } famllilU:'\.yith .U ! ;y p e$ c o f A rl ltit : e .q u ip ll le niIn cas.a 01a Ierced lauding In some polar regioll. The Erne llou~hlean-to 1lI'I~1tnanlHlqUin demonstrate true citElllltlSlMce andrnet.bods o f 9IUvMDg. This ekl~1ilft QI:(j'upies ,OM reom in mu:;euri'l

S I I Il ,iy a l in c lu d e s Ill.ore i;hnll ~ iI~ng e lemo;1~ lt5, and 1'11Ill.1yUvesean be-saved by the p 1 ' 0 p e r I ld r tJm l slm .t io n . of blood plasma. TlrisdC!1nQIls:t ta tin n : is g\ve n to ...Sitor,s of ili~ SI.lnI!Vll i I .n:I u s e um > !lJlfltts Unrio.!: tanee o S tre,~!ilEltL t o prosp e ( lf iv ! I I .' :Omba ,t p i lo1 .< rand c rt ! \\"lIi en


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THE AIR OFFICER SAYS:

M A Y p e op le ofte n a sk why I,t is n e c e s a 1 1 fG C .Bjghtdeck personnel on an airaaft c a m e t to be d ' tesserJ u p like 1circus band in red j,erseys, yellow j C l : 5 c c y s . gren h~ets.~etc. Long yea . : of eJqi)etience have shown us that thissbm da n:l c olo r id enJjfje a" tion sy ste m, w hic h is id tm tka J ODI

a JJ c a.rrie rs in QUi N avy, se rve s a ve ry Qe c ~ 5a ry p u rp o se . Itmay be ccunpafe 'd ,withtw o firs t-ra re foo tba 1l te am s w ea ring bri:ht colors a nd la rg e ou mbe rs 50 tha t the num -be rs c ao pick out the ir te am m a te s ins ta ntly , a a d , m ore i l l lpotl :ant, so tha t the Cioa chon the side lines can spot who is doing wb'tl t.

A ('ru :c ie r Big ht d oc k in actiQfl is som e thing : like thre e or [ou r footba ll g am e s 8P-in g on s im ulta neou sly on the same field. The p l ay in use a re pla..nned a nd lim e d tobe col l1Ele led in p lit s e c ond s . If we d id not ha ve a q u ic k a nd ready m eans of identi-fymg our key men and erial gr-oups, we could D o t begin to : a ; t l : l l i n the speed anddfrciency whIch carrier operations require,

Another important factor is tEe frequen ch nge of ~ilQt$. quadrons, an d all:g ro up s be tw e,e n c a m e r s . In th e eperadons now in p rag re s-s e ove ring th e invasion oftho Ph jl ipp in e s , il m ig ht be ne ce 5ll:a ry today fo r I . j : S to l and, -l>crvice and take o ff a hrgegroop of planes from another carr ie r . The pi lots of such a gr -oup s ,hduld be ab!e nodo this wi't jJ e as e, s ,inc e the y e:anill5ta.ntly a nd ins tinc tive ly re cog ru ze the sa me fa milia l'dispatcher w ith his c be ck :e [e u Sa g, the Right ded:: officer with hi s title stamped Oil hisye l low shirt, the plane captain ill his brown j e t s eyaod helmer, -,: lod gtJicle thcl rm ions a OCQ~ dlng 1y .

inee we Il 'U 1 st b ec aa sta ntly p re pa re d to re c eive s trang e p ilo ts 00 boa rd a t arty.I1lfUI1t:llt. a J J hand s on the flight d ock who a re d e s ig nnte d to do 0 mu s t be scrupu lol ]sin wea-dng the correct identifying clolhing at ali times, It IQl10w n a t i m i . . l J y thatp e rsonne l not in the Big ht d e ck c rew shou ld n o t w e ar s u cl l. u .n lfa rffis , isre it wou ldcompromi e the success of the wbele system.

If,s a p re tty gm)d b e t tha t the wast effiol.lllt flig ht d ec ks ill the e e e t Il-[I! t)josewhich a re r~ay a t a ny ins tan t to l : i: av eM e t ro.Goldwyn .M: lye r ana the M a rch of T im eJ a n e t -a boa rd to make c olore d rne vie show ing ~3c tJy ho'" , !: be mos t ~ffi,ient flig ht d ec kin tbe lI.e e~ ~ h(lu ld b e mn,

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d.ral'.Ping me !L life- raft and It bag ofbrown stick!> hartly afterward Jap Smallboat put out f r Q J D r . I t e enemy-held Islandto Jescne the '11lF pilot. but a Wave of4nletlC(lU _pJa.n6S happened ttl arrive, scariug the w4Iultlbe rescuer badkto shore.Four hours later two Navy fi~ters s ightedhim -a nd he \Vlti Inken aboa rd a n Am u tfc ao(.'l"uj;;~ o ! l t l l l in gnod Clonditi;onex;!1Elp l' . f Q rsunburn and lTl.mar lacerations.T r u m k , S p o i l s a R e c o r d . One truck which ven-ll.il'ed aeross a . ronway iU Tamwa ~t the....l'!mg t i: r:o e s po il ed a n almost u : u p a ; r a U eW : J :re cord forl/B-IO S. :A sid e .frem t h l s r n . i S . -ha p the q ,u a d ro 'D had p u t in It )'l!-3f ofDntihUOIlSBying \vithout fI, sln!tle open-tiona] aeeident, By g'1m~g 1 i i s metersOD tI p tl l'tia ll y h op p in g Mer ~e trunk, thep jllJl avoided Fata l i t ies a nd m i:n:ID :Ii2 lc ddomage to lW plane. First Liberator$CBl"c:hplane squedIQ.n to ente r the M a r-shall-Gili; lett ca:DlpaigII. VB.IOB' ' a l so 'vafirst PB4Y outfit to initiate bombing fromtre -fOp and 1Das th e ad height. In 12,000hours of H ying , V B-lO S su lik 2 0 aII'd d am -aged 2-2 Jap ~hiB~.shot down ~5 Nippf. 'U,es, d.arnaged 1S mare, aD d comple.ted65 Q@ mhing and O straBng m i s s ! O l l l i .N o t a C a n c ell at io n . One of th~a"fs bigh04t squad rons , VFB-it: l ,2, JIM rotuntoohoroe for a test a:Eter lID, eventful .10months' low- (If the P u c l . B . c dW' lngb: ich00 iDdlv:it1qal missions Wet!; Hown with-

~1 ,It , (' 'allI:etlntion. It WIlS th e fil'$l N:avyMa1? l l lC r Squ.l\~n to - I1lp~mJfl ill Paciflcc.muilnt, and its P ewe ithierury; whichcoveredmQ~ethan Q . million miles o f f1j.ght,reads l lk-e a ~leck list on out invasion ofJllp!lDCSlt-l 'leld tenitoxy.S q ~ a drD n R e s cu e s 5 L DII. t ing the last threeD1ol) ths of its tour 01:1 reseu operatioos.0111" PIlY ~quadrtlfi mnd 24 Spen-sea laru:l~i 'rIg~.. rescning' 58 oak~rl> ' I l I l d : men; Thelu aju rity of those r e s c u e d wer: - Army ~r-.m e n, s ho t 01' force d d wn dU l 'mg bomb l 1' lgraidl an such targets as Truk, Yap.Kavitng . Rabl lul a n d B u u ga in vil le . J 'ta vfl 'l gf i r i i ~ h e d its l : : > u m b o . dU l y , t l J t ; squadton hIlStaken the oifertsiv with other FllY squad-rOll~ il l l .aclled to Commander Akeraft,eventh, Fleet; and is rrutking night strikes0 0 Jtlp sh lppl lg deep In e .nen . l ) r lmlMr)'.T O k y O R o se S in ks T he m . 0 11 two dilfer:ent uc-(lIlsi{)!lS during their 10 m r)! ltlis of dishingjt a u t to J up s .i n lhe l ' -nci6.c. mem bers ofL he ,avy's Compos i t e Sc'J .u a d ron 66 hem: !L he m se l'vl ,\S . ul'lk" by Raom Tokyo. Ha thIltta ck s on w hid 1 T olc 0 R () s re ee ive d. her"bum sh{'er" were from E l 1 I e m y !IlIbmamu!$and in bolh 005es squadron momberswf lt c ll e "d . t he torpedoell g e l past theiJ ear-ner . Til ' ~JUadl"lmrecen l i l re turn d hOID~E o t a resfllfler participating in 4S bombing,JIlt;] !j ttal1ng I;lIt>\dcS on Ja p p as ll:! lons in theMn~ba . lb and is la l'l d~ o f t he I "r ro od P ac lft e.

T h re e S q u ad ro o sA r e C ite d. Thnre Navy p J l .I:tOI 6tyulldrQns operating lqng tnD ge L,bmfl-tors nave been awa rd ed ! .he PrllliidentiaJU wt c ita d q n for o uts ta nd in g p er f.o 11 ll 1U l C'efu sllilU" cl;i~nrssil>ns illld a nti-s hip ping a tta ck sin the Bi$matck Sea area froOl S ep t emhe r15. 1943. until February' 1. 1944. Tbe threes q l 1 ! L d r o n s . VPB-ll, VPB.34 and VP.s"';2CIp!Jrutoo 011 the se a- rou oo be twO O'll N e'l1 '[ rebmd and, N e w B r1 ta fu i5bnds a t tacking-Jltp tdrippiug so eHootively tnat the. enemywas prevented hom , c S n f o T c . m g bis hnpo~b U ll 0 01 ;e ,8 . In addition \0 W J.il aitation~ fortil ~ U lld ron s:, th eir c omm a nd in g "meel 'SrecdvM .individusJ d ec a ra t ions .f aI n ed 1 1 0 O e c o ra ti o ll1 . P il ots - an d - a ir cx ewnt. ;l nof Air Group 31 who ~hilnltd lately frome ight ml1Dili5 ml.he. PllciBc war theater,earned 110 d e CD ta tk lJl S fo r a c tio n in ISeampa~ and opera5otl$ duriDg their toW"o f duty. The woul' destroyed 148 Japplanes II I th e ail' and & ll1 k 48.0 0 0 ro u s D fe ne nJ )' s hip p in g. Q three high sooting:lighter pilnta w 1 1 0 paced the hard-hittingsquadroll. ene a lone is credited with 1-5o:!ouff rmed kills. winning th e Navy Cross,Di !l tl tl g ul Sh e d F ly tq g Cros~.Air Medal andPurple Heart.C ll r sa ir s C la im S h l lr te sl S t rik e . Au n u strik by2 , 0 Cors{l l ", ( : I f II Marifi.e squ,'l.dtOIJ -a t Pelelill.is IJclJ~ved to ~e one of the shorteSt ina viation history.T he p la ne s took off a t d awn in a b lind -ing ra tns te rm , w ith 10 0 0 lb. bom bs anddrOppi>t l ! 'hmu on enemy-heldcav '~, someonly 1400 yard~ from ~h, runway.S i n k s J., W i 1 h GMS.Undaunted by !he {aatlhnt his bombs failed to m 1 k ~ Ja p m e.r-charrtman not llmg ago. the pilut of a NaV)'I I e lU l'Oc f' swooped back to the attack and"! ; auk til 4 ,0 0 0 ( :P o fre ig h te r with his rna -ehinegrms and 20 mm, G8.I1ll0D. The: JIlPw as s ee m -'Iing a.lQllg 1;35 m i le s m 'J )1 Jl we s tof Oltiuhi J un a w be ns tg h te (J by 9. p a k ofu planes, Wben ! 'he bombs fel l shortta e N - a v y pi! b g a n s tra Bn g t J : t ~ frci_gbret.The shIp s nd d e n1 y . e:9 lk ld e J WIth IJ ter-rific blast which eau.glit the l leUdloer in aN]IUU o f" sm oke and Ct1b"r is" Rlftumlngnb art! hi S eerner he found two, fout.~foolg a . b e in a W i . O .g o f the p l l l n a n d a IwO,.loot ~lft in the g a ~ t a r n k .P I I D I s k l i m a M e d t a n ic s . In a turu~ bQUtp roc e du re ..ntre in Pa c i1 i c a v i a ti on , M.ru:inl 'Cor,wl". pi]vt:s of a . t l g h t w : squad ron n.o",operating bum P.elelIus forum lap air-suit' tlrvl'd as lhErir own medhnnia aJldgra lmd crewmen for several weeks- priorto !:h e b eg iIm .i H g o f 't he O pill'i1 tm l\ - ag llin sltIlE' Pa l au group .

T il nnr.iciparion of Illl e a rl y o on qu e st D fthe importan airstrip pemtliling immd i ll te b u li e fOI!! fl~htei'airt:raft, pilo ts o f tN" D e nth -D e a 1 er s" w e te . s c ho ol ed to performthc' own ullliIlterwncfi: \\1tl1 the a id o r tI

skcieton crew o( tec lu1i .c i l l l lS . Cround crewswere duu ble to mnke thl: trip Irnm arear bas Ly troop transports. When the- l itJUadron. J h : S t Cnr~'aftg to l.lP to la nd QD th eI s l and , b t 'Q u g ht th t! - pl an es flO Ii s top on theil.lrstnp. f l ignt crews : in lmed ia te ly beganIh W rk of prepa.ring t1i~m IV T bQUlhing' Iud 9traf ing slTikes aga ins t th o i l il ' ll nd . cave s ,Le s s th_ 24 h()I1rHtfler th ey a rr iv cK1. IfuJorlf(lfra be g n bom bing and 's tm 6ng r! ll:l$In 8lIPlIort of the landings on nearbyNg ,h u 5 tu '1 c i B ab l i. hu a f! 1lar l lku ttd s M e an t N O lh ln g . A lthoug ll more than :30Z e t o , , " Wet a p p 1 'O a , c hJ u g . l be odds meantiJ)olbingto e - i - g l i t GIl,I1ntUfin u.tallcat~ of AUGroup 32 during an encounter in the PocIficnot long ag'b. '1'h(' carder-bl t l led N e / l ca / J / 1went atJ~mt their work in n business. likef-a s1 liO tl a nd w he n a ley hA d finishe d. 2 17.tmlot were d wn without a single A m B F -lean casualty, ow home for a rest period,the a ir g ru up hQldg Q, s c m ' of 109 ~etftyplanes d e Stro ye cl, 5 1 e nt> fny ve ss els d am -aged and 2~ ships ~l1IIk.Ki n l 1 i s b e r S ~ r w l y e s ;O d d S . Ollt-~e{I D dL lu t -numbe red , II. Navy Klngf,!"hff observ -tloo plane not only survived 0 . 1 ' 1 attacl bythree Jap Zeros OWl! Iwo Jima but re-t urned to its mol 'ht lJ ' -lIhip af ter sboooogd own. one- of th e ruiemy. Bedt150 it is m e -);lgned fill" ObBervatiOB rother than combat.tI i i 0 5 ' 2 . 0 is o o l ' n p D . l 1 I .t . Jv e l y slow IIna l l g b t ~Iy nn~d whil tlu~ Z "08 .can')' beavyarmument, are last and hIghly maneuver-able. The Kfng/i,titfJr was (lirt:cting J l l I . v a l .gun6re on tile is la nd w he n attacked Ai;one made B stem approach U le 0 llUgumier ked pel"eot butst ifito its e.ngine.a p p a re nt ly k il lin g U , , ; , p ilot. s m.c e the Z e rnroared slTaiglu at {he. Kingfisher, sbearingoff a tip of t:he s ta .rboa rd , \ ' i _ng - B S jtph mgl1 d em d ow n to the Sell. Eightfng o ffthe tworemai:n~ug ZIoJtO$, the Klngft.therr e ll lm J e rl t o ih wuisel ' .M is fa ~ eo ( 'o r a l a p . . t n s ability as a tbe~'Pi~may ha ve sa ve d the pilo! of a O rommanAvtl!rtger torpedo barribet who was shotdowu l'IOt Inng ago l1~ar II Ja p-he ld m J.a mdhi the Padflq, FortyJive minules j\lleT hehad bailed out', h'Vo J t l _ p pilots spo l t d hU nand one eanl over at 30 fef't w O t g g l i u g hiswing s. T Ile N avy p i J o _ t b~ wa ving atthe J 9_ P and .smiled 1 1 IS t.tloihlest g r m . '''1mu s t have l oo kE d 1 1 1 .0he re al Ja pa ne seMcCoy, " said tJle pilot. ''booa.use 11 , N iptorp e do bom be r cam e bncl t in '2 0 m iD Jl te s

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M C R O F I L M U N I TT ,\TEl1ID,mn in !:he pbotograph,icll~dLs micfDHlmmg ~iltije prt>cess isnow wed in watlline nviatfon .. 'ThisP'liglny m fdg et o the - V-mails is pr6v-hlg: an a U y indeed to' the Navy,_ savingtons of space in s~p.liIin~, spee~g ~e-m endo lU Ty th e distribution g vd11 l UII.-focrnal inu a n u of e ng in ee ring p la a s andsteppiI1.g u p the r ep a i r @ f n , i r e r n f ~ over-

S e R ' 5 at I l saving in cest a.lld 'lime.A1thOllgh not the only lllicrofilm un'itin th~ Nil" t T I l i ! rtJn~ .O ' peTa t~d - b yf il l1 \ e r s Ma.mtmmnce DlYmon, Aircm.H~lainh~llfll~ee Group. Overhaul Btanch.I~ of ch i ef interest to nn-vuJ &tciliti I1SCOl lOOnl e d w ,H h th!J r.::ellir and ma' inte"uance of naval iriraraJ1t,M Id g e t Film RU 5he S P'D .ne Ple rn5 '0 Fle e fThis drawing and mic;wJ[lm ~ectiill;lwas c ::te a ta d i : i ' t May [943 [0 mee , t tbeneed for a rapiel and facile means of di~-.sem:jlJlitiDg vital IDl_gineeril'lginJtlxl1l(dlont o th e _ f i e l d .Prior It o that time the Navy hlld t~rely t~pou the old b1ueprint method o u tt h i S did no t illl the bill. Blueprints wereslow 1 1 7 pmdt Jc~ ill ln rgeg_uan l i ty ' n~ dfteqlJ-entry D~W p la ne l'n 'Q i 1 ~ lsWere incombat before facilities for 'their repairhad beoll fumiJ;~ecl engmeeribg pla.ns.24

I n P o s t a g e S t a m p S i z e " A UE n g i n e e r i n g P l a n s S p e e d O u tT o A c t i v i t i e s I n R e c o r d H m eTha nks to miC-fQnlm, comElete "p l ansg e t the re . (lOW ahe ad u f tlie pTan :es ,gering Ol, l t by a irm ail a ll over !::heworldto ntrvnJ uviatien repair -faoilitifts.nl,lA~r"s m i C l . ' Q I D m seetiea m~ta:ins[our two-sian teams of p.hotographe).'sm the Ileld \vprkiltg at aiI(:l2aft- facforjesho ld ing N a vy coJJtragt-s. A s fa st \ l _ t l plansnre a ..ailable, these are mieroIUmedand the mas.ter rfegativ:~ l ' l lshed bat ikto ! he WThShin gt url 1 i. bu t, at orie !; .A fte r m :L S ~'flr1 11m hu s be en pw_ce s s e dana clteike8 for enO.f, Hg'Ql'!s to [hePhote S e 1 e l 1 G I ; : L a bora tory a t NAS A n a -eostla, I - J ,e J , 'e $ k i l le d le


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A l lb a u gh b lu e p rin ts iegnire 2 0 0 t i m e s as nlu_d. ~'pllce II};mi(i!'jllllin,emFhasis does nol He on tbis saving beoause 'vitbbut midg l l t Illiuruch plans in most cases .simply, oilld net geoUt to all Nbvy :lITrepall" IIc1Mties'. } , > J j e t o l i l i l : a " i r ! g p~n$ 011 one p l nD~s av ed $23,000

S p e c i a l e n la r g er s Io r m rU tio g p rirlts 1 : 1 n ' W : : J : o f fi m e d p l r u J s ; have IIr!; letd ev i c e wh ich c il it ll te s . Il fl u c l 1 ing the mnny feet of ll lru .. A tra ns-parent type o E _ p ap e r C!lD be se em ed . lUld, with It, a : c tbdt fus~ n p .(o i:1 uc eany l Ii tr ll b~ r o f ' E O O : n t c bp le s by the blueprInt method

S ( r j p f il m of :ill I :! ew Bewi ee. OIl~ge.t t e c l v n e a l . ord ers a nq ljkailaJ:1Ii. 5 cu tu p and p ll lc e c1 in g.lassiM e nve lop e fa t nlaillng. Night Grewcopies- new Otr:furs, ..Iul ines negative. w AnuwstiauT . nuu t lp l eCOplt'iS a nd in 24 hOllIS ha s Il1m pnwa. '1 by air to the act lyiJ: lies

W i U l r e d e r s s u ch a s this} c lie o}d ng lh~ micrbl1l.med plans i. 5 no tat all diffioult. From its reel the long roll of f i l m -CaD be fe dth ro ug h .th e vie win g m a e hl ne wh ieh proj) l ' c ( ! l$mage d. the Elm ODthe g la Ss. OpiWIkit .s cited< re e lS a g a ins t lis t of l lb 'pla.I1e pllJ' ts

S y n e - a " ~ y ! l: u t Q rn a .l l i e p r C > ct !S S " , blltJdleds of p o o iJ :i \ 1 t; , C < i. l p je :; o f the-l l} ll jj te r n ega ti ve a I i e - U1,a: iLeu~r e at Ana c o stm . B e lt- lik e . tbeoop.iesru n fro m, c ase ',l .1Wt tfu '( l l lgil lm ll ts thl lt d eve lop , 6x a nd - . y a , s l : ithem. GpIng through wall into dryil1g room, co pie s (lO TH e out dried

S p e d a l c a s , e& c on ta in ing ,eM il pleta p l an & ro r a plane ar e e_arried byNA:'fS. Gases are retained by aetiv:ity\ forming permanent flling"abinc~ . A o . eW ' m < n r t h l y seri ' i_uc will k e - . e p the p lR r\s ,u p to' d ate ona ll im p o~ t[ m t: a irp ln rre s , e om b a: a nd lftcticri1 In u se by the Na 'Y

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P U B L I C A T I O N SFm ' eve-I ,) , p a g e in thu l l l loUDtai i la l1E1'edion Qlld Main'te(UmC6 MoolltJl

there's a hl;ls,dache---m. the possession ofsome ditOI', n17jncer. Q J ' pro()eren~le 'r......o helped mike that marl t l a1 . Toprove. it. an nuUihe iJ ; given . . .. . .u t bl'iefiy-0f step r qnired to p ,o du c. 'C L hltt H e -"air MatltldL or flandbook ,o f 5 6 1 ' iceImltrllctions.The ccmtl'llctor's handbook supervisoris responsible fQI" turnlng IIcontract anda s p et! iRw l'i on ro w a handbook. Hes ta r ts a I te c t iog th i miracle by aSiljgllirlga writer the job of p.epa.ring a prolimiD ! uy d U u sl ra tio l1 l ll i~ l l-nd l!l)Jtlin.,..

HGlIlbooli' SluIHlu Tltrougli Manv Hane"This list lind outline (products ofmudl , thOt1/bt and conoolltrat'fld s t u dyat changes and miscclIaneou dam onequipment coveeed by the handbook)then at l ' e l 'Umed ttl ~he ha n n~ooksupervisor. where both are re iewed.T h e illu s tra tio n lis t is tu rne d five r to a nillu"lltraliQtL ooortUnnl;ion ~ejl1\rtrneut,whit'h w ork s Ilnc le r a, gTC l ll p s u p e l 'V i s oran a assists the writer in de tllon:iniJ.lgho w m.aay a u d how la rg e th illu s lrations are to be.A fte r be ba s c le tid e d . tha t th out-lill is complew and that it dhereclosely to ' that hully. the specification.th "andhoak superviser has it ap -proved by the Navy representatives( ,w ho v iS 'it' th e p la nt regularly to as.dslhim in p r e pa ,r in g this ma a u a l right tllfirst time).Copies. of the skeletOn publio ..~tiql\l l1en g o tQ 1tJoedU nr who wa tche scarefully to see that it is Iollowed, a nd2 Mother writer, who makes a roughdtaJt from It.Teclut'tol I ( ,U1 ' " Checb If. ACC:l l rClc~When the rough d iW t is ready, itis sent to an ' e m w ' I ' who knows his nuts1 I:t1 .dh olts . Ita c he c ks it fo r te C hn ic a la ccu ra cy a nd . shO ots it to (l'e{ a :n oth erl )w1,iter lo r inQorporati(lln of bis correc-tions. Thea back I,t goes ttl the editorror cJleckiul7 agrurut the outline aridfor remeval of "'u:in'ts:'t th i f p,oint the supervlsol ' pops 1 magain, makes this pronouncement, ands e n d s o u r l lC l lw - ahno s t- p re s e n ta b J cl 'o u ghdraft to the prDper desks rG r lhys (Ifall type. Then the proofrea.der t ak e so er with his blue penci l .White allthis Is g Q i n _ g Ot'l, the .illus-rxa'? Thttle 'epamte groups oEJaplIll1lligover'tullenl leafl(h'~-lhe cabinet, Diet learl-ers wi[ the "Liaison bullCil to cop \l'ilJltlil mid disasters"-reeetntly d . f .S ( . :Ul i s ed IkOl-age: l . cnun:d by D , .2 9 r a id s on T.okyo, nndJII~\S11l'es fnr s tt e. ng ,Wu ll ll ng t he ~'3.p:ttal~air-defense syst .em.A i 1"0 OOCuPlfm M..u!mwA ....'I f J a .p a n e s e i lu t ho ri li e s have lamlt~h da eampa.ign in I l U atlles to abolish ll~e "fdiscarda lJ lo chopstio a s a d imc l lud tow oo de n s 1l 1p b uil din g.Ii\ Tu Cm1 1 i A me rica .n p rEcr. ~ "rely on .tIlesacrifices of other }?!.'Oples"and have to hi' ' J . m ; e t l inlo buying wa r bonds- What Ithu ~~ c liR ~ eT lt'f: the re is be tw ee n I : l , e p e a l -ple of L l l l ~ tlniled tates and the poopfe ofJIlPUfi. T~I the rorm~r oountry, " llobodywants to btly wnr bl1lnds, while Ithu peopleo f J ap 1 jJ .' nJl " "[ ll utn .rl Iy r us h out t o d i sp I :: tytheir shar of f; l l l t r lOSmn.-A To THe tTNTrED S'IWlE.'ifg Th 6th >ltlraord.inary s ess ion ofthe Japant'se Dillt convened De e emb t M,L e g iS la to l'S w e e r p re p a re c l tn work r ap l d ly, to esc :ape th p Clsm hilH ), of ullcil :rg!l ingair t r o w . Full pree lmt iODs , how eve r, lu adbeen takeu tl;) eXutble the Diet to g e tth ro ug hil S .b us in es s regflrtl le5S o r whateve rsi tuat ion might a r is e . f rom intensif led 0DeJ l !Yair r a i d 1 i .Ii To OI.I'ttl A,...mumA~ If! the oity- of Tokonttwa, nearT o k yo. 1 \1 1j ol ). ~ a l tJle railway s J 'a t io u l it enow afled b, girls 15 to 21 1:1Ir5of a~e.The girls ndt enl !leU Ucht..~. but alsohtrlldl baggage lind perform A ll o f thC IIth El !'ta s ks in c on ne c tio n with Ihe opern -t i 0 [ . of th e s l a t i I. . . Ti,ey I I . \ ' II h i ~'edsnob exeellenj results t lwt th~y recentlyhave beee givcn II labor service award,B Tu TNt: UNlXli:O S'ri\TD;.~ Amerieun propog~s nre badlymIsmken a nd m er(1 ), i tJdrugil ' lg in wis !u~thinking. If they tllink thut the Tokyopeopl!l have been thrown into n p a u . i i < k ys~tel1J Amllri .C'an bember ",ids.A T J . u " 1 . . N~ Fift thou s a nd cheny ~ em tll ~Il lniltuka l O C i k fltI'Ill of the {ltJperialHeus hold d p$rtIrlent tn Chlbt pllhw-ture, neer Tokvo, will be cut down Ilndtu rne r} into Ila r< ro1 l-1 .To pl:o"ld~ l1'mlS'p ort for l) lld ly ne ed ed fuel fu r J ap a n', [ l ) . L "toties and h U L 1 1 s . the ~overrlln&lt ha s d e -c id~ to mDbU i Z l" se c on d ar r s c ho ol s tu d e ntsto r n . .. . .ve f i r e w o o d a n a 1 ) b J . 1 ' C Q 3 1 in hand-esrts by relay to cons1jm~ti(';n points,


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' T H IS25 E A R S A G ONClV'al Aviation in Janl.lQry 1920

_ jCIlIJ(JnI - Brig.Gen. BiD Mite l l e l l .Army Air ervice.ma d e lli~ predicuontha ar l lery so nwou ld he mountedon a .nd fu, d IromArn er Ic a n aero-planes, "1 any p e T -BILLv Mne ..u,u. s ons - be lie ve aero-planes cannot standthE' shain enu se d by tllE' fldug ef ean-nons m ou nte d on them , bu t 1 he liewthe plan J pA d eo tJ y feM i]) l and tllutar t i l lery will be e l f eoove ly utilized ouuercrplarres :in the- !led war," GeneralMilchell alsa predicted a new use ofparachutes .in th l l J 1 t of warfare. Men.armeu with machlne g u ns . wou ld bec lrop p d Irom i l e . r ' o p 1 a n a s m tQ " t l l ) e t n yterrHGry w ir th d emo r a ll a ln g effeol.Juruprry 8-The, IJ.S"S. S"a,am,u~ re -ported !.hilL wiug sur laces IJII the F...sLflying bonfs were not likety to last forthe si>; mcnths (loutemplatetil, slay 'luantnnamo Bay . Arrangemerus werem ad 1 0 have seven sets of sur!W l t :!shipped expres t( J h Shawmut.January 5-It Was suggested tlintb~ltlMy of three-incll guru be astab-lished et A S " Sau Diego for insll'Uctillllm Rntiaircraft defense and ill spotting~1GImaircraft.~Gtil1fl!'Y 8 - T h e Gh 1C :~ l .g oA e l '(m a ut if! llSh0W. ol'gal1hed by the Manufacturers

AiTM'lIIt ASs(JciMti~n. opened iJ1 theCol l ! icqm [anuary 8 a n a ran thrOlJghJanuary J5. 11lll'l 'was the first post-war

M O N T H

rlpplirtoni\y to sludy l"c,lUl chreve-rnents in avinticu. Included in the:qavy ..w,1il,ltiorl wru; au ,'-5'-L f lyingbnnt.'1-2 baby seaplane (to .hsve beenused for submarine pa tro1 work andII model ditigible inlJatefl wi~h helium.Idclle l \ iekenbao!q;r ' . fumed. pncl a lsowa s (Ill d i~p lny .!till a/l'fll ,9-Sati fa 'wry bid~ were re-ceived fUr cQl'lsl:r'l1dion o f th e Marine-H y a ' n _ g R eJd a t Pa rrfs Is la nd . .A .'w,a td sMbid s .w e r t ' tQ be O1l l t . l o tttw-,eclfntely.Jml lmry IO-ArJ (Jb~!m'utiml B i g " L _ t byth e A e r i r u Fish Pu LJ'() 1 wa s re porte d a . tA, IITl Di~Q. Three smalJ chools g f,ardiuell were located, in the cove offII Jolla. Position_ MiS radioed imme-diutely to the om~ dl Ftsh & Can't'CQrrrmissirmet. Within fiv'e minutes ap~proximately tweot fishhlg mdustriesw ere u ntil le d .J (JIlfIlUy 12~ J ap an welecrned the:American ommissiQIIWho an iVed toPl'gruJize th e First A . e 1 ' 1 r d Derby MOrulatile World. J a p ane s e offidnl her a l d edthe derby as an lm p urta nt ru c:tor ill pro-fM ting p p.a ec . V l~ (:l l :m tltKaneko. H isMajesty's PrivyCounseJo:r. said: "Thecommission i SO\ ing the se d of inter-

lIuli01ml Il'iCllclship upon tin' entireworld. and Y O I l are doing a n ol~ e . w on -d erln l a nd m a.g nu nim Qu s work .jrill1lfuy 12 - Illf~resJ of Illers illWashington W!I1l centered DO Ij newtyp_e or plane a t :';A$ AUH.('Il)$QIl. Thismfniahree rneuop lune , called the Lee-l lmgKit tel l , bad a wing spread of 10 feetand length of I':ight feet over all, It wassupplied with It three-cylinder. IJz;:UJi

L ow s r r i g h l wing q f an F-5-L fI,)'ing boot shewsmeld and'rot causedby water R I : I I : ! lu ng se l'V ic e (luring m\l.I' lsu-v.er5 & 1 GlIl'IllL'I:nanl


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Tool Speeds Busliing I.n.sertionCt,.SU l-S[lW'"k plug bu~llings canbe insetted. wil ho ll .t r nt nOv ir l1 J " the crl.rude!' froTh the.engme thrt lugh llSf" (,If 3tool d~'igneu b,: II d1id lIyiit ti 01 1 rna-chinist mate attaohed to this (lobYjW.U se of the ttJol by thi! l u nit ha s re -sU i ttl:l hi g re IIIs a \l in g,,> o f tim e at)d Ia -b~. It f;!onruQi of ,a C~.i-S S P [ I I K plugwt'th the center QOl1e removed - a n ad r i l l e d t o W ' i n si rl e d i l l. l: r I .: 't e r . Th Hfhreade:d. part. of the plug is slotted at9Q" angle~ for elf,P(l.rrsiOtl, A wperedpin mid mIl eempletes th e :I a sem bl y.In ac tus l U SB tlu: tool Is Scn~wem

into I l . t ; I oversize bush.in.g and .the Ilul( 'l l gh tened . . tf) exp and lhe p lug : ,,It.Ithinthe bu shlng . The tllrcOO ds m e cwa.tedwith 11 u ' li .X l u r e of ll.thaJ'g~ and glyCcfflll .Wifh a re gnlaF sp a:rk p h,g w te Mb.th e b t'l sh in g fs's(lr(i:wed Ji- j' to the cylin-der hetul. It may be necessary totighten the nul hV0or three til;rleJ;- dlTT-~g l ' l h ~ !~el~tiun. 1'b. remove tho taol,the nut is loosened, th e ],Jill tllppe&llighlly to re'el\~e pl"liSSllre lnsfdf,l -~}jehushing and ~ttacf'ed \vitl1 a sparkplug wrench.I'VE,'

re w in d m p eb an fs 1'I:I that 1l t . i !UI l l ; .Uy limitsn projector's. c!;Iparity to 1 ,1000 I t. films;A n e J li te nde rl : gu ll e y wa s a t t t L c l l : 1 ; l 9 ttlthetalooAIf1 sproeker, R e al ttnm w e're ,-a t-!ached te rear of the cabinet in whichh,jo sJnt~ '_"'e~e cut und film pl,1~l'cl

Ll :ulJug:b lW D guide rollers "ttflched to! \l~c115101. .. .. s'prfng belt \I'/\S e)(fe)ldedfrom the tak e -u p S p l 1 ) c Y < e t ~(J the r e -wind teel MUte ptlrts W01'e made in them.ldljl~~ shnp " e x c e l ' l l ' \'k!'Ill tee! umts... H".4;ef C'o,"I"'~I~,,_'thi5 H a good idell",here. !nel'~Rd C4P",ci;y ls deswcd.Shou'''er HQl'ness '.sS'ro,lJget"Hatl.lu strength of ty~e vru \~'f\bbillg(Spec, nN-JJ~W.151) :IJ@\V used inshC )tl ld et' hl \m ~s is :9U O 'p01mds. rar -resenting n I l bli. tI:: .e,as~ : ; t r e a g l h {'l{ 1 . l O Upounds aves ..type VI w e . ! J I J r n g prQvi-ously lItreli III the standard hp:l!l1Bfl5,

A & R S h o p slEl iUNfWSB E l lflOM'rol!

~JlF 12Ul-S supplied by the Bureau.Apparently some activities tllDrica~lug Ilntlless locally are lJI'Iaw"re of thisIil in .v ge . n ntl a re contiiluing to man u -faotnre hw,ess using wenker-type web-biD g~ T h~ c , : l I a n g e was mad e by BbAer-ueolnlse of reports o t shouldor hnrness

b ~ . l l k i n g U l C X 1 ; l : S h I;:mding. It i s im -perative thiltPtiviti~s luaklng bamesause the SlTongCl type VlU wehblngwhich ean easily he identilecl by the'blltck thread s ew n l tlo ng the center;~ In situations where harness w e a d yinstalled iu aircraft is made (I f o/PeV webbing. it is reoommeuded that itbe replaced by (lew harness m.lde oj.type \ill! ve lJ.b hl g w heMV et I;tvaijilbleand re p la ce d ham es! ! ' s< 11 't'o .,g erlw . a c -eo r d a a e e wIth l'\:vimtiGII Gh'~Hlar Lvt lc rN o . 4 1-4 4-~ In 'Se ld acti\'itie.s where lype vttl\vehhing and fa tI litie s fo r lllilking bar-ness are available the 1\ !00lve rs ion callbe mude by Ilsing tbe same hardware. A U llnm e~ !!:\.Ul'eDtly be Ing p ru C'u re dby B u A e : r l oon.


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N,,\"i' S(J''''I-G4.ZIN't. / r1 , I I J been stseamlined: to fi t thet'Tijnd oftil' ti ,' 1 es, qrf/!tb It) 11uif~-6ugllie wlMlltll IItIWglII 0 1 1 wll(1cur: III f,Winlng < It '_j\_1'l\ ClJrpl~ (;;Ilrlo~l 1\(lW Wizrn th e lUi/fIGSand /"!I?aUwts n f ,"tar~ wltli thi" m/}d~l tJ l .zed I'IHtligattlm!Jl sturfilUlrt ,le ,) lJ ]fip ed b y II/! mlqllf1rlro'l VNI8D -c 1J11t'~gi1$f.s

---..T he r~I1U~ h a r ; : e br:;et l b(Jth stimulat ing (m d t;rlifyiftg (,If f tile n~ell t lrt gll.w,~ piltltll awl c.adet.~J Clf.l'l'l]ll~'ie 1 ) i! :t 11 f (! o f the h:ealJ~alld !Ill al e ll(Jv,igIIJIPnfll st :UfS. S,fid~l~ ~ ( 1 ! J they rom be IJ l00gt im e forg ett in g ~ ch, hea ven ly bodie tl Ill;: Sp l c l 1 and An tares . M~ I : 1 t I -ktJl tnfm (UtlJ th e AcTI A ch boys . M ira h. MW II,Ic1, find Murfuk

8uAer SUg'9'estsParocffute List'The p i U t a _ c l a m e is iiivery delleale piece o f

e fiu :ipm e ot p e rf O I l f 1 -itlg .1 I Ql J.g h ro le :innaval nviatirm, It isofte n l.U lg enl.1 y han-dled: it is sat uponfor hours at 11 t:inJ~~itIs e x po s e d te ~ ' c r emeof ~emperatille and toaryiog moisture iIDditipns. In opera-no n It is e xp e cte d ~ll pod'Q1:lII nnd doespf'..tFo1'lunnder conditions (If ".inlents .b: 'ess witb i nc J 'c rub le r e lt a bt ll ty .Suc h pe (" fQ l 'l 11 I 'l 1Je (! is n o a ee id en t, 1tit > the result of much C31'e lind muchcareful inspeetlon and de C 1 ~Qn to de-roil, II Is L rad ltiflL lw of p a ra ehntel'iggw that _he wlllstand by any para-d iu te - . tha t b;e ~cked OJ ' re p a ck e d . am !he will jump with it If nece 'ary.To facilitate and WSU l : detailed pre-High t inip e Otio n o f p a rA c hu te s. Bus . e rrecommends that such a form as is setforth on this ptl .ge 11l"prepar.~d by e a c h

sq u a d ron for ilia I 0 u e fh of the l ~ f lTa -]0

chute rigger. Inspection of au individual llimte ean he i . lQGompIislred it! amatte r of 20 or 3 0 seconds . by :anyquaWied parachute rigg to[ .l'MiAOllU1'B lSSUE ClTECKcO'FhmN~,----

r!itlt '1I' l"'_1.00_--- O~Ie----TIme----1-FxUIlf Ij f p Q I(.IN~ly ~lt,IOlil"!1 silk.'~-Of!e!li~ eln~f lc . s an' " ~' Iy ta "k eo 'j " , w. bMK Milfl. - 'I'h" M!j~t'"n"j}$" '1 i l !'O" rt.nl:' 01 '1 Ihe (lAc

.1 ud ~j\Z;~.;>r,l~[tl!~ ~t 1 l~ l !1' > t r1 ~ I l< l ll r~d 1 1 1L! l t . 1 t ' e . , .

---PlVhll IsSextant BllbbleGives TroubleA large proportion of ~h Pioneerbu hb1 e s ex ta ntli in everhaul sh()l?~ a re}lwuiHng .spare bubble assemblies. ahiglily e . d t i C : r u it ill. b cause o f fflilu rE I

Q Ihe bul;ble5. It is possible that dam-age has been inadvertently caused byl l i tv igalu("s through Mute to observeru l S 01' prop r care of sextants,It should he noted rha~ the vacuum-type bl1bhl with th s c r e w 'k nob m u stbe released nIter use, sinet' pro lOl l g edS t rain on the. diaplmq:2l :1 wi]] c au s e it tos e l ' and make lhe hllhhJe 1l$5emhly


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UHlpetative, This wanting has beene jl]p ha ~ ed not- only in \ '1U1oLl5 Tei:h-aleal Otdcrrs but also Ia the. form ofthe ....ords "Return tu nermal after use,"en gmr e d all th e - El i4 p hr a gm adjusting In~. IAil and vapor bubbles In la ter Pio-[leer .sextants', R8SS -351) , and theniiU.~M& Lomb seuantsr R88-S-375,a te [o l! l lw d by pump ing WI mmasmall reservoir m o o the bubble 0 0 1 1 .Because no s~jll is involved in thefO J 'Illa tio D o f th e bu.bble . tbi5 a ir neednQ L be tak~ out of the buhble chamberafter- \J se of the scxtant.. H o ,,,'e v .e r, this b yp e o f b ub ble cell still:i s inl imited production and the majorityof bu bble s~x tant:~ in S'fll'Vi_reare 1litedwith th e vacuum true. A lthou gb se x-tants a re not so c ritic a l a s prcvi,ou s l y . ,they still are n" t numerous enougb mservice to wru-r:mt ~nrelelJS: handlingwhich will remove t h e m {rom S , : e n n t > ew~11e 1 i\w .i ti ng r ep a ir . \ ?I 'o l'l dQ itd inoverb~ul shops is heavy and every eLror!should l~e made to ])re.vent unne e e s s s r yd . ' 1 I T 1 ! ! . g e d u e to tmr eTes~" I l e s .~ .Change Speeds C:ontctl.ne.rRemovedVPB-125-Veq's pistol I;lOlltnll'ler:>with. the ctll ' t:ridg1l5 can be E J u i c : k l y re-mewed from their _mounting fn .PVlairplanes by usecfs "Lift-a-Dot'" a s -t eu er T I'Ip d tE ie ati on designed by ~sqU1ldrOD.10 O(1oSe f i t: om ine n t ditching,. a crewm em be r, u s u ig the new ll'lS]JQt, 'callsaV1!l all tJ1t~ VMis c:arl ridO'fS in th ee onta lne rs . ~ :V il:h the p :re .s C:t m e tb odo t secutin... eQli'tlJiners to the 1ll0l!,D t rplates by"tolts :it crew member must

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Ilnzip n, e e a s e lind r emove oartr idgesin dW id u aII) ' .T he cha ng e :I S made by r ~p l a dU i g~ighLseeuriTlg nillbj tUI!IUIlld th e p c ru nl "-te r of V ery 's p is tol C )on,ta ine rWilh .six"'Lift-a--Dot" nu;t ' l l ' lWrs. No eH c e t fJll theSlf('ngthnf any struetural part o f theilj[~lal'le is eau~~edhy 1l1e cbange. !hedilferance II I weigh t and bal~Ul ( ' e is -negligible. There is TlO t ende0O) ' forC'OJlt:amers to slip the mlllll'l ting excepthY i u !l nt a l lowan c e ~iSt ! :th~ arl'l afgen-e ra 1 if!terl lSt tD " squ amous !UId ' lui.'tiVitiesl i l a l service Buct l .ut nrc now available a tth e l l t o w ly ~t! l .b :Ush~d ~\"illtiOD S l I P p l y d e -pot NElV)' No. &25.A c tion ha s be en iliftUJ;ted to estltblisbs in ! il ~ p u b tiC l itiO l 1 ~~Us~bllli9Q. p u f, r; ts a ta:.rllltlJm s U P f l l y depot s Navy lUlDlben;. 939,S20!, and e s o s . 11 .I S Cl'~peC'te:d these dls-

tri buuon polnts will b~ pttlparoo to n U k ' -f irm e a rl y ill FL 'b rw uy 1 94 5. A rl.e fio ite a n ..uo \U~t.'WjI1ill)( will h e Il :la de IIIter,SuOI'd 1)1Ifdbutos We..... 20 1I!l1I. SheU,SIIDrd has pnlc\U'ed .and distributedi r ( t l l i u qua.rltil:i~!i af 11 n W ~erie-'iof b l 1 1 U s . -

ti~y n) a t c~ed 2 Q mm , ! ll;m n um id on . .In-rorOlat l !m l'fltu~ern1n~ ehe new anununltinnis ( ' t l J lL' t imsd ill f iuNnlW OOL. AV.2. .744dated (;J Novi!mbmo 1944. Paragr'lph S oft;he n hove OClL 1 '1 ta ~ES th 11t rebore.sigbti.ng,of the gans is esii'~. Operating tlf.:ti"-: l r t i C ' ~ 01" Y tlllre ID1Ctyl.fi 011 to rh j s St,lremenl'sluce gntviLy ,d top uf Ihe pmjecr i l e .5 a~shorl mng i'l$ (~~ yaids) n ' I . l 9 . ) ' b(l i~lr~(tHIJW~IV!lr,." '~'tUtlS eogt)ged in ::t!:ungmay tl!Wit~ to JOWIIT the sigM lln~ te ''':Olll-p;ellS:lte fo r groVlt)' d rO ll a t km~q ril.l')gc'1.Following , d a t . . " l it; fu r the iJbO \lea,lumu ..IULl l ln . !it 300 knots .air speed .a t sp a leyel.

Projevtjl~ Drop ill Ml~MI) J l O f l l~nQ I ( i D evrt.. : ; r1 : f . : \ 'J~. y,b.:1.0 S .D ( I , Q 1J.O1 i' 4 .1 1 . 1 1 11.0I J..; ~hf) ~. S1' .(1 (.3 1 7

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S P E C I A L D E V I C E S S C H O O LE n l i s t e d p e r s o n n e l w i t h a h i g h m e ' c h a n i c a l a p t i t u d e a n d k n o w l e d g e o f e l e c t r i c i t yl e a r n t o m a i n t a i n t h e N a v y ' s s p e c i a l d e v i c e s d u r i n g a n i n t e n s i v e 1 8 w e e k s c o u r s e

T ro ub le s h oo Un g becomes second natute to trainees at SpecialD eV ic e s Sc hool . T ra ine e s a t w O U : on the GW:t!lirstFuelor dU J ; -ing the fom :te e nta we e k 0 0 !he rr c ou rse m a k e delicate I l d j U S I -menes en the movie unit. Stodenb operate GUJlairstructor32

F if t ee n s ea m e n s e cond ol! ls s a nd two Mur:ittllS- m uke u p ene h ClIlSSthat enters the Chioago school Students are .qusrtered In aUpiYllrsil_ of C1;ricago gymnasium. Former naval viatiou 'adetsselected for higll mechanical eomprehension make lip pcrsounel

E l e c t r i c i t y and the- fundHmentaL.--6t eleetronlcs are emph : a s iMd .B ee au se of the s hQ 'r1 :ne sso r the c ou rs e, a p pU e a tio n o f e le ctro nic sis made 115 SO(JT l as pOssible.. Theory is kepl 1 ;0 a mini-mum. Elecl-conlc mockups are used tn:tensively dwing ' f irst week


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be t ra ined 'a t Chiol1!Jo. lnformatlQIJI . :N I l{ ; eming l ] l lO t l iS all l method s (I f ie -l ec t iOJi w i l l be ann aun c ed al l a ter date.S eECIiAL Tl,evial ' ts ill pra ,L l~ i t :aH) 'every_ _ na va l ail' station a nd a t many a d ~van red bases now are maintaine .d by

(fIllisteti p e rsonne l ttliliD ed a t N ava ll' tajning Seltool (Spet! iI lJ lJ.evle.es) InCltit;;ttgo,The' school, operated under theNIl\"!l l Air TeeluUl . l aJ Tr-afuing Com-m and , Chic a g o . ha s ne e n ill eK' i s t : en~slnee Mareh 194'3 and now _bas near ly1,000 gradt.mte~. RecomPl~ndabfms CQ'D-c e : m : i. n g l11e s c h 0 i 1 1 liTe made h}' SpeeinlD e vic es D ivis iG oo f BuAef.Until Te~(l l l t ly t\ l l e _ W elass I ) f _ - If) se__J_ ~men, second class. and two r::tted M'a-rines entered the sehuol each week and

,gJ ' l l tlUJl.t~9 J 6 weeks la t.e r. Un d e r un ew s .c he d u le , e fIe c tiv e tl1is m onth, theCQU1i 'se is ex: te i l ;d~tl to 1 8 w (.." 8k ~t o l?ro-vide nraple, time fm - Jnstruotlon on all'~11ednJ deviceS 1i5EHl at air stll,t~OllS\Furmer naval Mfutiotl c a :jl e'ts . s p e-c l a ll y se I e.c te d a t nuva l training. c e rrte rson tile basi" el tlleeh Illli ("aln pt irudeilJ1(1 knawJedge n C ' t' il ecb:ic il '_Y,-rti l ike upclasses that enter eve ry fortnight Thesef' u n H e r eu d e e s , e n t e r a s se.~l1lel1 s e eon delass and gtadua~e I l l , Special Arlific0r( D e- vi c. es ) . str jk e rs ,In d d jtlon , q o .l .[ffie d m e n, nX;lmwatei:lut shore stations and' in th e EJeet for; ] n y portfon or a ll o f - 'L be c ou rs e, w ill

P u t t in E I h e "cIo the J O D yourself principle in QPcrllti(H" thesea rtifl e a r- tra in e e s d i< ;m ,m t le II t . . I r ! l c T ra iller, II ! a : r L ' -a djUstnfimtsh'up trainees :find md correct muledjustrnents created by th ein Iltru ~ ~ 1! Jrs . O n air sfilHatis lhe.~e m en wlll rna intEil l d e\'lc e ;;

S t u d e n l ~ l e a r n to o -p em te . a nd m a in ta in th e B~light EugineetsPanel duriI .J :g the w , . . e l f t h week of their uourse, This d ev i c e ,used to t:mio pilo ts and fU g a l engtneers in ~...m~e p l an -eopero:!icm. must be mastered Inunwml' is :l fanner tr:i:inee

S E;beGTBD l l lra d ua te s of L be s c.ho oI a re. _ s e nt U n l'o r s p oo ia ll zl ld - tta i'n in g 01]larger daviees sueh as fhe ~A..s Bomb-I1Jg Trri:inec ;md de~~e i&~F.Opetll~sn~nl Flight Trainer, 0t:her graduates serveII s in structors nJ th e se n t }(1J.A "'I~ millg by dui l lg : ' uJII_lhml oftnstructinn is c!lTtled un t ill, &very class-

r I 1 U T J 1 , E aoh . g ra d ua te is capable : o rnmmtaining th e delicate and eernpli-o.tted but highly jmpoltAIiL speoial .de-vice-~ pilots llJ1'fl airCJCewmen train with.

T r a ln e l l's g i v e the, Panaromie "battle- Inu bo',,;" Gunnery TrainerII.Ltentfon fn an lus\ci(l and 'l.\ut ,!.:htl~k.The trainer is , ilism:tTl.-flud in u l :is s fo r Q e td .il ed study. 1 :r! L ID e ~ a ~ ~ g u id e d by work-jo\ )s tba'tred U D sheets th at s ho w s te p-b ,,'- .S oo p p r o g . r f l S S of ta sk

W l tl le e l e n t ( o n l E s is s t ressed , t r a i i : t ( l ( ; S lun.tu all ilifloo is lo knowa bou t the Bx e d g unne l ') ' d 01 1e cU nn tra fne r fIS wel l a'l: th ee l e < lt rn -me c l lf ln i~ a l SCQr in g system' t lu l t l1itypiC'ltl of those Ioundin _ o ; p e c l l ! l t T a , i " 1 1tJg(levilillll. L u P t u r ~ ~ nd '\((lTk g ( ; l hund iri hand

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P I L O T G O E S O N M O N O X I D E ' J A G 'eMIlIO MOtlOmnE is tJ . suol l ~ ( lange-rai lspoison. Not ~lhe le08llm'pQlian. pofritfJbolJt Gd.rbml f llol lomdn 'j ,9 Ibal it may il/Oh6 fw .U l le : - t he tlf~J:m tllat he do es n't k' l lOIPWhat'$ ! !wQng wl t l i 'lim on d ,herefore jtlibIrJ 4 0 al ly lnlHS to cQTnbot If. T lw tonaw -jl).g tiMe "1q}ort It/(I$ marie: by a fl ight mr-1 ; ( 1 0 1 1 lI.lnl, the fleet. U li s t . 1 I l e.lclJlIent rutl-'ling (lC,collrllnlthaI; 8omfilltir1g wp lewcnt ~, l i t r e jJu/o1w V i ! k > . ~ LIliU .. )


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P H O lT 0 G R A P H YInformotIonoll' 16 mlOl . F'IIi11 Mecu a r emoJ l 'In oraW' to Mdnee Iilm -jomm lng In me-Hrm picture eameras (inoIUdfug gu o c'll:m.eras) the fflllowlllg ttl~rane{!$ bave been> I I ' ( ' ) J ~ t f ' ( l liS tandM(l b y tile SUP anrl ASA:( U6:~Sjjrernel1'.~11 inche..v) Otm~rm 1'(Jlert'lllceFilm, width O.1rn9 -0.001PPtfuf 'l lt iml 11ft I t osa -0.0005The above standnrds of ourse npplnnly Imm roia tc ily ~Q r tilling I1mi pl 'r -!orating sin!,,,, pllotugtllpl,ic fUm d : e s fUllhave penec t oil"r! Jn$IDnl l l stllhilliy. Filmunde rw~1: ' !I sma l l IlLlIOUIIl( tJf peRl!R.neliishs inkn g e d u e tQ lOS5 of re ~ .a un I Sllhrt;lll(rom the btm~ as well 'liS reversible dimen-siona l I:h~tlg C$ P.~O Cllle cd by helll Andmoisture.lt Cl I1I be . '(oNl!" iY :Rom,,,! 1 r r . ]1 I1>f1o s. I I " le l.BUill!r CQllnll(,,,t-This .suggestion ap.pear" t(l I)" 0 " " thar would be of inr".r~to j I 'U rubing shop pllr5DlIIl,l'l.

!lilt INURTSTU!U; INTEMPLo\Te- FOR MARKING

O V E R H A U LP la n t E c p. .~ pme rr t & Te e l s

On seelfnn Ilf Overhaul Branch S{W-o ia1lZes In ~]';fop I1tltUpmell l IlUl~j ttlols re -quired Ior ain:taft lI'1ainteoM~ ar nl\Vulo.itrbases. Actual procurewlrtlt or supply i$nlll accern plislt",d. bl1t t~ullillions. DJtter:.,~hipmell LeCJl I t$. und project order re -'lut!~ts for shop equlpinonl reciHlil,a1]controned 11 BuAer a:t' tl!Vi w.fld fora.pprwaJ (IT disapproval"arelul chl'clo:iug hy l,I)lpllr ienced per-sonnel i' necessary to 11ISIITCO thul tech-nioal requirements .are eorreot uud clearl),warded, 11l Id l l int the llJiJlt:leq lilplUCllt tie-sired or u l:l'd e.d w il1 be p rnm ;1 (f;ld , :A fte rsuch review, tile fj'U65b are f()r,wluUerl1 0 p r ocU l l: .mEm t ngtmolllS, ! i IJPpl) ' dIJP~t.$.Clrare returned to tile Origi l ) ' l I t ing acb"ity lorlocal prOl. 'urwuent.ta!ld}\r~tlnn a nd mere ~ient ~f1015and equipment hay resulted, and wiUcontinue to result, fr01,J) $u!:)h te hniooleontrol, The ehanees ali Ql IpJ icu lmg in-efficient Of worthless equipme i l t at more1 ) , 1 1 1 1 o ne bsse j mtniml :z .ed.The u se fu lne . (IF ~lrijj; s ee rron a nrl C01J~t lrlUDlion of above results necC''l1iarily de-p end In P rsona l e rn l tACts with l-el ' res~lIfa-L jv ,' ,s o f nav;.ll\eUyi!je~ \ l is : i ti I :l g l l le Bureau,fJ~ wel l " 1 . . ' 1 ' eommere ta l .reptesl l l l tut ive;s; dis-CUSg~ g s 'l ! ilnb il lo / t IJ 'I d n l . " " d of tht'ir p rod -ncb; for rUrCi'~lftmain ten anee work" and

Ivisits by Ptll'lIOf1Il I 01. Lhis seeuou to e rn-m er< $.l Jirm s a nd naval u jr hil. 'It's,

, A/,.. Ba.lle. Should SlIcrl'e '1101'1", Ide.CJIAll naval : \ 11 ' bases are e.ncmlm~ed tosubmit 1 < 1 this ~6 Mlln i dea s tlw po, ~blm~y I f" dt;'v,l!lJX.'tI to illet~e productloll.a~pilTt.~on tlefct"tive, inefficieot, or nn-ru it1 lhle . tllnc hfne s, too ls a nd equifluulOl~l~tIlId be r(\f1'Irted,It has beet! noted ~batmarly ,bil'~eIi arelll\.o;itant a bo u t I 'e p (} r~ jn g re~pt at eql l i f l .ment unsullahl .. fliT work to be-performe-],It is hoped th is hesitanev will h rlispellPd"nthere j:;e lh,. same r n i s N t I r e . q will 1 e lTt lld

IU Ilntflltflll! ne w s ta tlrm s, Give the BUlOOUth is n ec es sa ry eoopera tion-tflll them WIlliIynl1 1i~{" And wi a t yell d tln 't 1 1k I' ubau ltools anrl L'fj'IlipJTIf'I1t-whot you would :libIn have, I'Ir whal Vi'll! could d u wi IIOIJILuhmisslou of '111,"!f]I.1i1tl lIug!!estiolis j~eneour~ged These g(jgg"!ltioll~, nrc re-vfdwetl by eflldueel'~. all(t rellnmml"lld.lti"n~ma(le a s ~n their ! i tt lb1bi li ty . a dn l ) t; ,l p fH lv .RI,dl l l e nill'J or

tl61'S a nd rop a ir ~ hip s . T lle lisli a n i! UD d l 'J 'CM.!ltant fe-vll'liou'i\S oquipment spec iSec lis fI1odifi~ hccoms Ilh~fllQ1e'. or newI f!ljulpnIt'll t II nd [pols \I.n' devt:.ll 'lp"d for 118 ,


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Question5 I*--+-. Imaginary linethrough SouthernCrosspoints '(0:,,. . . .\.' ,. . . '\" ",,,, .I" t\ t'\.I.{)I'. I\1,. ',

1. West.2. North Pole.l. South Po le ,4. East.

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87th & A . N T H O N YHArre Builds TUl'h $upel'cbllrger Mlldel,\ turbo. superc]ramer moolmp , buill. by~la~"n1Air Technical fruining emter, ChI-en . ! ! " , is u s~ inthe ca rbru :c tor l i : j)urSEOWeJ to raise o x lower the lunQ.lng geafis p.l'o,'idt!d b r lin !liford.' l r t l 1 d l t l ' " g-e~rl i g H t m o t o r , - r . 1 T e r o S\\'{khl"ll c u l 1 b : : o f lookson the m in! a .tu ra bnd ing gear . St>; lc letf l . ; !,, l & i n _ g II \\li;ring dwgral fl. Itre feq u n o o ~oh'lOk lip l h~ l ll .l j;n y lvires i ; iJaec;Lly se UnitproiPer indiea ti011 of p nsltirm IJ F tIle plane'sla ud h1 g g em :, s h ow s 0 1 1 ! he re m ote . i n U 1 e n r o r .Mo~ku'pSho ....s H'9h Alflhde fuf SystemA typical h ig h a ll ltu a e 1l1f ;;:ml ' tfuel sy s lcm [s u . s J id as pllrt of the .msl.l::tlcti(lUlllIl togl ' run in ll,r u;ld(ll~tloll f)Quz:~eolt~r"dat 'JAT'I'C Ohioago, Elinllnutii.ln of {ud\'l1jllif, . l1 a ll s e r o f 11.1e1, ( l ie lpl ' ess l11e~, Ilele!.ltw v a J V P u S I I . ,g . . s, am ] !)pera;t1tm We~hjwn, 'fba mm . J . . . ' n p uJdnclBl l a pressuri~ing: ntril. !IS w < ? 1 1 !IS a n integral t t m k pump,;StlC1 !ll!tuaily f lo \ \, & f u el s l h r 6Ug i l it~l i P I 1; 'l ,

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.DepQfs Carry Watertight LJgbtsTwo-oel l watertight f tashl ights, suit-a ble fc rJi u se a s 5 1 l 1 v 1 X a l e q u ipm ent by lIg ht p e rsonne l a re u V , ! ' d J a o f e In q l l t m ~HUes at u : J l BuSnrldA Navnl Supp l yDepots. 'The Unshlight, del i '{a!pped ];,yBuShips, Is carrieJ under stock number

17-PL35SD.,:J\\llUiiOIl pl . l t .~oI lncl ~hmlld. s ecu r eflashlight!! from tha nearest Nttvtll Sup-

p ly til'lpot lllIder t!CJgpjzl,l[loe01 Bu -Saru lA , BuAe r TD J J 9-4f%t,< l he fe m u J( j l lm ~ l\c ls Jt J Ih ~ oy H nd eri l l tM t l , j\t, " '~[ l ' l l 1ding-1TInl l dr~1 r m e'(I'IlTl'db'l$.the If\rl~ d ~ se c rton ot IIcoupliog i l ' l~ertl.~Il!ouu!ed in u 11< l lw chu c k . Wtlh th e man-e l , ' " l tn:ruiag "wr Ihe insert i~ h l 1 ! a t e 4 with

"EVERI I!. SIZEs- OF O'l lE:.RSrzED T1I.M. ARE USEDn lmm1 t~Jld th" 1hreaded, section 1J ; grac l -ucil ly e i , - pr tuded h y sotewing the e(p!!'I1'(Jc r's orew in to . 1 1 1 c I1I!Hld re I.T hre ad s of iJ]se1 'l: a te IC'X pM de t1 be) OJ)20IJj~J QVltr Io p, .~12. . , IiI the threads lu thec ylind t'1 : ile na W ;iL t)"p' II1 J'~ nd S' n ihe 1 \1 ,-sert well' lubrfcated, and U.' l ing.8 ' Bp6daUy-L~lWllTli('tecl wfelli'lIT 1 1 w insert m'a\> i'll'~eu'wed illtll thY "yliue ler head eo;lrl, ir~at~ill: the aylhKler lumd :md OOG ll D'l g th e insert I" i l] mitke II! hT ~ r! ll lj !t iO I l 1 '! 1 11 O } 'eas ie r ,


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Corlooo Aids ; 1 1 Training CadetsNAS l'~ORT LwD lOO lJ !U .E-To lmphn -s ize Iu u d um unta l ru le s ill p roper !1.il'-croft COm.i1iI lHicut ion.s and ke p thembllfore student pi lu ts nnd afrerewrnenwhile in tr!liJ1ing. .a "M it'k e ~' M ik e"

rt'l.~ter idc';l haR, been O f've lnptlH nt thissl'U.lirtll. Thi~ id~a was JtweI l . lped by .tel:J.mmwlil1tltio[]s (t~i l i l r l j . ' ; r.rffict~r I U l d nnenli l i t ei I communlea th~'MSt r r s t ruetur ." ;- , t ickev ~likc" wns introd u c e d tm!ltuti()l1 h:;~il1lng per sonne l H l I lJ \ l g h ,l

('f1rl(JIJI1. A new d$lttUUlI is pORted w

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