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Somewhere along the skyway, a U.S. bomb-group commander signaled over the interplane radio to P-47s buzzing above the Fortress formation: "Jesus, you guys look good up there." Fighter pilots grinned behind their oxygen masks. Gone were the days when bomber gunners used to spray lead at any fighter that strayed too close...
...long-distance homing flights (in Air Transport Command planes) a wounded man has only a No. 3 priority. But once he is aboard a plane, his priority is No. 1. In actual battle areas the planes used are the big Army transports, C-46s and C-47s. Sometimes the planes do hospital work both ways-U.S. transports took a 750-bed hospital from Port Moresby to Buna-but usually, on their trips toward the battle line, they carry fighting men and materiel, therefore cannot show the Red Cross...
Over Europe's battlefield, gunners in U.S. bombers have a new problem of aircraft recognition. On many raids their new fighter escorts are Republic Thunderbolts (P-47s) which have just entered the battle of Europe. And in the swirling confusion of a battle with pursuit planes, the broadnosed, round-bodied P47 can easily be mistaken for the Germans' best fighter: Focke-Wulf's famed...
Douglas DC-32 transport. This ship is converted from airline transport designs. Latest observation planes, not flown in maneuvers, are North American O-47s, whose 1,000-mile range will be tripled by forthcoming models...
...Pound class--Stearns (H) defeated Parker (Y. M. C. U.) in two overtime periods. Time advantage 2m. 47s...