Word: aerially
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...officers and men: the Twiggs* and the William D. Porter had been sunk; the Ingraham, Newcomb and Leutze had been damaged. The sixth was the Liberty ship Josiah Smiling. All were hit by Kamikaze (Divine Wind) suicide planes except the Twiggs, which may have been struck by an aerial torpedo. Three British carriers and one destroyer (total casualties: 104) were also added to the list of Kamikaze victims last week...
...British last week revealed a fantastic antiaircraft weapon of their own: aerial minefields. Laid by old bombers just before an air attack, the air mines were suspended from balloons and small parachutes by piano wire; when a plane hit the lower part of the wire, the delicately attached mine would slide down and hit the plane. The British claimed that air mines downed at least a half-dozen German planes over London during the blitz. Once a small boy found a wire lying on the ground, yanked it, blew up a house six blocks away...
...machine consisting of a gunner's cockpit placed in front of a movie screen which simulates aerial dogfighting so well that seasoned veterans have crawled out of it dripping sweat...
Captive Hermann GÖring told U.S. interrogators: "In your aerial warfare you had a great ally - the FÜhrer." GÖring im plied that Germany would have won if the air war had been left to him, said that his Luftwaffe had developed a marvelous jet fighter "that was to sweep Allied bombers from the skies." Hitler rejected...
...This the Face? In Lincoln, Neb., an amorous aerial gunner noticed the name "Helen" and a phone number on the wall of a booth, dialed, was greeted with, "Hereafter save your nickels and buy war bonds." They Also Serve ... In Manhattan, Gristede Brothers, grocers, sent two boys with each pushcart load of orders - the extra one to stand guard over the butter...