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...estimated three years. Another 250,000 acres of farmland were flooded with salt water in England, and more than a million left homeless. But the worst North Sea storm in 250 years left in its wake, as well, some stirring sagas of heroism. One such was that of U.S. Airman 3rd Class Reis Leming, of Toppenish, Wash. Said one admiring Englishman last week: "If anybody ever deserved the bloody George Cross, he does...
...took the young airman half an hour to fight his way to the first cottage. Eleven people clambered off the roof on to the raft, and Leming pushed them back to safety. Without waiting for thanks, he started back again. On the second trip he rescued seven. The third time he was gone for more than an hour, and when he finally returned with nine more, he was moving very slowly. "Help me. My legs . . . Help me," the people on dry land heard him mutter. His exposure suit was badly ripped when they dragged him out. Another five minutes...
...preparing for a new life-as a Christian missionary. His sponsor and future partner is the Rev. Elmer Sachs, director of Sky Pilots International, a project for getting aviation-minded youth interested in religion as well as aircraft. But the man who indirectly converted him is another airman, ex-Sergeant Jacob DeShazer, a former Doolittle raider who is now working as a Free Methodist missionary in Japan...
...Peruvian Airways and from 1929-42 was operations manager of Panagra. Made a brigadier general in World War II, he bossed the training and domestic operations of the Air Transport Command, later managed operations for American Overseas Airlines until it merged with Pan Am in 1950. This week Airman Harris, a cautious man with airplanes, was just as cautious about his new job. Said he: "First I have to find out what the airline's all about. I'm going to break my neck trying to make it resume the position it used to have in this country...
...Airman Echols says that his main job is to try to guess what the Joint Chiefs of Staff will be wanting five years hence. Northrop's job is to make them want what he designs. Right now, Northrop is worrying about the "thermal barrier"- the speeds where air friction will disintegrate metal planes. He is experimenting with fuselages made of glass fiber, which will not melt at those speeds. Looking further ahead to the days of pilotless planes, Northrop already has about 14% of his work force on guided missiles, expects a production contract soon. Against rainy days, Northrop...