Word: blenheims
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Britains. Winston Churchill represents the elite of Britain's past, the humble of her present. He is descended from a long line of aristocratic leaders, but he is the son of a younger son. Descendant of the first Duke of Marlborough, who commanded at Blenheim and Mal-plaquet, grandson of the seventh Duke of Marlborough, but also grandson of a New York City newspaperman, he sums up two Britains, both of which are in the present war up to the hilt: the Britain of military aristocracy and that of the people who, like Churchill, have difficulty pronouncing a letter...
...each and every encounter the superiority of British aeroplanes and crews over those of the enemy has become more firmly established with each day's fighting. That superiority has not been confined to any one type of aeroplane. Spitfires. Hurricanes, Defiants and Blenheim fighters have all shot down vastly greater numbers of the enemy than they have lost themselves...
...bombers Britain's (and the Allies') best bet is the big, rugged Vickers Wellington, a husky, reliable weight carrier with a top speed of 265 m. p. h., and the lighter Bristol Blenheim (about comparable in size to a Lockheed 12) with a maximum of 295. But both need fighter escorts, are not to be compared in speed with the new German Junkers Ju. 88K which has a top of 330 m. p. h., can show its heels to pursuit with any kind of start. To Ju. 88K, and the somewhat slower Heinkels and Dorniers, Britain has several...