Word: cobber
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Cobber" Kane...
Reciprocal tons of Allied bombs whistled down on Germany and most Allied air pilots were aloft daily for as long as men & machines could endure. Reported killed in an accident during the week was Flying Officer Edgar James ("Cobber Kain "D. F. C., 22, of New Zealand. Prime Allied targets included oil depots at Hamburg and Kiel, factories in the Ruhr. A French naval formation for the first time let go explosives instead of literature near Berlin, in retaliation for the hundreds killed & wounded around Paris...
Heroes. Stories of individual exploits last week tended to support the entire R. A. F.'s record of desperate heroism. On the day fighting in the Low Countries began, Australian Pilot "Cobber" Kane returned to his unit with shrapnel wounds in his hands. "Turned out nice again, hasn't it?" said he to his adjutant, then took his machine into action. During the week he accounted for ten German planes...
Engaged (Really). New Zealander Edgar James ("Cobber") Kain, 22, Great Britain's first World War II Ace (five Nazi kills, a possible sixth), convalescing from 20 shrapnel wounds; and his best girl Joyce Phillips, repertory actress, who doesn't believe in getting married until the war is over (TIME, April 15); after a 90-mile dash from Peterborough, where she is playing in The Importance of Being Earnest, to Birmingham to buy an engagement ring...
...Cobber Kain's bag includes two Dorniers, three Messerschmitts. His talisman: A piece of Maori jade attached to his identification disc. His best girl: Joyce Phillips, repertory actress, last week playing at Peterborough in The Importance of Being Earnest. Said she: "I don't believe in getting married until the war is over...