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...Four R.A.F. aircraftsmen (ground crewmen) tugged and shoved at a Spitfire bogged in the sands of an African desert. When they finally freed the plane the South African pilot gunned his engine and took o f Then he noticed that the tail was heavy. In his cockpit mirror he saw the image of a wind-blown figure on the tail-no gremlin, but an aircraftsman who had not let go in time. The pilot quickly landed. Hopping from the fuselage, the aircraftsman respectfully asked whether the pilot was all right. The pilot returned the question. Said the aircraftsman: "The slip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: AIR: Gremlin Stuff | 1/4/1943 | See Source »

Average of Varsity and Jayvee crewmen before training...

Author: By Melvin J. Kessel, | Title: Step Test Finds Average College Fitness | 12/8/1942 | See Source »

Average of Varsity and Jayvee crewmen after training...

Author: By Melvin J. Kessel, | Title: Step Test Finds Average College Fitness | 12/8/1942 | See Source »

...with an 8 to 20 point improvement when re-checked. Boys whose first test was 75 or better didn't show such marked improvement, leading the physiologists to say that the conditioning program wasn't tough enough for these students. Previous tests on a group of about 20 crewmen who started out with very high scores but nevertheless showed a marked improvement under rigorous training conditions, led them to this belief...

Author: By Melvin J. Kessel, | Title: Step Test Finds Average College Fitness | 12/8/1942 | See Source »

Haskell and a couple of buddies rescued the one undestroyed lifeboat which was blown from its moorings into the sea. All living crewmen were crowded into the auxiliary vessel, and were picked up in a few minutes by Russian minesweepers. The merchantman cracked at the stern and sank...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Seaman Haskell Back from Convoy Duty to Murmansk | 12/2/1942 | See Source »

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