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...page 19 are types of carrier planes which would bear the brunt of naval air war if it comes before the ships now on order are available: Grumman fighters, designed to protect the fleet from enemy attack by destroying enemy planes; Douglas torpedo planes, for attack on enemy vessels; Curtiss scout bombers, whose dual role is to scout and to pepper the enemy ships with light bombs...
...Henry was reported well equipped with planes, tanks, Bren gun-carriers and artillery, all having heavy fire power. He also commanded an unknown quantity of material: the Australians used Tomahawk fighters (Curtiss P-40s) to drive the Ju. 88s away at Sidon...
Died. Arthur Curtiss James, 74, towering, bearded builder of one of the world's great railroad empires; in Manhattan. Grandson of one of the five original partners in Phelps, Dodge (copper), he inherited 25 million dollars in 1907, added to it a reputed 50 million by shrewd investments, became the biggest individual owner of railroad stock in the country. With the gradual acquisition of large blocks of stock in Great Northern, Southern Pacific, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, Northern Pacific, Western Pacific, he came into a control that enabled him to join the roads in a vast trunk system sprawling from...
...bombing assault, a hail of artillery, and three ground attacks-one straight across the bridge, one which crossed the river farther up, and an airborne assault which landed in the desert behind the Iraqi, cutting off their retreat to Bagdad. By week's end, with the help of Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks (fighters) and Martin 1675 (bombers), the British had the situation well enough in hand so that pro-Axis Premier Rashid Ali El-Gailani and his Defense Minister were reported to have requested visas to flee to Turkey. Incidentally, in the first dogfight between a Curtiss...
Overland operators are angling for 25-ton, four-engined Douglas planes (present DC-35 weigh 12½ tons loaded), four-engined, 22½-ton Boeing Stratoliners and Curtiss-Wright's new twin-engined, 36-passenger...