Word: flew
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...peak of the Gran Sasso in the Abruzzo Mountains northeast of Rome. He led an assault which reached the hotel by crash-landing gliders against the mountainside. Skorzeny reported: "Duce, the Führer has sent me as a token of his loyal friendship." They flew out together in a tiny plane which had to take off by dropping 1,000 feet over a precipice...
Since the Catalina flew the British flag, Wong Yu will be tried in Hong Kong. Since piracy laws don't yet cover air piracy, he will probably be charged with simple murder...
...hurried improvisations (Lockheed wrapped the famed P-80 around a jet engine in 141 frantic days) which did not begin to utilize the new engine's capabilities. Even later airframe designs have not kept up with the fast-growing muscles of the engine. Britain's first turbojet flew successfully in 1941. Designed by Britain's Air Commodore Frank Whittle,* it developed only 850 Ibs. of propulsive thrust. Now engines with 5,000 Ibs. of thrust are available, and soon there will be bruisers with 8,000-10.000 Ibs. No one thinks that even these will...
...Stampede. At week's end, the atmosphere in Washington had lightened perceptibly. Accompanied by State Department Counselor Charles Bohlen, Clay flew back to Germany for a new series of conferences. After talking to Ambassadors Lew Douglas and Walter Bedell Smith in Berlin, Clay hinted this week that the U.S. was willing to reopen four-power talks on a settlement for all Germany. It was a concession; the U.S. had demanded that talks be confined to Berlin, and conducted on the Berlin level...
...Malayan Chinese call Billy Tlh Sau-pah, the Iron Broom. On one of his recent raids, Stafford was after Lau Yew, a Chinese who was once Billy's comrade in arms in the fight against the Japanese. The British considered Leader Lau Yew such a hero that they flew him to London for the 1946 victory celebration. Later Lau Yew became a rebel. LIFE Correspondent Roy Rowan accompanied the "killers squad" on their search for Lau Yew, cabled the following report...