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lt|Maiii liilMti FMd. Ml Cl AIB-O-HECB Mmute S. IMl Gunner Wins Coveted!|“^®”;“ Congressional Medal S-Sgt. Smith. B-17 Shooter. Quells Fire. Downs Nazis! rr»bM tbe aklp^i w-.tcr bottW. Air-O-Mech goes to... A Carnival tmA wwtBiiie m htcli ol Gl's bmm tlw i thoMthKu ■ Mm crt m c—MwM Mr « te ( I carnival One of tbe biggest ressoos why AAF beary bombardment gunners wear the wings of their profession with such intense pride Is the feet that as a group they have (vodueed probably more heroes than any oth er single cateeorv of combat a>e- •toiui*. Gnnery's attniber ewe here te tele is a five feel, fev iMh. BIghtt Air Pereee Staff Sergeant aaawd Kaynard SBltfa, a grad* Mte ef tbe AAP Training Cem- ■Hued'e Harllngew Flexible Owih aery eeheel. Smith la the enly seen hi the Euiepcen theater te he eweffM Amerien’s highest dee- aratleii. tbe Cengreeslenal Metel af Honor, while alive. He’s ene af tbe twa men in thb theater wba have reeetved tt at alL Smith, walsed originally for‘the poet of a waist gunner, entered hls- torv s hall of heroes on his very first eombat mission, ICay 1. IMS. He plnchhlt for a ball turret gunner in a nving l^rtress raid on the Nasi sub base at St. Naaalre on the coast of Prance. Bis incredible per formance during his ship's home- flight is certainly the No. 1 ex ample of tbe tradHi^l versatility «f flexible gunners who have re peatedly proved themselves "jacks of all eombat trades.” His eltaUon is a masterpiece of understatement equalled only by his own description of his nation's hivhest award for heroism which he Congressional Medal At the ' Pritey : supplied by no leas than Sad ! Sack himself. Bad Sack m this squadron la Private Bu- gene Balint who by hie 6601- ontratlon aa entertainer turned out to be a oomblnatloo of Bob Hope, Mandrake the Magi cian. and Charles Atlas. To explain it more his constant jokes flaaea tbtn In a final desperate land chatter were of the Bob Hope act. heat at the fires with hta feet variety. His trick with the buralng and arms witn his eUttiea began cigarette was a chaUe^-are to Man te aooldcr. drake the Magician, Last but not Almwt exhausted, but still fi^t-! least was bis lecture on Physical Ing the fires. Sml^ glonced through'Fitness complete with demonsua- (he hole In tbe fuselage, which was tions. Tbe squadron was happy to now big enough for a man to walk meet you Sad Sack ypw perfo^ through, and saw that the ship was mance was worth M.tO a seat over Biglsnd. A few moments later |. it wag with deep regret that we tbe plkK set her down on tbe near- lost some of the best men of tbe ast BriUah emergency landing field i outfit the past week. When such and by this time Smith had tbe fires I real true blue fe’lows like Staff out. Bgt. Bill Donahue. Sgt. Stanley Par aa bear and a half Smith Pesotskl (Reports himself.) 8 g 1.1 had sooeessfnBy battled fires Dave Rowland, Efgt. Fernand Rob-i whkh the pUsI M the ship, a M lert (The Flying Frenchman.) Cpl.| v«tei«B. thonght fatal, bi I Adolph Gunboat Staslak the ips- between be had admlnhi- wlch Clamdlgger) Cpt, Jim Kerr tored first aid te ene crew mem- '(Antl-Dlm Junior and Pfr. Bonner her, helped eoe ether eseape. and E. Hudson. feoght eff twe enctny atteeki. Be S-5gt. Bill Stayan stire liaa a did It aU alone and en his first problem on his hands. After telling. mlssloa. all the staff of Squadron Head- ; ol some other team hanUlnB I fire high ranking oHlcers.^j^ PottavUIe the beating of Ita'I lool^ on. and eighteen Flymg mimlllaUoo. It has. Portteaees flew not more Otaj tme j ^ now that we M-e/ hundred feet over hi. he^. Smith ^opjng the Commanding OI-j “*“* slhtply. "Thank you." Malone rei^ ,iona77ho lada are not paying too much altention as theiy mon^g’Office^Major Malone cram popcorn down the trunk ol a Iriandly elephant at the reads this that an Emergency Fur- fair. Popcorn has other uses, we hove found. One can also lough wlU be granted so that 8-Bgt. butler and salt gprinkled over it. The boys founo ST^blSm * ‘ llltal out. loo. We didn’t determine juat what the elephant The man with the voice Uiat thought ol the whole achome. but ho rehised to say anything DO MOT FEED the cmunols. Like a lot oi other restric- X'd he cooking with gas. On the very fnmt burner, Xf 1 had a lass Like Isaua Ttimer calls 'The _ _ Peal”—or usually, more simply— tdt Quetti .. . •The Deal.” Iglquor kills a lot of people, stay- the chant “Fall out aiifot quotation. To earn “The Deal” Smith per-.log out late kills a lot of people- Boxing ring” is nobody elsei formed as a gunner, a fire fighter.. tobacco kUls a lot of peop e—what q-i Anthony R. Campora otti- doctor and nurse, and a one-man kills all those people that live erwise known as the New Orleans | crew evacuator. right Deacon. He is now known .as tbe| Here’s his story: * Deacon of Wing Headquarters. j Alert In his baU tarrei on the OF^L_OT mdlanaiv The basketball team Is rapidly way back aerote the Eagliah ehM- gw* coming around Into shape. Prom nel Smith heard a terrific oi^- reports It was a pretty winded | ■Ion. HU Interpho®* “8 eleclrl^ fhmf life wM"s Botog “‘***5; tarret controls went dead. He toe war s going te M equipment aU pur- erawled up tote the radio r^ betere^s teo tote to Secmnf veN chased the boys are reaUy geiung te find It fIM with f^. lit'^^not teu fellas. ««ioju for toe whlstte of the open^ explosion had MBsah^ a drum ol bard ing night. oxyimLAiM igwited Its eo»tente. ,CNS» He grabbed a fire extinguisher gAFETY FIB6T7 WE SAY • and started squirting everything in ^ ^ypg safety chute was FROM THE WENDY orTY sight. He moved Into toe fuselage,demonstrated by firemen In ... and found fires ragtog in the waist , No„lstown. Pa., the other after- ?pom* ^l^eo ; section. Without ceasing to «« noon. “It replaces toe old-fa^- ciuJeS • fighting he watched the radio op loaed safety net, ’ boasted the chief ®«®™ H^ a Mentally checking this crew m«.*. Jr/hS'wiS A Shudder You Bs ‘£“S'l%£?Hi;S!New Planes Will Boost Sedative OFF WE GO into the wild blue yonder, but watch out S? SS'/s''Jmdr“opSL^‘”th*^'O All lor Ihatrallic. Intrepid Air Force men dor. th. upper r.ach.. tlngu'lehfr long enough to 1^1 the|q_lp« T|. Ta||fl Qf’Thg SufagtllTa ol the atmoephere in a gene, ol highly-.pecialiied »n>lxic- gunner heck end OCUCS AM *.€U1U X llC l/TT-'i which- hae the assembled crowd craning their neckt. The The'’gunoerA“ oSy reply wes”rm biu., .ma Tojo have plenty to. pemlUer to men on Beynmm Airplane Ride has our GI Inen^ loopy all« three times •ettlns the hell out of here.” Where- tremble about these days, and not t Johnso*. Field, toe Republic P**^ iaround, but It 8 all a lot pf fun. The plones being iised are upon Smith helped l.im out through tj,g j^^at of their worries ye toe 'Thunderbolt Is toe only ^rmy fight-' experimental type designated XA-01, o highly guarded toe%ear e^pe door. new changes to America s airplane er with a turbo-supcrcharged a.-, ^ He toen^sumed his role ef fire deaig.i. Releases from OWI reveal oo- horsepower. Double Wasp en- multary secret. flcMer by wrapping a sweeter that "the design cycle has reached ^ine. The silhouette Itself shows! •.ronad hto head so he could ,the point where some designs are bow great is this powerplant. This 1 ureothe In the thickening smoke being eliminate to order .to con-'has given the plane Its nickname! I >nd fleeies Retomlog to the rs- centrate on more successful types, xtbe streamlined milkbotUe.” I B then he saw the rear , improvements In the Allison in-,Newer models wUl have eveniW-a*^^ hmsiw waunded cruwUaff I line engine ad toe Packard-bulU. greater horsepower, heavier arm-|Vi -m . Asain be left iRoUs-Royce "MerUn" power-plant or-plate. and eight .50 calibre nia-, S g n-atebed by new drafting- cblneguns. It is expected_ to flyl tewn the Again he left te"iiuIl«a'giScktofwSHe*dls- board"cl^gea v^h ®“‘'y “ uiovered that the man had hen hit in the left long. He tamed him over on hto left side so the wound wooldn't drain tote to right long, gave him a shot of morphine and made him aa comfortable as pos sible. Meanwhile, the rest of toe crew stayed forward to the ship and hoped lor the bert. HuriylM bock to the fires Smith saw a Pocke WuU attacking from the left. He grabbed the wain gun and fired a burst. As toe attacker passed under the ship te the light, he reached across and gave him another burst with toe gun on toe oppos.te side. Back again, then, to fire fighting went 3mito. He threw overboard ev erything he couldtey his hands on thM might add fuel to the flames. Including his own parachute. Be cause the radio compartment no windows he used a l»le wh^ bad been burned to the aide of toe ship. AU this time he was engulfed to imoke and flames and pelted with tuH molten metal and fragments from exploding ammunition. ^ Another Foeke Waif attaefcod AAF ships even their competitors. farther above 40,500 foot altitude. In tbe realm of heavy bomb- waist gna and drove off toe en- amr. A few ■ceonte later toe firo ‘ ‘ ‘ wtet dfy. Be av. The Curtiss F-tO Warbawk has ers, eporta state that production | reached toe limit of development, on toe MarBn B-ZS Marauder is: it Is feit. and hereafter It will be being tapered off for several tech-, iproduced to limited quantities for nical reasons involving landing; training or operation to centers and taKeoff speed In smaU areas. - where It has proved highly success- The Douglas A-30 Havoc is still to ful production, but word has been Tbe Bell P'30 Aircobra is being spread that a revolutionary new replace* by a sensational new light bomber is now reaching the i nn^el now under production. With assembly lines, a two-stage supercharged Allison New models of the North Amer- engtoe and a low-drag wing, the lean B-25 Mltchel will sport heav- new model will be most effective ler armament and increased speed at altitudes up to 28,000 or 40,000 and range. It Is tbe chief medium feet. Xt will be equipped with can- bomber in the present production non and machine-guns as is the program. New versions of the! present Aircobra type. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress aod| Tbe North American P-Sl Mtis- toe Consolidated B-24 Liberator; tang is coming out In new dress, feature nose turrets, new defen-1 too. With a hefty Merlin engine slve armament, and added arma-; similar to new Spitfire powerplants mew capacity sfforded by exter- and the best features of the A.38 nal bombracks. (re-designed P-Sl attack ship) to- Reports have been circtilated corporated. tbe new model will from reliable sources hinting at repiaM both attack snd pursuit the production of two totally new ships (or a variety oi operatlmis. Lomber typea labeled and B-28 and Bren toe famed Lockheed P-SS B-32. General Henry A. Arnold, Ughtntog has been souped up with Chief oi the AAF. has repeatedly n^ AUlson engtoea. It afforte bet- sUted that our new heavy bomber ter vialon for the pilot, a new types will make premt glanto cowling for hl^-altttude perform-, seem puny by eomparlsoD, and uTK-e at which tt excells, and It la these newest air titans may well expected to out-perform Zero and be the reaspp for bia statemso^. late Jap moddle attaU aWtudes. UFrom Army'Times.) ' ■IDE ’EM COWBOTh This AAF cowhand clinches his bow legs around his trusty steed and- heads lor the open country. The little lady in-the background is probably a damsel in distress, but we didn’t atop to find out. Soldiers hove often been accused oi running around in circles, but it’s more fun on o Merry-Go-Round, aeoosdiiig to oxpeHs. Incidentally, np^)pdy could lasso thomselvos, OMrf!! those brass lings. TteidsrissM
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