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Show I kun TurreJ Overhaul of Is Carried on Efficiently at UATSC " Featured in USO Show All-Importa- nt '"' TVio . i nr feminff off story bomber, turrets, their devel- opment since- the beginning i of the war and the part they Bomber Turrets played in the victory over Germany, : came "out of the turret unit in OATSC's armament branch the other day. , ; By Ralph Nicholson - pjryj : - . In the deadly fire powerof these turrets and in the skillful hands of the unsung gunners lay. the fate of nations and millions of lives, when the Army Air Forces undertask took the seemingly-impossiblof - devastating the ; huge, widespread war industries of Germany . with daylight bombing. German airEarly in the war from the procraft plants switched duction of heavy bombers- to the manufacture of swarms of fast, lethal fighting planes to challenge our bid for control of the air over the Reich. Our bomber fleets would have been blasted out of the skies before thev eot started without the turrets. Our early protection of the Germany type bombers used overwhich was had a top turret only, maequipped witn two chine guns and was operated manually bv the cunner who made his'- computations mentally and fired by guess work. ' Needed More Protection our that obvious soon became It heavy bombers needed more ade quate protection against the hordes of enemy fighter planes ana. more accurate methods for aiming and firing the guns. The answer was more and better turrets, and thanks to American "speed in production and in designing, genuity for mechanical our bombers were soon equipped with nose, tail and bottom turrets, as well as the top turret, providing almost complete protection. The turret unit at this installation, under .the .direction of foreman E. G. Rogers,, reconditions over 40. turrets per month at a man- hour consumption of 66.7. per turret, comparison the production for April, 1944, was 31 at a man-horate of 108.1 per turret. R. D. Roberts,: assistant foreman of the armament branch, attributes this improved performance to more efficient methods, better trained personnel and coordination between the turret unit, stock tracing unit and local issue number e " re we '"wssv 1 ilium in iiiiiiiiiwui iiiioimiiiniiinniiiiyiiiu . w I "'JW mrpiirfeSt8W' RETRACTABLE . . . Sperry lower ball turret used on of operation by E. pared for shipment to some theater left, and R. D. Roberts. R-9- lc i. . G faA - n itfmi'SinfimJhrrrtw l; - FIVE DANCE QUEENS . . . Will appear in "Who Goes There", a USO show which will be presented Friday, June 8th at 8 p. m. at the base gymnasium. Several of these girls have appeared in motion pictures and in the better theater productions, vaudeville and night clubs. THESE USO Show, 'Who Goes There', Features Top Entertainers On Friday, June 8, military per-- , sonnel of OATSC will have the opportunity of witnessing the USO presentation ; "Who Goes There" which will be given at eight p.m. in the base gymnasium. , This new pageant of comedy and t specialty numbers will feature Jack Leonard as master of ceremonies; Mary Lee Carrell, singer; Ferrari and DeCosta, musical act; Annette Ames, singer and dancer; the Ross dancers, dance line; the . Emerald sisters, acrobats; and Irene Ford, pianist and musical conductor. Two expert musicians, Ferrari and DeCosta, who studied at the .New England conservatory of music, let their hair down a bit following a brief whirl of concert engagements to perform in the field of popular musical entertainment. . The little Texas gal, Mary Lee Carrell, possesses the kind of singing personality that makes her audience feel gay for no apparent reason. Her activities around Dallas included regular broadcasts over radi6 station KRLD and numerous appearances with local Red Cross shows at army and navy bases in that area. Dancers in Movies Several of the five girls in the Ross dance lineup have, appeared .in pictures such as "The Man Who Came to Dinner," "Showboat" and "Song of Bernadette." They have also appeared in legitimate theatre productions, vaudeville and night club engagements. Annette Ames, singer and dancer, is a little mite measuring a scant four feet 10 inches in height. After 10 years of trouping, she is considered one of the best when it comes to selling a song or tapping out a dance. She has played at New York City's Paramount, Roxy's, Loew's State and Strand circuits. The breath-takin- g and hilarious comedy knockabout act presented by the Emerald Sisters is unique to say the least. The girls work with a table and chair and how they survive the spills and falls . Male Call wf ' tlLlln.. . W A Mils kit- - T1 II 9 1HEK.E Mrs. L. B. Swartz, chief of the porcedures and regulations branch, office of the secretary of war, and C. L. Edwards, regional director, thirteenth United States civil serv ice region, made an informal visit to the - civilian personnel section last Saturday after attending a special personnel management con ference in Salt Lake City. During the course of their visit they were conducted on a tour of the 7 line, operations hangar, and civilian training branch by Major Bruce W. Strong, chief, civilian personnel section, with the aid ot maintenance foremen. Later the visitors lunched with Col. C. C. Minty, Col. Norman D. Brophy, and Col. John S. MacTaggart at the officers club. They were accompanied by Mrs. Edwards. P-4- . - BOMB DIET FOR JAFS The Japs are scheduled to get a larger dose of bombs than that which reduced Germany to rubble and rums, warns Lieut. Gen. Bar ney M. Giles, new commander of the Army Air forces in the Pacific and deputy commander of the 9 Twentieth Air force. Japan's indus tries are concentrated in 149,000 square miles, while Germany's were dispersed in a 225.000 sauare mile area. This will make the softening-u- p process easier against the Japs than it was against the B-2- - nazis. m . .... . --- In ur 1 six. Two Washington Officials Visit NEW 50LP LACE, OR. BEA1P, A$ YOJ FROBABLY CALL IT, IN THI4 ENVELOPE -- WILL YOJ 5EW IT ON ANC CEf IT PAC INI AN HOUR f HAVE A 5FECH TO MAKE POWM IM THE BANQUET EOOM LIVELY NOW J I . they undergo is a mystery. Both have played all the leading circuits of the country and recently returned from entertaining the in New armed forces stationed foundland. "Fun by the Ton" Jack Leonard, master of ceremonies, weighs 330 pounds, all of which is riotous comic talent. He has been featured on tours with Eddie Duchiri, Jan Savitt, Russ Morgan, Shep Fields, Ina Ray Hutton, Johnnie (Scat) Davis, Morton Downey, Bert Wheeler and others. - Jan Equipment in a Turret A turret is a flexible power unit that houses a gunner and mounts machine guns, oxygen system, automatic computing sight, inter-comunication system and the actuating controls. The turret gunner can communicate with all the other He is equipped crew members. with a parachute and a heated suit and he can bail out quicKiy door" if through an emergency - 1,81 , WL .. com y "mm also ssors Sta fact nbje - angle,-withou- k . . n..t.:. l S5 ii MIHUTBS the nth degree. In repaiung these units, the turret department at Hill field is charged with a heavy responsibility. Considerable skill and technical experience are required to do this job. Charles E. West, foreman of the armament branch and R. D. Roberts, assistant foreman, are justly proud of their personnel and the work being accomplished on bomber turrets, Gustave Hokason supervises the general overhaul of all types power turrets with the assistance of the following crew chiefs: Mark Hanna, Wiley Malcolm Cannon and Nes-li- n Bangerter. . Joe Rookhuyzen is supervisor of local issue number six and Edward Thompson is stock tracer supervisor. Both of these men and Um-berg- 5 creator of "Terry artel the Pirates"' 7 5 . rT CATER... , LfoT 1 liiaai i hers complex units. Their operation must be unerring and precise to er, units have coordinated their turret I rr L3 ..,;, mw. nf the product C11U1 Wit" 4v,ni partment to facilitate methods. v ManpowerMeetii ft Uc mom (Mai; Three officers from of 0g for a group Wei along with service mstallaUM I. soli from other week this area, .left this by a war Nfi Vegas, Nev. to attend wwen petur power conferenceof at .map" McNutt, director war and Gen. Rose. h,s mil tary P or of ant, were to De from HJJ Those attending were Col. .Jonn ; """""i ana a Hid i d UVC w strona JUL OI pra Charles F. Mallory. nsh. i J HV1 w se nf )enai Officers Leave foj I i j to pnnel, Bitter Glitter C-ni- p nttin bMilton Can iff I both A TPCf1 will rnntinDt ical nADnnoTAv of ttejj ft li an in the role prosecution play increasingly important . . " , ouwvrmB cawt wctfmaa. IHiitl in heavy wax paper and enclosed in a pliofilm bag to protect it vi Wcrin the corrosive action of the bumid South racitic comoa kola .50-calib- re - f v fed tali act per " The withering fire power of each machine guns is turret's capable of disintegrating an enemy plane in short order. The turret is just large enough to accommodate an average sized man with his necessary accoutrements and controls. His quarters could not be described as spacious, but his seat is reasonably comfortable and he has sufficient room to operate his equipment. However, when the air fight over Germany was raging furiously, the gunner had little time to worry about his comfort. His chief concerns were shooting down enemy planes and getting back to base intact. . An enemy- cannot approach one of our bombers, regardless of the t exposing himself to the fire power of at least one tur ret. . By pressing a button, the gun ner' can cause the entire turret unit to roll or move instantly so his guns .are trained directly .on the fighter coming at him. Each tur ret . is - operated independently, which results in amazine flexibil ity and excellent -bomber protec , tion. Turrets are .highly intricate and debt ii Rut Net leci ps0 (Cc an j it ft' ho Hill pin ler McC hi falif. fa t the -- 4- J V. ' . |