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Show I 4 ALLIED WINGS OVER GERMANY " , 1 111. 1 vX'NWWWWS II.H " " " w " ' ' - ' " ', ' ' ' .t-'r"" . ? ?, - " : . . ?..s ?( ' I 4, , 'OTf3S'," i " 1 tttin-.. .- - t .. ; j V'.-1 ! I - -r j s ' ! t i ' ' "' f ? ', - j--v-"r' v '-S" 5 ' i ' (- - .' , JST".. It A V , 2r- j k-ZeS V : ' - - . - . .j ' , , j i . x ' ? J .1 HJ'',!,;'- f f 1 ! 1 fit.. : s vw lit , i 5 s - - s ODD as it may sound, Canada's 1 J ' ' v t I r i I i overhaul statistics show that j - f " ! , 1 right wings on Harvard ti ainers ai e k f ? t j s r k t F ! Is i damaged from thiee to four times s , I " ,v t I f ' i moie frequently than left wings, asJ" I'j f I 1 " ' phenomenon which expeits aie un- I . I ; I J 1 able to explain. The pictuie above '" f " ; , ' I ' shows men and women workers I ?, N I 0 !aw& ' " " , 1 putting the finishing touch to ail- f "-'1 ! SSt? . 1 craft wings in a Canadian Haivaid - 4 plane assembly plant, which oper- f V 4 f ,i i ! "1 , ! ates under the direction of the De- . 18 U Vl', "I f i ! - ' partment of Munitions and Supply. i f f ?4 h 4 i- Canada also produces seven other 3 ' j 4 ;J ! types of service planes and one type k i-l " fit "X " of tiansport aircraft. S 4 , ,,54,8 , It will be recalled that Haivards LCj " ' f " weie stan ed in the motion picture, - , J il.- - " J "Captains of the Clouds," which 4T x - j , was filmed in Canada. , -- I The other scene (WRM 2030) ' . 1 shows "long-nosed Blenheims", as f' , I " - ? 1 these Canadian-built Bohngbioke " J f, 'j bombeis are called. They are . ' 1 mass produced in one of the Dom- 4n r SI ' ' 1 inion's largest aircraft lactones. '5 hi " .s.-x , -v i The total area of the plant is now - iJZf, ODD as it may sound, Canada's overhaul statistics show that right wings on Harvard trainers are damaged from three to four times more frequently than left wings, a phenomenon which experts are unable un-able to explain. The picture above shows men and women workers putting the finishing touch to aircraft air-craft wings in a Canadian Harvard plane assembly plant, which operates oper-ates under the direction of the Department De-partment of Munitions and Supply. Canada also produces seven other types of service planes and one type of transport aircraft. It will be recalled that Harvards were starred in the motion picture, "Captains of the Clouds," which was filmed in Canada. The other scene (WRM-2030) shows "long-nosed Blenheims", as these Canadian-built Bolmgbroke bombers are called. They are mass produced in one of the Dominion's Dom-inion's largest aircraft factories. The total area of the plant is now five times what it was before the war and the number of employees is 20 times greater. A medium, twin-engined twin-engined bomber and reconnaissance plane, the Bolingbroke is propelled by Mercury motors, has a range of 1.S00 miles and a maximum bomb load of half a ton. It is used as. a bom'iing and gunnery trainer in thr "vilish Commonwealth Joint Ai '-'ns, Plan. Canada has come a long way since 1914-1918 when less than 3,000 of what would now be called "stick and string" flying machines were built. Today, Canadian aircraft industry in-dustry extends over some 3,500,000 square feet of plant floor space. With an average monthly increase Passed by Censor of more than 2,000 men and women, it has expanded its personnel 40 times since the war began. These men and women, many without experience, ex-perience, come from the farms, from training schools, and from domestic service, and must be taught to do the work they will ultimately ul-timately perform. |