Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-12-18 | Page 10 | War Hawks Patrol Sea

, f WAR HAWKS PATROL SEA j DAY DECEMBER It. 1939. 0'- .. . y 1 - r,-' Setting out on their daily pa- . trol flight over the North ea , ' ' are these three giant flying f fZftHj' boats of the coast command --v , , of the British air force. The ... J ) planes act as convoys, assist C , vVN. V ' ' . ! . the destroyers in protecting Cl S rjtU--. jniTj-hantmen and in effecting T XiX V" ' ' rescues of torpedoed and V V: ' f S . 1 f' ... - 4 mined victims, and give quick - 4 : - -Ti- "jkjf- y ' , ' A s radio warning ofjpproaching .. .w.,..,-,. - . "- : enemy craft.. Setting out on their daily patrol pa-trol flight over the North sea , are these three giant flying boats of the coast command of the British air force. The planes act as convoys, assist the destroyers in protecting piiTfhantmenanH in effecting rescues of torpedoed and mined victims, and give quick jadiparningjjfjpproachingj enemy craft. . Netherlands artillery "somewhere "some-where In Holland" test the effectiveness ef-fectiveness of the tiny nation's na-tion's water defenses. This unit got into trouble as it struck a hidden underwater ditch. Tests proved, the Dutch said, that the water defenses would stop an invader. In parts of the flooded area, especially es-pecially along roads, are hidden hid-den traps placed to sink artillery ar-tillery and tanks. I