New RAF Gun Fires Backwards
London January 6 reports describe a new Vickers machine gun mounted beneath the nose of a plane that fires backward. A navigator aims the gun via mirrors to target attackers approaching from below and behind the aircraft.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1941
Page
7
London January 6 reports describe a new Vickers machine gun mounted beneath the nose of a plane that fires backward. A navigator aims the gun via mirrors to target attackers approaching from below and behind the aircraft.
Cedar Grove Virginia reports Mrs. John Lewis is very ill at her home. The piece lists dinner guests and visits from local families including the Livengoods Smiths Duvalls and others across several days, noting social visits and holiday travels.
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precipitation at None. January to date 0.16 inches year to date 0.16. The 27 year average monthly rainfall from 1913 to 1939 lists January 2.56 inches through December with an annual average of 35.53 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
After the flu ends the cough may become chronic bronchitis if untreated. Greomulsion claims to reach the source of the trouble to loosen mucous and aid healing. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle with the understanding you must like the way it quickly relieves coughs chest colds and bronchitis.
Audubon the naturalist and artist was born at Les Cayes, Santo Domingo, to a French naval officer and a Creole mother. The first regular theatrical season in America was recorded in New York in 1760-51, with Richard as the initial item in that season.
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