World War II Chronicle: October 1, 1943
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On page eight is another story coming from pilots in the Southwest Pacific Theater of a new Japanese fighter, one that can apparently out-dive the P-38 Lightning. This could be the Mitsubishi A6M5 Zero Type 52, which we discussed in this piece on Sept. 8…
George Fielding Eliot column on page 10… Sports section begins on page 16. Boatloads of midshipmen will be steaming down to Baltimore from Annapolis for tomorrow’s night game against Cornell. This will be the first night football game in Naval Academy history. This is the first of three Navy games in Baltimore this season and the Midshipmen shut out North Carolina Pre-Flight 31-0 last week…
100 men are pictured standing on the wings of the Curtiss C-46 Commando on page 18, giving you a perspective on just how big this twin-engine transport is. The C-46 can carry 12 more troops and nearly twice as much cargo as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain. Here is a neat 1942 newsreel about the Commando:
See also:
- Ex-Taxi Driver Cares for 4 Wounded Men On Mountain for 20 Hours Before Rescue (page two)
- Fortresses Down 200 Nazi Fighter Planes In September Raids (page 18)
- PB Y’s Pioneer Flight to Nanomea Used for Evacuating Wounded (page 34)
Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), 1 October 1943. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1943-10-01/ed-1/