Ingenious invention created by a British aircraft gunner
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Ingenious invention created by a British aircraft gunner
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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When Huns Still Flew
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WHEN airplanes flew low in sup-
port of infantry on the western
front, there was no time for the anti-
aircraft gunners to use range-finders.
At any rate, the range-finders built in
peace times were generally found to
be useless against fast flying airplanes,
and the successful aircraft hunter was
he who had a quick and accurate eye
for distance and speed.
But a machine-gun cannot be han-
dled as casily as a 12-bore, and so an
inventive Tommy hit upon the idea
of mounting a discarded gun wheel on
a post so that it would revolve, and
then lashing his machine-gun to the
rim of the wheel. This done, he was
able to swing his piece in any direc-
tion skyward and make things warm
for a low flying enemy aviator. But
instances of machines being brought
down by fife or machine-gun fire.vere
not common.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1919-01
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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35
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Davide Donà
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 94, n. 1, 1919
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