U.S. tirthipi patrol Atlantic. "Blimps" have been brought into use {or "■potting" along the shipping lanes of the Western Atlantic. Mines and U-boats can be more readily observed, it is stated, from the slower, steadier, lighter-than<air craft than from the fast-moving aeroplane. Picture shows am American Navy "blimp" reconnoitring.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 211, 6 September 1941, Page 7
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49U.S. tirthipi patrol Atlantic. "Blimps" have been brought into use {or "■potting" along the shipping lanes of the Western Atlantic. Mines and U-boats can be more readily observed, it is stated, from the slower, steadier, lighter-than<air craft than from the fast-moving aeroplane. Picture shows am American Navy "blimp" reconnoitring. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 211, 6 September 1941, Page 7
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