Recognition Journal July 1944
Published jointly by the US War and Navy Depts.
50 pages – Black & White
Summary
Quiz nr 1 : Warplanes in combat
Combat Recognition
Recognition is though in the air
Battle spotting is complicated
Three Jills (Japanese torpedo bombers) are in trouble
Wakes don’t help ship recognition
Catalina family has new member
Allies have two new transports: Budd RB-1 Conestoga and Vickers Warwick
Sea Otter and Arado 240
Mitchell and Marauder: Veteran US bombers change outline with new guns
Recognition training list
New and revised airplanes silhouettes
Tank turrets: national turret lines supply best recognition features
Evolution of the US tank turret
Two Russian tank turrets and four German types
Japanese cargo ships
Cargo vessels: German Japanese, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Dutch
Small jap ships for inter-island transport
Quiz nr 2 : Armoured equipment in action
Red Air Force: Western allies will meet it on Balkan front
They found a Terutsuki
Topsy, an important jap secondary aircraft
Skymaster vs. Kurier: Douglas transport differs from Luftwaffe’s FW-200
The B-29 and the Ju-188
Quiz nr 3 : Pacific Task Forces
Quiz nr 4 : important new sillographs
