IN THE AIR: First Ace

Nazi bombers raided Scapa Flow again last week and the British replied near Wilhelmshaven. Two dozen R. A. F. bombers got their tails burned (two fatally) just north of Sylt. This week more planes roared over Scapa Flow, and for the first time in the war dropped incendiary bombs on Britain. They started several small fires in the heather, did no damage to shipping.

Meantime, Flying Officer Edgar James ("Cobber") Kain, 22, was pronounced R. A. F.'s undisputed Ace No. 1 (see opposite page), officially credited with five Nazi kills (and a possible sixth) for which he received the D. F....

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