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The barrels of the flying bazookas which the Army Air Forces have installed on the Thunderbolt and other types of fighter planes are made from a special paper plastic, which was adopted because it is lighter than other types of material and better adapted for this job. Exactly what resins are used has not been revealed, but the plastic is, of course, fire resistant in
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION order to withstand the fiery blast of the rocket missile when it is launched. The fighter planes carrying these bazookas have been referred to as "flying artillery," and they have proved their worth many times against the Germans in France and the Japs in the-China-Burma theater of operations.
