| JETENGINE | In August, 1939, the Heinkel He-178 flew; it was the first plane successfully powered by a ... (3,6) |
| REDBARBER | Announcer on the first televised baseball game, August 1939 |
| MOLLYKOOL | Captain ___ ___ (b.1916 - d.2009 ...Canadian who became, in 1939, the first woman in North America to attain the certification of 'Master of a Cargo Steamship in the Home-trade') |
| GOD | Broadcasting to the Commonwealth in 1939, the King announced: "We reverently commit our cause to ... |
| ADMIRAL | German battleship scuttled in 1939, the ___ Graf Spee (7) |
| LISTENER | Weekly magazine first published in 1939, The _ (8) |
| MIKESTANTON | He pitched in 1 178 games for eight teams including the Braves from 1989 to 2007: 2 wds. |
| BUBBLECAR | Heinkel Kabine, Messerschmitt KR200 or the Isetta (6,3) |
| HICK | G A ?, England Test cricketer who hit 178 against India in Mumbai in 1993 |
| ISERE | French river, rising near the Italian border and flowing 178 miles into the Rhone (5) |
| CABIN | _ Cruiser, bubble car made by Heinkel then Trojan (5) |
| BUBBLE | _ _ _cars, vehicles we associate with Heinkel (6) |
| CRUISER | Cabin _ , bubble car with Heinkel roots (7) |
| DUMFATASINUNT | "–––– –––– ––––, vivite laeti"; while the fates allow, live happily (Seneca,Hercules Furens 178) |
| LAZY | 178 Ac like Susan? (4) |
| NETTLE | South Eastern & Chatham Railway P Class 178 (aka Pioneer II) (6) |
| EJECTORSEATS | What emergency devices for pilots were invented by Heinkel during WWII? (7,5) |
| BERYL | PlusWord No 178 |
| RATNA | Canada's Ms. Omidvar (more at #178-Across) |
| SHADY | What kind of "Lady" was the name of the B-24 bomber that in August 1943 flew one of the then longest bombing missions from Darwin to Borneo. a flight recorded in a 2012 documentary? (5) |
