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R.A.F. VICTORY IN THE AIR AND THE
FUTURE
INSTRUCTED OPINION must regard the vic- tory won by the Royal Air Force-the greatest feat of arms in the annals of air war-not as a signal for thoughtless rejoicing, but as a supremely urgent call for still greater technical and industrial effort.
Although there is a long way to go and much hard fighting to be done, we are winning the war in the air. If we can put forth that still greater indus- trial and technical effort the Luftwaffe, which was to be the spearhead of German victory against Bri- tain, may.become the starting point of German de- feat.
Its losses, excluding our bomber night bombing equipment, and losses, since August 8 have been are no doubt hard at work to re- in the proportion of a little over pair that error. We have neglect- four to one in machines, of nearly jed day-bombing equipment, and fifteen to one in trained men and must make similar efforts. --according to my calculations- about ten to one in man-hours of production. But it is still not
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AUSTRALIA'S STRIDES IN WAR PRODUCTION
The production of 9,000,000 shells year is envisaged by the Australian Gov- ernment, it is reveal- ed in a report which the Australian dele-. gates have taken to the Eastern Group Supply Conference at New Delhi.
Australia is within reach of providing most of the material needed for defence and offence, overcom-, ing her deficiency in machine-tools to on extent not thought possible a year ago.
-Reuter.
So the need is for swift techni- cal advance linked with numeri- cal advance. We must hold and ever increase our technicul lead in the future. We must not look Faster, quicker climbing, more anoeuvrable and more heavily on the Spitfire and Hurricane as armed and armoured aeroplanes, the last word in fighters or on the Beaufort as the and many more of them; that is Blenheim and
The our imperative need. A prodi- last word in day bombers. gious technical advance, especially most experienced high-speed mi- in this in day bombers, must be conlitary aircraft designer
country put forward at the begin- passed in quick time.
The lively United States new-ning of the war a design for an capable of spaper headline: "R.A.F. shoot- unorthodox bomber ing its way to parity," expressed 400 miles an hour with big load cnly part of the truth. For it is and range. It is the greatest pity hot possible in aerial combat to that this design was not accepted, been almost do more than whittle down Ger- for it would have
Mistakes of this | 100000 ready by now. man air strength very slowly: the massive effort to turn the kind by the Air Staff must not be scale must still come from the repeated. skilled engineers and devoted workpeople.
the vast,
Strategy
In its battles against
Something must now be added swirling clouds of German on German air strategy. It has aeroplanes the Royal Air Force followed so far the forecasts made, profited by three things above all There have been the dispersed others: courage, team work, and attacks, first on ports, then on first class technical equipment, targets further inland. The raids and the last was perhaps the most crept in from the convoys at sea important.
to the ports, and then to London
CALLING UP ORDER FOR 35'S
An indication that the and other inland cities. In spite Army is now in a position of his heavy losses the enemy
men 4
Some have said that in war there is always a swing back and Jorth of technical superiority. stuck woodenly to programnic. to absorb more They suggest that,. as we have If he continues to stick to pro- provided by the announce in the future. We shall accaptgramme the next steps are likely
it now, it must go to the Germans
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such a view at our peril. There to be a sudden hardening and in- ment that men of 35 wil must be no swing back. There' tensification of attack at few have to register for mili points directly the dispersed at- need be none.
dis tary service on Novembe But in order to arrest it the Air tacks are thought to have
9 and November 16. Staff must show fuller apprecia-persed our forces. tion of advanced
So far the numbers of aircraft technical pos- sibilities; it must be more ready deployed by the Germans have
New German Types
The great majority of these mer
to listen to those with unorthodox tended to confirm the estimate will have reached the age of 35 ideas; it must take greater account that the German firstline strength but not 36, and a small minority of the views expressed by those is 5,000 aeroplanes with a total, will have reached the age of 3
machines, of but not 35, outside its own small circle of including training
between 30,000 and 35,000. But Therefore, one group and a hal advisers.
the possibility of the enemy hav- will be left before another Roya further extending ing still held back big reserves Proclamation for a final assault must not be registration dates is necessary.
It is learned from reliabl overlooked.
sources that the question of an other Proclamation does not in mediately arise. Over thre have elapsed since the months last registration.
There is no information present with regard to the next age groups beyond th present call will be asked to re (gister, but it may be severaj
months.
German Morale
whe
As many men affected by th new registration are in "reserved occupations," it is not possible te estimate the number who will b state available for the forces.-Reutér
In this war the Germans have Introduced three chief new types Heinkel to their, squadrons; the 113 single-seat fighter, a develop- ment of the 112; the Messersch- There is as yet no indication of midt 110
Air Force twin-engined cannon a decline in German
Air-Marshal Sir Philip fighter and its extrapolation the morale. Jaguar bomber, the Junkers 88 Joubert, who, in his extremely high performance bomber, and interesting broadcasts seems often the Dornier 215, bomber. Rumour to express official opinion, men- |• and so far it is nothing more-tioned some statements reported German credits them with preparing to have been made by new machines, including four- airmen brought down in Britain engined night bombers and a new as indicating a lowered morale. twin, tandem-engined cannon, It is to-be hoped that in this fighter of revolutionary design. he was not voicing Air Ministry
We have introduced the 'Boul views. The psychological ton Paul Defiant turret fighter and the Bristol Beaufort medium “bomber and general purpose -aeroplane. The Fairey Albacore Is going into the Fleet Air Arm, All these machines, British and German, were under develop. ment long before the war. None of the -British ones represents notable performance advances.· Meanwhile, the brunt of our air work.is being borne by the_air- craft with which we entered the war: the Vickers-Armstrongs Wellington and the Armstrong
The constitution of the Selec Whitworth Whitley heavy bomb-rightly pointed out, that batter-Committee of the Commons charg ing must include ever heavlered with investigation of Rober bombing. We must build up our Boothby's actions in connection bombing force with new and bet-with Czech assets was announce ter acroplanes. While we give yesterday.
ers, and the Vickers-Armstrongs Spitfire and the Hawker Hurri- caną fighters.
Day Bombers Wanted
of an airman immediately after crash.and.capture tends to cause him at first to say anything likely to appease his captors. airmen prisoners, when they have fully recovered, are usually as Germans and truculent as other
German
not in the least demoralised.
Let us bbware of belleving these storica ' which suggest an Imminent collapse of the Gar- 'man die 'forcol />It is being bea- ten, but it will not wilt except under Incessant battering. And, as Lord Trenchard hás
BOOTHBY
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our fighters yet higher speed, Under the chairmanship of Co greater powers of climb and lonel John Gratton, seventy-three We have médium bombers for manoeuvre, and heavier armouryear-old Conservative member fo day work, but it has been clear and armament, we raust also Burton, the committee compris for a long time that we lack high-creater a stronger striking force four Conservative members, tw
Soolalist and one each of Liberal performance day bombers. They of day-and-night bombers.
are fifty or sixty miles an hour The key to air parity and then National Liberal and Nationa slower than the German fighters. to air supremacy still remains Labour members. That weakness the Beaufort will with the engineers and designers ·Besides ·three barristers ther not repair. But it must be re- and the British working people.arb on the Committee, Sir. Ed paired at the earliest moment,Finally, it is to be noted that ward Cadogan, who was formerly for wo cannot strike back hard heavy German losses are likely to the Speaker's Secretary, E. W enough if our bombing is confined lead to wilder and more reckless Pethick-Lawrence, who was form, to nights and cloudy days. attack. They may lead to newer Financial Secretary to the Twenty-four-hour." all-weather German attempts at friglitralnost, Treasury, and Sir George Schus bombing of Germany is essential including perhaps the sprayingter, one-time Financial Advisc for admination. of the, afrike, a d of gas-which is a practical pos- to the Colonial Office. British
The Germans have neglected | sibility.
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