THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 8, 1940.
CANADIANS' MIGHTY WAR EFFORT
THE ARRIVAL OF Australians and New Zea- landers has completed the Imperial family of air- men in Canada. Already the first graduates" of Canada's giant air university are ready to take their places in the fighting forces of the Empire, and young recruits from the British Isles are scattered through the Empire Air Scheme training camps that girdle Canada from east to west.
As the first graduates left Canadian schools, the schools were increasing rapidly in number and cap- acity. The output of fliers will increase steadily as the historic scheme leaps ahead to full maturity and the ultimate goal-complete and crushing British air supremacy.
At the end of September 4.500 trainers have enrolled in Canadian fiving schools providing instruc-
tion for fighting personnel-pilots, observers, and gunners-and 7,500 more were in training as service
and maintenance men.
Air Force Already 25,000
In Canada alone new recruits are being taken on at the rate of 700 a week. The rise of Royal Canadian Air Force strength from 4.500 to 25.000 men and officers in the past year is accounted for by enrolment of men to operate the air training plan and pupils who will pass through the schools
to combat in the skies.
Of the 83 training establish- ments Canada is building and equipping for the Air Scheme, 33 already are functioning fully, and by the year-end the number in operation will be 48.
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All 90 aerodromes needed are nearing completion, and all will finally be completed by Novem- ber 15. Work has been rushed on 24-hour-per-day basis, and superhuman building feats have been accomplished since the Ger- man blitzkrieg began in earnest. The progress made in airport and hangar construction is astounding. Nearly all Canadian training cen- tres are larger and more fully equipped than, Royal Air Force flying schools in Britain..
Air observers
the first! graduates of the Empire Air Scheme in Canada. First pilots are completing their courses by the end of October, and air-gun- ners will follow shortly after. All graduating students began their intensive courses last April, almost simultaneously with Aus- tralian contemporaries..
were
elementary
training 'planes already have been delivered from Canadian plants. One Canadian factory is producing two a day. By the end of 1940 Canada will have produced the 800 elementary training 'planes required by the air plan.
Nine Canadian factories are en-
Germans
Refuse Safe Conduct
Germany has refused a safe conduct for an American ship to proceed to Ireland to bring back United States citizens, al- though Italy has granted a Safe conduct, it was an- nounced by the State De- partment in Washington yesterday.
The German Government is said to have declared that areas gaged in production of the twin-around England were "areas of military operations" and that engined advanced Anson training Berlin is not in a position to built for the air university in the nature requested." 'plane, 1,509 of which are to be furnish any sort of assurance of Canada. Canada has contracted for 5,000 training 'planes from the United States in anticipation of the Air Scheme reaching maturity | in 1941--nearly a year ahead of the original schedule.
One of the
facing Canadian air
biggest problems "schoolmas- ters" has been selection of students from the thousands who have volunteered.
Young Canadians have been just as enthusiastic as young Australians in flocking to the Empire air standards.
All Services Swelling
war
The strength of Canada's three defence services the military Active Service Force, the Royal and the Royal Canadian Navy,
has been Canadian Air Force - multiplied respectively 35, six,
the times since and six started. These accomplishments are recorded in an official United States publication reporting on a survey of Canada's war effort.
The Foreign
As Policy sociation report commented par- ticularly on the "spectacular ex- pansion" of the Royal Canadian Air Force and hinted that the rapidly rearming United States could learn much from the Em - pire Air Scheme. The Canadian Active Service numbers 155,000, as Force now
troops a year ago. against 4.500 Last week the Canadian Navy Minister, Mr. Macdonald, announ- ced that 11,500 troops had safely landed in England. These, added to an estimate of 35,000 already there (British Press figures), made Pilots left initial training schools a total of 46,500 Canadians ready for elementary flying training to engage in the Battle of Britain. Other detachments of the C.A.S.F. schools, and are now completing their training in service flying are in Iceland, the Caribbean, and schools, where conditions of com- bat are simulated as closely as possible.
about
Since April, graduating air gunners have learned photography and mapping in one school, bombing and gunnery in another, and air navigation- their "senior course" __ in an-
other.
The Italiar Government'a prompt and favourable reply was communicated to Germany but Berlin declined to act like. wise. the State Department re- veals. The United States contemplated sending а liner. possibly Manhattan, to a west Ireland port to evacuate about 1,200 Amer- icans from Britain.
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Immediate reaction by officials in Washington was that Gur many's answer will probably in- tensify the already strained Ger- man-American relations. Reu-
ter.
BOOK CLUB MEETING
The sixteenth annual meeting of the Hong Kong Book Club was held in the Post Office Building this week.
The evacuation was mentioned as likely to affect seriously mem- coming year, as bership in the many members were women now gone to Australia and elsewhere.
Mr. R. A. D. Forrest was re- elected President, while, Dr. G. E. Rowan again undertook the duties of Honorary Secretary.
The President thanked those who attended, and urged them to introduce new members as 'no-
where could $15 be applied to a better purpose,
war vessels in service has grown from 15 vessels to 113.
When war was declared, there were 4,000 officers and men in the Air Force. Now there Canadian Newfoundland.
are 25,000, according to a recent Canadian naval strength has statement by the Defence Minis- increased from 1,700 officers and ter, Mr. Ralston. The latter figure
The number of is growing by leaps and bounds.
Air-gunners left the initial men to 10,000. training centres. for a lengthy course in wireless telegraphy, and are now spending their final four weeks at bombing and gunnery schools.
British Aid Not Needed
Drawing freely on United States reserves and whipping its own air might into fighting trim, Canada will be able to complete the aero- plane production demands for the training plans without Britain's assistance, according to the Muni- tions. Minister, Mr. C. D. Howe. Such great strides have been made by the Canadian aircraft industry, stutes Mr. Howe, that the larger part of the original production programme' covering two years has been pressed into one year. :
Elementary training 'planes already are being manufactured în Canada on a maas produc- `tion basic, and, Mr!-Howe adde
construction of advanced train=. ing planes proceeding : In accord with . needs of an at- ceferated training schedule, As pilots graduate from preli minary training in elementary 'planes, advanced training 'planes are becoming available from Canadian and United States, fac tories. Deliveries of Harvards began on August 1. Nearly 400!
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