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February 22, 1939:
400 'PLANES A MONTH FOR ROYAL AIR FORCE
Acceleration In Output Lovers Shun
Of Factories
Lovers'
BRITAIN'S air rearmament is now proceeding at a Lane
greatly accelerated rate.
Output of military acroplanes has been nearly qua- drupled in the past 12 months and now exceeds 400 SE machines a month.
CENSITIVE cars in Windsor probably card something like a vant sigh recently-Il camo from the ghosts of by Kone sweeffiearts,
This is the considered view of Group Capt. L. G. S. Payne. who declares below that for the first time for several years Britain is within measurable distance of equalling the Germanter Sessions, Judge 1. M. Sturges, rate of production.
He points out, however, that while production capacity is limited, provision for the Fleet Air Arm must reduce the num- ber of machines available for home defence.
Need still exists, also, for an increase in first-line strength of the counter-offensive bombing force, the reserves of which the Air Ministry is strengthening as rapidly as possible.
For the Recorder, at Windsor Quar- made an order for the closure of Lovers Walk.
"Courting fashions have changed," explained Mr. I. Peccocit, who applied for the order on behalf of the Corporation.
The wall, a footpath on the out- skirts of the town. was much fre-f quented by courting couples of past
no
Now the walk was "an eyesore and rubbish heap," and the Corporation wanted to make improvements,
At the Judge's request an usher called loudly. "Does anyone object to the Lovers' Walk closing application" but there was no response.
After seeing her husband, Lin- volu Ellsworth, off fruin Cape Town, South Africa, on his fourthi Antaretle Expedition, here Is Mrs. Ellsworth as she arrived in New York, to awelt her hus- band's return. Her husband recently left New Zealand for New York by
The "Brutal Englishman" Propaganda
BERLIN.
Ometal reticence about the progress, line machines, of which only unit of British rearmament has led foreign simmifcant proportion are allocated generations, he said, but lovers
Between 500 | longer used shaded paths. observers to under-estimate the meal for naval operation: strides made in this country during and 700 are, however, detailed for 1038.
formy co-operation duties. I believe The Prime Minister declared in his the strength of Germany's bomber speech at Birmingham recently that force to be approximately 1.400 lung- we had doubled the rate of aircraft range aircraft.
The Brat bomber groups In Britain production in the lust few months." After careful consideration of such contain 57 regular bomber squadrons. evidence as is available, I have no or a total of, probably, about 6050 alr- hesitation in saying that British out-craft.
It was a pity to close the Walk, by The powers of evasion pussessed put of military neroplanes was rearly
NOT long after Mr. Neville Cham- berlain quit Munich, teaving in Ger- quadrupled in the past 12 months and modern high-speed acroplanes make thought the bachelor judge.
"But," he added, "as none of the man minds the conception of an now exceeds 400 machines per month, it impracticable to stand on the de-
essentially This, it
is true, compares with fensive in nic warfare; and the most lovers has come forward to propose Englishman as someone
is a the application I have no alternative patient and grandfatherly, the Ger German outout assessed by experts a effective method of defence
bombing force but to grant the certißente,"
man Press began to unveil to its between GOD 1
600 monthly counter-offensive
the Nevertheless, we are within measure strong enough to break down
Officials of the Corporation, speak-readers the "real Englishmon behind able-distance, for the first time for enemy's scale of attack. several years, of equalising the rate Although we have heard little, inng after the case had been decided, the well-bred vencer."
He was represented as a fellow of recent months, of our counter pointed out that nowadays young of aircraft production in Britain and!
the Air Ministry is people either went to the pletures or sneering class prejudice and incredi- uffensive Germany.
force, aeiually strengthening the compost- did their courting in cars. tion and reserves of this force as rapidly as possible. It is greatly to be hoped that it will also be possible to Increase its rst-line
U.S. EXPERT'S VIEW Production Under-Estimated
After a recent European tour, Mr. S. Paul Johnston, editor of the Ameri- can Journal "Aviation," assessed pro- duction of military aeroplanes in Britain in the latter part of 1938 as
per year, by
already.
however.
strength.
SECURE BASES Importance of Frontiers
escorting bombers with fighters. The provision of such escorts in Spain is however, largely due to the inferior defensive armament of many types of European bombers.
ble brutality.
The Englishman was a cold, cal- culating, ruthless brute. He blew up the mud huts of Afghans, shot der- vistes out of cannons, objected to the abolition of fogging.
SHE'D KILL THEM ALL
A German recently returned from a trip to Copenhagen, said that he was amazed to hear of the brutal net perpetuated by a "certain Admiral Nelson," who bombarded that city in time of peace.
Women are influenced by tils pro- intense passion paganda. A young Berlin woman told a Briton with that, apart from him, she would ludly do all Englishmen to death.
As to the German idea of an Irish- treated here with far more respect than those of the Checks.
RECRUITING PROGRESS "close to 200 per month,' This est- A seure base is essential for all
5,000 Trained R.AF. Pilots mate, i am convinced, is far too low types of military operations. Fighters Mr. Johnston considered,
Spitfires and Hurricanes both carry that output would be increased to 275 are therefore most important, and it
is necessary to add to their numbers; eight axed guns firing forward. Their monthly in the beginning of 139.
range of fire-power is greatly superior to that and to about 110 per month, or 5,000 wing to the incrensing
of the two machine-guns carried modern bombers. by January 1940.
been the rear turret of the average Con- Great improvements have There in good reason to bellevs
in the organisation and dental bomber. that the production rate which Mr. elected
Recruting for the R.A.F. has been Jehusion thought would be attained methods used for obtaining warning in 1910 has, in fact, been reached of hostile raids. The whole country mas! satisfactory, i am able to re-man-ils patriotle aspirations are
is now covered with observer posts, veal that the Regular Air Force now Sir Kingsley Wood, the Air Minis-and the Observer Corps now number has approximately 5,000 trained pilots
and 1,830 under instruction.
The bomb outrages in Great Bri for, stated in the House on November 14,000 fully qualified trained men.
There are 3,800 pilots trained and tain have, oddly enough, not raised type of twin-engine long- 14 that we are concentrating on ex- pediting the completion of the pro-range fighter, of which the Potez 63, under training in the various R.A.F., a storm here at their "Bolshevist grum announced on May 12, 1939, nuw weed extensively by the French reserves, excluding the Civil Air aspects, as they would had they oc- This aimed at providing by March, Air Force, is an example, has recently Guard, which has 1,100 qualified "A"curred in France.
These machiner licence pilots and 3,800 pupils under- The "unmasking" of the British In their "rue cunning cruelty" is cer- 1010, 2.370 Arat-line aircraft in the nede its appear squadrons at home and 470 in squad can be used to convoy bombers, 10 going flying instruction."
Thus the total number of pilots tainly intended to prepare the Ger- break down the enemy fighter resist ence before the bombers aurive, or to who may shortly be qualified for mili-man for possible war with the British and destroy our reputation of being pursue, over long distances, bombers tary duties, even assuming that
proportion of the Civil Air Guards tal-minded. that are returning after raids.
None of these duties can be per-are not fitted for such work, already formed by interceptor fighters, such approaches 10,000. country against air attack. Satisfac-ar our Hurricades and Spitfires, since tion at recent increases In the
their rent rate of elimb necessitates bets of ship-borne aircraft RILESL,
cons verreas.
These figures are exclusive machines for the Fleet Air Arm, which are rpecialised types not nor- mally available for defence of this
num-
new
therefore, be tempered by the reflec- light lond. of fuel and, therefore,
tion that, while production capacity
Is Umited, provision of machines for
the Navy must reduce the total num- bers available for home defence.
GERMANY'S STRENGTH
Fawor 'Planes for Navy Germany to-day is estimated to
limits their range.
I understand that the Air Minis-
TRAINING RESERVES
Six Months with Units
The Air Ministry has lately been try has placed a large order for much preoccupied with strengthening high performance long-range, twin- the reserves which would be used to
engine pursuit aeropianes of an entirely new type. These, it is con- sidered, will be a must important addition to our fighter strength. It has been said that the war in
possess between 4,000 and 4,500 Arst-Spain has proved the necessity for
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replace casualties among pilots, air-A STONE-AGE man, whose craft crews, and ground personnel, in war-ilme.
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skull has been found on Critchel Down, Dorset, had undergone a trepanning opera- tion carried out with the flint instrument of his age.
A circular piece of bone had been cut out of the skull and replaced. And the patient lived.
An urgent appeat is being made by the Air Council to employers to release R.A.F. Reserve and Volun- leer Reserve pilots for continuous training with the Air Force for perfods up to six months. The Air Council wishes to increase, number of possible, the pilots tralaed to service standards on The skull was found by Mr. and modern types of military aircraft. Mrs. Stuart Piggott during their ex-
Reserve pilots undertaking concavations on the down. They tinuous training will be required to monstrated their find and the detec- live at RAF stations and to weative work to
women men and uniform. Pilots to be trained on archeologists in Durset recently. tighter and bomber aeroplanes have
Enlarged pictures of the skull already been selected; but the success showed the details of the operations, of the sche ie, which is regarded as and revealed by scratches made by Highly important to the air defence the knife where the surgeon began of the country, depends on the co-his task. operation of employers, who are Dak- "A skull that had been trepanned ed to release the men without pre- judice to their civil employment.
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in 1860 is to be seen at the koyat College of Surgeons," Mr. Piggott Kald: "But this Stone Ago opera- tion was a nealer, more efficient jab."
"His people," said Mr. Piggott, "thought the only thing to do was to let out the devil, so they made a hole to his head."
LETTING OUT THE DEVIL Why was the operation carried out? Pro- The Alr Ministry also announced There the records are silent. that it is proposed to appoint mem-bably the man had a headache that wouldn't be cured. So he sat down bers of the R.A.F. Officers' Emergency Reserve, wi. ure willing and can be and howled. carmarked for such emergency em- ployment, to the Administrative and Dutics Section of the Special RAF.V.R. The number that can be absorbed is limited, but additional So much to theory. He may have appointments will be made from time been a warrior wounded in a tribal to time.
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