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February 22, 1939.
400 'PLANES A MONTH FOR ROYAL AIR FORCE
Acceleration In Output Lovers Shun
Of Factories
BRITAIN'S air rearmament is now proceeding at a greatly accelerated rate.
Lovers'
Lane
Output of military aeroplanes has been nearly qua drupled in the past 12 months and now exceeds 400 probably machines a month.
CENSITIVE cars in Windsor heard something like a vast sigh recently—ll camo from the ghosts of by gone sweethearts.
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 11. 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- her 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.
1928.
Official relicence about the progress, the machines, of which only an in- of British rearmament bas led foreign significant proportion re allocated servers to under-estimate the great for anval operations, Between 600 strides made in this country during and 700 are, however, detailed for army co-operation duties. I believe The Prime Minister declared in his the strength of Germany's bomber sprecit at Birmingham recently that force to be approximately 1.400 long we in doubled the rate of aircraft range aircraft. production "in the last few months." The first bomber groups in Britni After careful consideration of such contain 57 regular bomber squadrons, evidence as is available, I have no er a total of, probably, about 630 air- hesitates in saying that British out-raft.
For the Recorder, at Windsor Quar-
matte an order for the closure of
Lovers Walk.
After seeing her husband, Lin- coln Ellsworth, off from Cape Town, South Africa, on his fourth Antarctic Expedition, here la M, Ellsworth as she arrived in New York, to await hier hus band's reiura, who
Her husband recently left New Zealand for New York,
"Courting fushlons have changed," explained Mr. II. Percock, applied for the order on behalf of the Coporation.
The walk,
footpath on the out- quented by courting couples of part skirts of the town, was much fre-| generations, he said; but lovers jonger used shaded paths.
no
Now the walk was an eyesore und rubbish heap. and the Corporation wanted to make improvements.
At the judge's request an usher entled loudly, "Does anyone object to the Lovers Walk closing: application?" but there was no response.
It was a pity to close the Walls, thought the bachelor judge.
"But," he added, "as none of the
The "Brutal
Englishman" Propaganda
BERLIN.
put of military aeroplanes was nearly The powers of evasion possessed by! quadrupled in the past 12 months and modern high-speed aeroplanes malte
NOT long after Mr. Neville Cham- now exceeds 400 machines per month. impracticable to stand on the de-
berlain quit Munich, leaving in Ger- is true, compares with atensive in air warfare; and the most lovers has come forward to propose Englishman as someone This,
man minds the conception of an German output assessed by experts ad effective method of defence is
essentially the application I have to alternative patient and grandfatherly, the Ger- between 500 unct 600 monthly, counter-offensive bombing force
but to grant the certificate." Nevertheless, we are with measur- strong enough to break down the
man Pres began to unveil to its able distance, for the first time for enemy's scale of attack.
Omcials of the Corporation, speak-readers the "real Engilstunan behind several years, of equalising the rate) Although we have heard fitte, in ing after the case had been dzelded,
ilse well-bred veneer." of aircraft production in Britain art
recent months of counter pointed out that nowadays, young ile was represented as a fellow of Germany.
offensive forer, the Air Ministry is peuple either went to the pictures orbie brutality.
sucering class prejudice and incredi- actually strengthening the composi-] did their courting it. cars. tion and reserves of this force as rapidly as possible. It is greatly to be haped that it will also be escorting bombers with fighters. The possible to increase its first-line Provision of such escorts in Spain Is strength.
however, largely due to the inferior defensive armament of many types of European bombers.
U.S. EXPERT'S VIEW Production Under-Estimated
After a recent Europem totte, Mr. S. Paul Johnston, editur of the Aineri- can jou‐sal "Aviation," assessed pro- durtion of military aeroplanes
in the latter part of 1938 as Britain "close to 200 mate, I
to 200 per month." This estin!
3. Joarston
our
SECURE BASES Importance of Frontiers
A secure base is essential for alli
I am convinced, is far too low types of military operations. Fighters
considered, however, are therefore most important, and that output would be increased to 275 monthly in the beginning of 1939, is necessary to add to their numbers and to about 418 per month, or 5,000 win to the increasing
modern bambers.
There
already.
January
1. 1940.
The Englishman was a cold, cal- culating, ruthless brute. He blew up the mud huts of Afghans, shot der- Vishes out of cannons, objected to the abolition of fingring."
SHE'D KILL THEM ALL
A German recently returned from a trip to Copenhagen, raid that he was amazed to hear of the brutal act perpetualed by "certain Adiniral Nelson." who bombarded that elty In time of peace.
Woman
RECRUITING PROGRESS 5,000 Trained R.A.F. Pilots Spithres and Hurricanes both carry eight fixed guns firing forward. Their range of Bro-power is greatly superior to that
Women are influenced by this pro- pastanela. A young Berlin per year, by.
of the twe machine-guns carried in Is good reason to bellevs Great improvements have been the rear turret of the average Con- told a Briton with intense passion that, apart from him, she would that the production rate which Mr.eflected in
and tirental bomber. the organisation Johnston thought would be attained methods used for obtaining warning Recruiting for the H.A.F. has been gladly do all Englishmen to death.
As to the German idea of an Irish- 1 1910 has, in fact, been reached of hostile ralds.. The whole country most satisfactory. I am able to re-man-his patriotle aspirations are is now covered with observer posts. veal that the Regular Air Force now treated here with far more respect Sir Kingsley Wood, the Air Minis-and the Observer Corps now number has approximately 5,000 trained pilots than those of the Czechs.
stated in the House on November 14,000 fully qualified trained men.
and 1,830 under instruction.
The bomb outrages in Great Bri- X 10 that we are concentrating on ex- new type of twin-engine lung- There are 3,600 pilots trained and tain have, ddly enough, not raised
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 aramune announced on May 12, 1938. now uad extensively by the French reserves, excluding the Civil Air aspects, as they would had they oc Inis aimed at providing, by March, Air Force, is an example, has recently Guard, which has 1,400 qualified "A"curred in France. 1910, 2,370 Arst-line aircraft in the aarde its appearance. These manhinez licence pilots and 3,000 pupils under- The "unmasking" of the British in squadrons at home and 470 in squad-lean be used to convoy bombers, to going flying instruction,
their "true cunning cruelty" is cer- rous oversens,
break down the enemy fighter resial- Thus the total number of pilots tainly intended to prepare the Ger ace before the sombers arrive, or to who may shortly be qualified for mili-man for possible war with the British of ince machines for the Fleet Air Arm, pursue, over long distances, bombers tary dulles, even assuming that and destroy our reputation of being which are specialised types not nor
that are returning after raids. proportion of the Civil Air Guards fair-minded. mally available for defence of this None of these duties can be per-are not fitted for such work, already country against air attack. Satisfac-formed by interceptor fighters, such oppronchet 30,000. tion at recent Increases in the numour Hurriennes and Spitfires, since bers of ship-barne
pediting
These figures are exclusive
aircraft
rate of climb necessitates
must, load of fuel and, therefore,
therefore, be tempered by the reflec-1 light
its their range.
tion that, while production capacity limits their
is limited, provision of machines for
the Navy miast reduce the total num-
bers available for home defence.
GERMANY'S STRENGTH
Fawor Planos for Navy
I understand that the Alr Muls-
TRAINING RESERVES
Six Months with Units
The Air Ministry, has lately been
iry has placed a large order for inuch preoccupied with strengthening high performance long-range, twin the reserves which would be used to
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entirely new type. These, it is con- sidered, will be a most Important addition to our fighter strength.
Germany to-day Is estimated 10 It has been said that the war in pussers between 4,000 and 4,500 first- (Spain has proved the necessity for
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An urgent appeal is being made by the Air Council to employers to undergone a trepanning opera- release K.A.F. Reserve and Volun- tion carried out with the flint teer Reserve pilots for continuous instrument of his age. training with the Air Force for periods up to six months.
The Air Councell wishes to increase, as soon as possible, the number of pilots trained to service standards on
A circular piece of bone had been cut out of the skull and replaced. And the patient lived.
The skull was found by Mr, und modern types of military aircraft, Mrs. Stuart Piggott during their ex- Reserve pilots undertaking con-cavations on the down. They de- tinuous training will be required to monstrated their find and the detec live at R.A.F. stations and to wea. tive work to men and wemen uniform, Pilots to be trained on
archeologists in Dorset .recently. fighter and bomber aeroplanes have:
Enlarged pictures of the skull already been selected; but the success
his
of the scheme, which is regarded as showed the details of the operations, highly important to the air defence and revealed by scratches made by of the country, depends on the co-e knife where the surgeon began
task. operation of employers, who are ask- ed to release the men without pre- julee to their civil employment.
EMPLOYERS APPROACH
Individual Appeals,
*A skull that had been trepanned In 1860 is to be seen at tao nUJAL College of Surgeons," Mr. Piggott said: "But Us Bione Age opera- tion was a neater, more emelent Job.
"His people," said Mr. Pirrott, thought the only thing to do was to let out the devil, so they made a hole in his head."
The Air Council is addressing indi-
LETTING OUT THE DEVIL vidual appeals to the employers con- corned.
Why was the operation carried out? The Air Ministry also announced There the records are silent, Pro- that it
proposed to appoint mem-bably the man had a headache that bers of the R.A.F. Oficers Emergency wouldn't be cured. So he sat down Reserve, who are willing and can be and howled, earmarked for such emergency em- ployment, to the Administrative and Special
Duties Section of the RA.F.V.R. The number that can be absorbed is limited, but additional 50 much is theory. He may have appointments will be made from the been a warrior wounded ki a iribul to time.
war, a lover who lost the battle for The R.A.F. Olcers' Emergency a mate. Reserve was formed largely to enter But clvisation marches on. We for ex-R.A.F. officers who served in have found more certain means of the war of 1914-1918 and are now destruction. Critchel Down, that tco old for combatant flying, although held so long the secret of the 'Stone competent, in war, to carry out many | Age patient, kas now been taken over useful ground duties,
by the RAF, as a bombing range.
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