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BRITAIN VULNERA Germany And Italy Organised

For Air War

New York. |Great Britain and France would be outclassed in the air and liable to suffer severely from air bombardments if war broke out in Europe, Ma- jor Al Williams, ace U.S. army test pilot, said in an article recently.

Major Williams, one of the United States foremost experts on fighting airplanes, returned from a tour of Europe during which he flew many of the first line war planes and said that neither France nor Britain had truly adequate defence against the bombing of civilian populations from the air.

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"Germany and Italy alone are pre- keep enemy bombers away. They pared and organised for a pure air] are threats of retaliation, but that's war to be conducted without inter-too late for the civilian", he wrote. ference from the ground forces", he "The balloon apron (such as, Bri- wrote in a series of articles in the tish authorities have developed for New York World-Telegram. "Eng- the protection of London) was first land and France seem to regard air tried out by the Germans at Ha-fighting pla power merely as an additional arm.” gendinger during the World War. tended arm

It was a failure because it could not Guns can d be used when winds faster than. 15 10,000 feet

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ITALY AND GERMANY Major William's theory was that Germany and Italy had concentrat.miles an hour prevailed.

"Anti-aircraft gunfire has only a guns withi ed on the development of strong air

nuisance value against bombers "But the forces to rain stunning blows on operating above 10,000 feet. Tests British civilian centres, manufacturing

in Spain by the latest samples, of only seven districts and government headquar-Europe's most expert anti-aircraft fighters up ters of an enemy country.

that and I don't England and France, he said, had gun manufacturers prove

point...

are up to t sought to develop all their fighting

"Fast fighting planes can make Williams arms simultaneously and had re- it hot for bombers, if the fighters half years a tained superiority on the land and

on the sea, but were consequently can get to them in time, but the old ing a much inferior in the air, where neither had baseball slogan holds good; "You ed the Sup can't hit them when you can't see that up to developed machines comparable to them 1.

two had b the Italian Savoia Marchettis, or

British authorities, he said cal-required m the German Messerschmitts.

culated that enemy bombing planes leave the g Elaborate air raid precautions in would be raining death on London Both the London and Paris and the efforts within seven minutes after the first British pu of the

French and British govern- alarm was given and the best Bri ments to instruct their populations tish pursuit planes would not have what to do in case of attack have sufficient time to leave the ground only served to increase the general and fight them off. uneasiness and "have just about Bombing pilots, he declared, have finished the demoralisation, enipha-developed tactical tricks to overcome sising the danger and the inade- what defence there is, successfully quacy of defensive machinery," his evade anti-aircraft fire by flying at first article stated.

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irregular speeds and avoid detec- Williams, who won fame for his tion of the aircraft detectors by fly- speed flying and was awarded the ig at altitudes of 25,000 or 35,000 Distinguished Flying Cross for his feet and then gliding towards their experiments in airplane designing and inverted flying, also propounded the theory that the development of offensive, aircraft had outstrripped

counter the development of protective measures.

CAN'T STOP BOMBERS

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ATTACK IS BEST DEFENCE "The only defence against the bomber which holds any promise at all is the fast, single seater fighting plane," the article declar

"No one knows how to stop the ed, "I flew the best of this type in bombing plane. Each country has Europe-the (German) Messersch- many bombers, but bombers can't mitt M-109.

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