Soviet's Mighty Air Force
As Much as Rest of Powers Put Together
CONSTRUCTION BY BRITAIN URGED
United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Thursday, 11.45 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 5.
The Daily Mail, inaugurating a campaign for a bigger Air Force, emphasises Britain’s inferior air position and gives tho following comparative figures:—•
Civil aeroplanes: United States, 10,673; France, 1821; Germany, 1200; Britain, 981; Italy, 598; Japan, 88. Fighting aeroplanes: France, 3000; United States, 2826; Japan, 1039; Italy, 1507; Britain, 1434.
The Daily Mail adds that Russia at present has between 8000 and 10,000 machines ready for action, and the Soviet factories are turning out tho latest type of military aeroplano at tho rate of 1200 yearly. The Daily Mail contends that the British Air Force ought immediately to be increased by between 3000 and 4000 machines to meet any emergency.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7280, 6 October 1933, Page 7
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139Soviet's Mighty Air Force Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7280, 6 October 1933, Page 7
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