GERMAN AIR FORCE.
OFFICIAL EXISTENCE. lUnited Press Association—Copyright). LONDON, March 11. The Berlin correspondent of "The Times" .reveals that the German air force actually came into official existence on March 1, when officers of the 1 ".Reich Air Sport Federation" were i commissioned with military rank. The correspondent says that the uniforms of the air sport officers have recently become almost identical with the Reicbswehr's, except for the colour of the cloth, and the absence of a sword, which the senior officers suddenly started wearing a week ago, while the juniors wore a new dirk, slung by two straps, similar to that carried by all German naval officers. Other ranks continue to wear a knife, slung by a single strap, but once they are equipped with bayonets it will mark a complete transition. The air force will emerge from a semi-military organisation to a full military force.— "The Times" Cable.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 129, 13 March 1935, Page 5
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