"SUICIDE ORDER"
To Night-fighter Pilots Of Luftwaffe » MORE DEFENSIVE PLANES Rec. 2 p.m. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. Night fighter pilots of the Luftwaffe have been- given a suicide order," says the New York Times correspondent in Stockholm. They must ram the enemy if they are unable to "get him" otherwise. The correspondent adds that reliable sources in Sweden say German aircraft production in 1943 has been concentrated on defensive planes. The tendency is increasing to leave to the fighters protection of important centres instead of depending on anti-aircraft defences. Germany's difficulty now is to supplv the thousands of pilots needed The Luftwaffe schools, because of the shortage of fuel, turn 'out pilots with much shorter training Germanv's air force has suffered the most losses comparatively of all the Reich forces, and the gaps are being filled with "speed-trained men." rsuch ol the cable news on this page as is so designated has appeared .in The Times andl is sent to this paper by special permission. It snouio bo understood that the opinions are not those 01 The Times unless statea to be so.J
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 271, 15 November 1943, Page 3
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