AIR FORCE EXPANSION
♦ Twenty-six New Squadrons In Britain PROGRESS OF SCHEME (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, September 16. Twenty-six now squadrons—23 in the regular service and three auxiliary—have now been added to - the strength of the Royal Air Force under the terms of the expansion plan announced by the Government in May last year. Three of these have been formed during the past month. Fortyfive more units must be added to bring up the strength of the/Metropolitan Air Force to the 123 squadrons then proposed. A further extension to 129 squadrons, backed by full war reserves and representing a vast augmentation of the striking power of the service, was outlined in a White Paper on defence published early in March this year. Thirteen special civil flying training schools where initial tuition for young pilots is given have been created. Men are joining the service in satisfactory numbers and quality. Between April, 1935, and the end of March this year the force took on 940 pilots and just under 15,000 airmen. Since April 1 a further 900 pilots and large numbers of airmen have joined.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 303, 18 September 1936, Page 9
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