UP TO 3000 AIRMEN FROM AUSTRALIA
This Year’s Contribution To R.A.F. MELBOURNE, January 3. An assurance was given by the Minister of Air, Mr. Fairbairn, who returned from London yesterday, that the identity of Australians serving overseas under the Empire air scheme would be preserved by the creation of a special pool in England from which men would be drafted into Australian squadrons under Australian officers. Mr. Fairbairn said it would not be possible to enlist more than 3000 airmen and send them abroad this year. In 1941 and thereafter, however, recruits would be handled at a great rate. Tiie first batch of air crews would leave for Britain well before the end of this year. Before leaving the crews would be fully trained on all types of machines.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 85, 4 January 1940, Page 8
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