MORE THAN 10,000 AIRCRAFT
Estimate Of Orders To United States ALLIES’ WAR FLEET By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received April 26, 10.20 p.m.) WASHINGTON, April 25. ■ The “New York Times” says that on the basis that the Allies have received 2000 planes at a cost of 200.000.000 dollars, the total of planes they will receive in 1940 and 1941, will be more than 10.000. since the cost of plant development will not enter the later repeat orders. With the release of the B 24 Consolidated four-engined bomber with a radius of 3000 miles and a speed of 300 miles an hour, the list of planes released to the Allies i.s apparently complete. In addition the Navy has released the sensational Grumman twin-engined midwing fighter recently tested at a speed of more than 400 miles an hour. WASHINGTON, April 25. The Allied Purchasing Mission announced that it has signed contracts for 200,000,000 dollars’ worth of aircraft and engines in the past fortnight. It added that the Allies are financing the construction of new plant for three United States manufacturers of aero engines.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 181, 27 April 1940, Page 11
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