NEW GERMAN AIR FORCE

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LVI, Issue 43, 31 May 1935, Page 2

NEW GERMAN AIR FORCE

LAUNCHING BOMBERS BY ,' CATAPULT.

(From the Guardian's Special Corres-

pondent—By Air Mail)

LONDON, May 11

So much has lately been revealed about Germany's great new air force that it is not surprising to learn that there is evidence that the Germans are developing a catapult method of launching bombing machines. This method enables the machine to carry a heavier load than it could take off with in the ordinary way. Germany already ftas a superior bomber to any possessed by Britain. This is the big new four-engined type with a long range and high speed. .

The catapulting method has been exploited by Germany for launching mail 'planes from ships in the Atlantic. This has provided the opportunity for training 1 a large number of pilots in this method. Germany enjoys the further immense advantage of being able to operate from bases near her western frontier, all within range of the Port of London,1 the Midlands, and even Liverpool and Belfast.

Britain, on the other hand, has the intervening sea and the Low Countries to span before her air forces could reach German territory. Berlin itself lies at a much greater distance. Germany also offers more widely scattered military objectives.