AIR FATALITIES
NUMBER IN R.A.F,
QUESTION IN HOUSE OF \ COMMONS: V,
(Received 10th December, 1 p.m.)
LONDON, 9th December.
In the House of Commons, Major L. Hore-Belisha (L.) asked' that in view of the increasing number of Air Force fatalities, Mr. Baldwin ehould devote a day before the adjournment for discussion.
Mr. Baldwin said that it was impossible before rising on loth December. He was satisfied that all precautions were taken.
Major Hore-Belisha said: "Grave misgivings exist in this country on this question." Later, he drew attention to the smaller fatalities of the French Air Force, which was treble the size of Britain's.
Sir Philip Sassoon, Under-Secretary for Air, replied that the French Air Force was not double the strength of the British, but the number of aaiidents published in the French P^ess was ludicrously under-estimated.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 140, 10 December 1926, Page 8
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