WEAK IN THE AIR
"DAILY MAIL" CAMPAIGN COMPARATIVE FIGURES LONDON, October 5. Inaugurating a campaign for & biggef Air Force the "Daily Mail" emphasise* Britain's inferior air position, and givet the following comparative figures;-^ . Civil, Aeroplanes. United States «....„ 10,673 France :.».•.« 1,821 Germany «..*•«.« 1,200 Britain .....«:..t» «■..■» 981 Italy .............. 598 Japan .............. 88 Fighting Aeroplanes. France ............ 3,000 . United States ...... 2,82 a , Japan ............. ■ 1,939 Italy ......«...".« 1,507 Britain ............ 1,434 Tho "Daily Mail" adds: "Russia a* present has between 8000 and 10,000 machines ready for action. , Soviet factories are turningout the latest type of'military aeroplane at the rate oc 1200 a year.'^ . Tho paper contends that the Britisa Air Force ought to be immediately, increased to between 3000 and 4QOH
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 84, 6 October 1933, Page 7
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113WEAK IN THE AIR Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 84, 6 October 1933, Page 7
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