R.A.F STRENGTH
DOUBLED SINCE 1935
PRODUCTION OF BOMBERS i
REPLY TO CRITICISM
(United Press association—By Electric
Telegraph—CoDyrJfiliU')
(Received .January 12, 10 ajin.)' LONDON, January 1L
, In connection with criticisms of the Air Ministry, it is .reliably .staited that the first-line strength iof the Royal Air .Force,has been doubled since the expansion programme began in the middle of 1935. TJtere are now iive .post-war itypes of bombers, being turned out, and the Hawker Hurricane fighter, capable of a speed of over .300 miles an haw, is being produced in large numbers. Deliveries will also "be made shortly of a new and even faster fighter.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 9, 12 January 1938, Page 9
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