STATE OF AIR FORCE
PRESS COMMENT
NOT WITHOUT CRITICISM
(Received March 9, noon.) LONDON, March 8,
Most ol the comment in today's Press is concerned with Sir Kingsley Wood's account of the growth and strength of the Air Force. Satisfaction is expressed for the most part, and it is pointed out that the Minister's statement that the Allies are now producing more and better planes than Germany is of the utmost importance. The "Daily Telegraph" says that it must augur for growing and decisive preponderance as time passes.
"The Times" also suggests that we are probably not yet enjoying the full fruit of the immense effort set on foot at the outbreak of war, because the interval between preparation and production must be long. Sir Kingsley Wood's statement was not accepted entirely without criticism. "The Times" says that there is likely to be more than defensive calls on the Royal Air Force before the war ends, and that one such call has already come from Finland. It is hard to believe that more could not be spared for Finland without endangering the success of our war ef-
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 59, 9 March 1940, Page 13
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