ATLANTIC FERRY
Planes for Britain
LONDON, January 13,
It is revealed that four different kinds of United States bombers are now being flown across the Atlantic by the R.A.F. They are: Lockheed Hudson long range reconnaissance bombers for the Coastal Command; Boeing B-17 four-engined bombers; Consolidated two-engined flying-boats; and Lockheed-Vega Ventura bombers.
The Lockheed-Vega is a larger and faster type of Lockheed Hudson. The Boeing B-17 is a big bomber 'popularly known as the "flying fortress." A large number of these United States bombers has already arrived in this country, and a continuous stream of them will crossing the Atlantic in the future.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 11, 14 January 1941, Page 7
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103ATLANTIC FERRY Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 11, 14 January 1941, Page 7
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