BRITAIN’S AIR FORCE
750 FIRST-LINE MACHINES Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, November 23. (Received November 24, at 0.15 a.ra.) Sir Philip Sassoon, in answer to a question in the f House of Commons, said that the present approximate firstline strength of the Royal Air Force was: 750 machines, of which 270 were stationed abroad. Tiie total personnel was 29,985. The French strength was 1,350 first-line aircraft, of which 280 were stationed abroad.—A. and N.Z. and ‘Sun’ Cable..
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Evening Star, Issue 19722, 24 November 1927, Page 6
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76BRITAIN’S AIR FORCE Evening Star, Issue 19722, 24 November 1927, Page 6
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