WRECKED NAZI PLANES

Evening Star, Issue 23817, 22 February 1941, Page 12

WRECKED NAZI PLANES

USE FUR EXHIBITION PURPOSES FUNDS RAISED BY ADMISSION FEES (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, February 20. Of the many hundred German aircraft which have crashed in Britain, some 30 have been salved in sufficiently good condition to be used for exhibition purposes. One hundred and fifteen such exhibitions have been organised by the Ministry of Aircraft Production, and £22,500 has been raised from admission fees. Apart from this the stimulus supplied to local aircraft funds has benefited them by at least £50,000. In addition aluminium to the value of some £-10,000 Jias been salved from the wrecked machines. The LuttwaJTe therefore has subscribed handsomely to the means for its own defeat. t IRISH SKIPPING LOSSES DURING WAR LONDON, February 21. Mr De Valera, in the Dail, said that feince the outbreak of war eight Irish vessels had been attacked and four eunk. Five others had been lost, three hy mines. The total tonnage sunk was 1-1,205, and 20 lives were lost. Two ships were lost within 20 or 30 miles of the Irish coast. There were seven attacks from the air, in which all except one of the attacking planes were identified as German, Mr De Valera said. SAMOA SPITFIRE FUND SUM OF £5,000 REACHED IN WEST APIA, February 20. The Western Samoa Spitfire Fund has reached £5,000. After all the activities for augmenting the fund are closed on March 7, it is anticipated that the original sum aimed at will be well over-subscribed. RUSSIA AND THAILAND K£W MINISTER TO MOSCOW MOSCOW, February 21. (Received February 22, at 8 a.m.) Luang Montri, the new Thai Minister, arrived preparatory to the opening of full diplomatic and commercial relations, which were broken off in 1917. AIR TRAINING CORPS RAPID RECRUITING IN ULSTER (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, February 20. Recruiting for an air training corps in Ulster is proceeding rapidly, and several squadrons have been enrolled in the secondary and technical schools, where the number of recruits is now over 1,700. For the local units, as distinct from the schools, it is expected that 22 squadrons and In-lwreo 1,000 aud 5,000 cadets will by ejuoiled.