ONLY A MINOR DELAY
VISE-MARSHAL NEVILL'S COMMENT (P.A.) AUCKLAND. Jan. 9. Five of the Mosquito aircraft have reached Singapore, and five are at the Dum Dum airport, Calcutta. They will not be allowed to continue their flight to Ohakea until all have been examined, and if any are found to be affected by corrosion it will depend on tjie maintenance facilities at the Singapore and Calcutta air stations how soon they will be on their way again. In the meantime, no more of the 70 Mosquitos remaining in England are to be ferried to New Zealand before February. f ' “ The Air Ministry order is merely a precautionary measure and cannot be regarded as a discovery of a general defect in this type or aircraft,” said the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Vice-Marshal A. de T. Nevill, to-day. “ The grounding means nothing more than a Elinor delay.” ,
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Evening Star, Issue 25995, 9 January 1947, Page 4
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147ONLY A MINOR DELAY Evening Star, Issue 25995, 9 January 1947, Page 4
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