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LONG-RANGE FIGHTERS l BRITISH AIRCRAFT | SUPERIOR TO GERMAN | SPEED AND ARMAMENT j (F.loc. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) | Reed. 1.30 p.m. RUGBY, March 28. Although it is obvious that details of new aircraft, whether fighters or bombers, are closely guarded in war* | time, it can be revealed that a ; number of new types now in pro* ! duction are more powerful Ilian those at present in service. i British aircraft, such as the Vickers | Spitfire, the Hawker Hurricane and ! the Boulton Paul Defiant have led the i world in fighter design of their type. I but the advances in. bomber aircraft | construction have called for still ! further improvement in lighter performance. The new long-range fighters now being produced will be more than a match for similar enemy types. Greater speed, increased engine power, more powerful armament and , longer range are features of these ! new British types, i
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20208, 29 March 1940, Page 6
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