DELIVERY OF PLANES
AMERICAN SUPPLIES MIDDLE EAST FORGES FERRYING SERVICE (Elcc. Tel Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 19, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 18. According ito press reports from Washington, President Roosevelt .announced to-day that an agreement had been reached to expedite the delivery of lighting planes direct to the British Middle Eastern forces. Under this arrangement Pan American Airways would ferry aircraft to West Africa, then to the Middle Eastern war zone. Mr. Roosevelt said that Pan American Airways were establishing immediately an air transport service from West Africa to the Middle East. Plans were under way for a transport service from the United States to West Africa for the purpose oi connecting with the new airline. The establishment of the service would be one of the first concrete developments in the increase of American aid aid following the meeting between Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Winston Churchill. The President stated the ferrying route would be so arranged that the planes would not pass through' the zone of actual warfare.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20639, 20 August 1941, Page 9
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