AERIAL “PINCERS”

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20622, 25 November 1941, Page 9

AERIAL “PINCERS”

BRITAIN AND RUSSIA GRIP ON GERMANY NEED FOR SUPERIORITY (Elcc, Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 2 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. 23. The Minister of Aircraft Production, Lieut-Colonel J. C. Moore-Brabazon, broadcasting, said: “Aircraft to-day are bringing about the first “pincer movement against Germany. One arm of the pincers operates from Britain and the other from Russia with machines —many of them British flown by our Allies. Thus we arc encircling the Hun. “The two-front war against German territory—at present in the air has started in real earnest. It is good news to hear how well the Russians fly and how good they are as mechanics. It is heartening to know that the maximum is being made of what we produce. I can assure you that om aircraft on the Russian front are in worthy hands. The more they can get from us the better we shall be pleased as there is no one working to-day in our industry who does not want to help those who have so nobly helped themselves. “It must always be remembered that until superiority is gained in .the air, none of their arms, be they of the army or navy, can operate to the full limit of their own power. When the Royal Air Force and the naval air service have air superiority in equipment, which it is our honour and responsibility to provide, then and not till then—will the general defensive turn to a grand combined offensive and the final, sure and fatal stranglehold commence.”