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JAPAN’S BEST FLIERS STRIKING POWER SUFFERS RESERVE STILL HELD 1 10.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON. March 33. Asked for an explanation for the apparent diminution of the striking power of the .Japanese air ioree, Mr. iilver Davis, director of the Office of War Information, expressed the opinion that the majority of the enemy’s first-line pilots had been knocked out and the reserves were iess capable. He said that Japan undoubtedly possessed a reserve of air aces, but he was unable to say whether they were being held for offensive or defensive ourposes. There was no evidence of any development of advanced types of Japanese aircraft. Mr. Davis was sympathetic to the suggestion that the Office of War Informatian should prepare a statement setting out all the known facts about military Japan, estimating the naval, army and air strengths as well as the international situation. The statement, it was felt, would be particularly useful in England where the Japanese menace was held to be stilt less understood than in America.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21051, 24 March 1943, Page 3
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