U.S. PLANE OUTPUT
LEADING THE WORLD IMMENSE EXPANSION MACHINES FOR OFFENSIVE (10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, May 12. The production of all types of aircraft; in 1944 was estimated by President Roosevelt at a press conference to cost £1,417,000,000, compared with £919,000,000 in 1943. He expressed his belief that American factories are turning out more planes than the rest of the world combined. lie explained that he put the figures in pounds because the emphasis had been shifted to the production of heavier planes. ‘‘ We are now building relatively more heavy bombers, long-range fighters and cargo planes which are designed to take the offensive, whereas production at first emphasised lighter bombers, dive-bombers and 'fighters needed for defensive tactics," he said. He added that the heavy bomber output was about six months ahead of last December’s schedule. The weight of these bombers was 10 times that of a single-engined fighter.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21093, 13 May 1943, Page 3
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