R.A.F. BOMBER AND ARMY WEAKNESS IN MOCK WARFARE
(10 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 13. Senior Naval, R.A.F. and Territorial officers are preparing reports for an assessment of the combined sea and air exercises.
The Daily Telegraph says that preliminary reports show:
1. The Home Fleet was able to steam 1000 miles almost to the approaches of Plymouth without suffering superficial damage. e
2. The R.A.F.’s dwindling bomber forces placed the Bomber Command in an embarrassing position, being unable to put sufficient bombers in the air to guarantee the bombing of the fleet.
3. Territorial Army units had to be scoured for sufficient men to man the Plymouth coastal batteries. 4. Long-range Coastal Command Lancasters have remarkable staying power, airworthiness and remained continuously on duty when the Bomber Command Lincolns were grounded.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22819, 14 December 1948, Page 5
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