OVER 3000 PLANES

Grey River Argus, 3 December 1943, Page 2

OVER 3000 PLANES

Lost by Allies IN EUROPEAN RAIDS. LONDON, Dec. 1Sir A. Sinclair, Air Minister stated in the House of Commons that from the beginning of the year to the end of November, 2,083 British bomber aircraft operating from Britain were reported lost .over Europe by) nighc and 106 by day. 829 United States Army Air Force bombers operating from Britain were reported lost byt day in the same period. COMPARATIVE LOSSES. RUGBY, December 1. Official returns show the Axis lost 521 places in November and the Lillies 476. The Japanese lost 476 in the South-west Pacific. In Europe alone the R.A.F. lost 224, in Italy, etcetera, 73, and Middle East 36. The U.S.A.A.F. lost 140 in Europe, but destroyed 247 Axis. In Italy, etcetera, the Axis lost 182, in Europe 61, Britain 13, and Middle East 13. TRANS-ATLANTIC TERMINAL. IN BRITAIN INSTEAD OF EIRE. RUGBY, Dec. 1. The Secretary for Air (Sir Archibald Sinclair), in the Commons, was asked whether, in the development of post war civil aircraft, he would consider an airport for trans-Atlantic transport in England and not in Eire, in view of the latter’s attitude to the Allied war effort. He replied that there was. not the slightest doubt about the need for terminal airport facilities in Britain after the war.