SOVIET’S AIM
WORLD’S STRONGEST AIR. FLEET.
LONDON, November 1
The Soviet leaders aim to make the Russian air fleet the most powerful in the world. Already the Red Army s air forces include ten brigades and twenty autonomous groups of twelve machines each, three brigades and two autonomous .groups of nine pursuit ’.planes each, two bombing brigades, a training brigade, and seventeen reconnoitring groups of six machines each.
To these must be added the navy s air fleet, of fifty seaplanes in the Bailie, three groups in the Black Sea, consisting of 105 seaplanes, and twelve groups of observation ’planes. Besides the crews 'already manning this •n-eat air fleet, 5000 pilots and mechanics are undergoing training in aviation schools.
This estimate does not include the many schools of tho civilian aeronautic?! organisations, which are expected to supply large numbers of air combatants in the event of hostilities.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 November 1932, Page 7
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