BRITISH AIR SERVICE
XORD DERBY'S COIjNSEJ
LONDON. Felt, id
Discussing the air menace. Lord Dea-by.iopea.led to the. newspapers not to unduly'agitate the public mind regarding" &v: raids, because of the effect such ngitation wa;; likely to have on thb British airmen.
"It is not true that the British a-eoroplane coivnr.anclers have sent- up their . men ■ midcr atmosphere or other 'or.dit.ions of ihe' greatest eiangor,'.' Lord Derby declaied, "but H the iie\vspt«i>ers are not careful .public opinion will force these cominandris. J-or fear that it might be r.;iid that tJicy w.fre doing: nothing, to bake ■action Ihey would not otherwise take. Moreover, if the public h always decrying, our aeroplanes, the airmen will lose confidence in their machines.1'
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Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 87, 12 April 1916, Page 8
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117BRITISH AIR SERVICE Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 87, 12 April 1916, Page 8
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