British Air Force Second to None
PLANS BEING EXCEEDED (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, April 21. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Air (Captain H. H. Balfour, speaking at Broadstairs, said: “This week we received statistics of aircraft, and I can say that the strength of the Royal Air Force to-day exceeds our plans. ’ ' Captain Balfour, in another speech, at Liverpool, said: “Although our Air Force is young it is second to none." They might ask, he proceeded, was ah well with the air defences of the country and the reply was: “We are never contented but wo are progressing satisfactorily. * * Captain Balfour mentioned that the balloon barrage scheme was not intended as a form of air raid protection for the civilian population but to protect vital industral targets by preVont ing selective bombing.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 97, 27 April 1939, Page 9
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