Huge Distance Flown
(British Official Wireless.) Received Monday, 7 p.ia. RUGBiT, April 19. Speaking to his constituency in Dundee, Mr. Dingle Foot, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry ot Economic Warfare, said aircraft of the R.A.F. and Coastal Command had flown more than 50,000,000 miles during the war and during the past two years had escorted 7000 convoys by making 5900 operational sorties.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 93, 21 April 1942, Page 5
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62Huge Distance Flown Manawatu Times, Volume 67, Issue 93, 21 April 1942, Page 5
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