British Plane Output Equals Germany’s
(Independent Cable Service.) (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 12
Tile output of British aeroplanes now is 750 a month, and it equalled that of Germany for September. The Secretary of State for Air, Sir Kingsley Wood, in an interview with a representative of the “Daily Express/’ said: “It is a different picture to-day. Thanks to the efforts of many, both in and out of the Air Ministry, aircraft production is going on at an ever-increasing pace.
“There are large sources of production which have not yet come into activity. Lord Nuffleld's factory, for example.” According to schedule, Britain should possess by March, 1940, 2370 first-line aeroplanes, necessitating a total many times greater. One of the most important developments in augmented .armament was speed and load capacity.
Sir Kingsley denied that the latest bombers out-moded the Spitfires and Hurricanes, which, he said, would continue to be produced.
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Northern Advocate, 13 June 1939, Page 6
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