Britain Should Build Own Bombing Planes
LONDON, March 6
In the House of Commons, Mr Mitchell, in a speech, said: “It is unfortunate that Britain, which builds the best bombers in the world should have agreed with the Americans that during the war America should concentrate on heavier aircraft while Britain should concentrate on fighters. “The results of such agreement must be obvious to everyone. At the end of the war we will find ourselves with an enormous tighter fleet which will be completely useless, while the Americans will have a large number of transport planes which arc of vital importance to them in achieving predominant civil flying. “However generously America may continue to help us with their magnificent machines, I cannot believe that wc can plan our own commercial air fleet of the future on a sound basis unless we build transport machines ourselves.”
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Northern Advocate, 8 March 1943, Page 3
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