AEROPLANE DEAL
PURCHASES IN AMERICA 600 MACHINES FOR FRANCE COST OF 60,000,000 DOLLARS (Received February 15, 11.30 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 The French Embassy announced that the French air mission has purchased over 500 new military aeroplanes from the United States, besides 100 ordered last year.
The companies involved are the Douglas, Curtis, Glen Martin' and North American. The prices were not announced, but it is understood the total is over 60,000,000 dollars.
The French Air Ministry has ordered an additional 115 light bombers from the United States.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23273, 16 February 1939, Page 13
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