THE NEXT GREAT WAR
WHAT BRITAIN CAN EXPECT. SHOWERS OF ENEMY BOMBS. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph- -Copyright.) LONDON, May 6, (Received May 8, at 0.15 a.m.) Three hundred tons of enemy bombs wilL be dropped on Britain during the next war, and this amount will probably be exceeded in a week, declared Air Vice-marshal Scarlett, commanding the air forces in the fighting area. Lecturing on air defence, he emphasised that the increasing speed and range of aircraft, correspondingly widening the area of attack in last year’s air exercises,’ proved that it would be impossible to prevent a proportion of a determined enemy’s raiders from reaching their objective. The only solution, therefore, was to be able to give their opponents a larger dose from the same bottle. _He urged those who wished to fly to join the auxiliary squadrons, as it was essential to build up a reserve of trained pilots and machines to replace the casualties, which would possibly be most numerous at the very start of hostilities.—United Service,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20711, 8 May 1929, Page 9
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