GIANT FLYING BOATS
SQUADRON FOR BRITAIN EXPENDITURE ON DEFENCE. LONDON, October 29. Despite official disclaimers, the newspapers continue to forecast* big expenditure on defence. The Sunday Chronicle declares that the Air Force is building over 100 fighting planes equipped with machine guns, and a squadron of giant flying boats. The navy is contemplating a 1934 programme of 30 vessels, comprising six cruisers, two flotilla leaders, 16 destroyers, and six submarines.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22098, 31 October 1933, Page 9
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70GIANT FLYING BOATS Otago Daily Times, Issue 22098, 31 October 1933, Page 9
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