THE GERMAN AIR FORCE
HUGE NUMBER OF PLANES HUNDRED THOUSAND PILOTS LONDON, July 10. (Received July 11, at 2 a.m.) The Evening Standard says Dr Eckhart, leader of the Hungarian Opposition Party, stated that the German general staff informed the Hungarian general staff that the German Air Force now has 34,000 machines. The Hungarians accept this figure, but point out that it contains many obsolete and training machines. Hungary believes that Germany possesses 100,000 pilots, many of them only part trained.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23857, 11 July 1939, Page 9
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