BIGGER BOMBERS
AMERICAN MACHINES MORE RAPID PRODUCTION FLEET OF DREADNOUGHTS WASHINGTON, Apl. 30. A spokesman for the American aircraft industry reported to the United States Chamber of Commerce that, according to the best obtainable estimates, half the United States aeroplane production, plus Britain's output, now exceeds the total plane production of the Axis Powers. The total production of the United States this year will be 18,000 and next year 30,000. The Air Department has awarded a 43,000,000 dollar contract for planes and parts to the Douglas Aircraft Company. This is believed to presage the development of a fleet of 70-ton aerial dreadnoughts, approximately twice the size of the army's present biggest bombers.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24596, 2 May 1941, Page 5
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