DEFENSIVE PLANES
GERMAN AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION SUICIDE ORDER TO PILOTS NEW YORK, Nov. 14. The Luftwaffe night fighters have been given a “ suicide order,” says the Stockholm correspondent of the New York Times. They must ram the enemy if they are unable to get him otherwise. The correspondent adds that reliable sources, in Sweden say that German aircraft production in 1943 has been concentrated on defensive planes. The tendency is increasing to leave to fighters the protection of important industrial centres instead of depending on anti-aircraft batteries. Germany’s difficulty now is to supply the thousands of pilots needed. The Luftwaffe schools, because of the shortage of fuel, turn out pilots with much shorter training. Germany’s air force has suffered the most losses, comparatively, of all the Reich forces, and the gaps are being filled with “ speedtrained men.” 1
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25384, 16 November 1943, Page 5
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