TRANSPORT BY AIR
SUPPLIES , FOR AMERICA (Rec. 11 p.m.) RUGBY. June 17. Over 5000 tons of material, more than a third of which was British or Russian, was carried by air into the United States in the first quarter:Pf‘'this year, according to a ‘ Washington message. The in-bound. cargo included materials imported by ’ air all the way or materials given priority part of the way by air. Most were flown from China to India and then shipped to the United States, Britain, or Russia. United States planes gave priority for transportation to materials which were required by Britain, and received in return priority dn British planes where American planes do not operate. Materials from' Sweden Turkey, arid South Africa have been flown part of the way to America in British planes.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25565, 19 June 1944, Page 6
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