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FAST BRITISH FIGHTERS NEW BOMBING PLANES (Reed. Mar. 11, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Mar. 10. The Minister for Air, Sir Kingsley Wood, replying to the debate on the air estimates in the House of Commons, said the Air Ministry had received requests for Hawker Hurricanes and Supermarine Spitfires from all parts of the world. Pie added that bombers of even better and faster types would be coming shortly.
The Air Ministry was satisfied that the present multi-gun fighters are capable of shooting down any type of bomber.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19885, 11 March 1939, Page 5
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