AIRCRAFT CONSTRUCTION
AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTION MANAGER APPOINTED. (Reed. June 28, 9 a.m.) MELBOURNE, June 28. Mr. Harold W. Clapp, chairman of the Victorian railway commissioners, has been appointed as general manager of the Commonwealth's aircraft construction undertaking for a term of five years at a salary of £4OOO yearly. In announcing the appointment last night the Minister for Supply, Mr. R. G. Casey, said that the Commonwealth was fortunate in obtaining the services of Mr. Clapp. Mr. Clapp will control the production of Bristol Beaufort fighting planes, which the Commonwealth intends to manufacture for the Royal Australian Air Force.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19975, 28 June 1939, Page 5
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