THE AIR ARM OF THE BRITISH NAVY.— A Hawker Osprey seaplane, taking off in a choppy sea, sends up a cloud of spray before leaving the water during exercises in the Mediterranean. It is a type of plane that can also be released from the deck of a warship by catapult. This branch of the fighting services, known as the Fleet Air Arm, is well catered for by the British Government s defence programme, and in a recently-issued White Paper it was revealed that another 250 machines were to be built.
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Southland Times, Issue 23178, 20 April 1937, Page 8
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91THE AIR ARM OF THE BRITISH NAVY.—A Hawker Osprey seaplane, taking off in a choppy sea, sends up a cloud of spray before leaving the water during exercises in the Mediterranean. It is a type of plane that can also be released from the deck of a warship by catapult. This branch of the fighting services, known as the Fleet Air Arm, is well catered for by the British Government s defence programme, and in a recently-issued White Paper it was revealed that another 250 machines were to be built. Southland Times, Issue 23178, 20 April 1937, Page 8
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