TWO-FRONT WAR IN AIR

Southland Times, Issue 24601, 25 November 1941, Page 5

TWO-FRONT WAR IN AIR

(8.0.W.) RUGBY, November 23. The Minister of Aircraft Production, Lieutenant-Colonel J. T. C. MooreBrabazon, broadcasting, said: “Aircraft today are bringing about the first ‘pincer movement’ against Germany. One arm of the pincers operates from Britain and the other arm from Russia with the machines—many of them British—flown by our Allies. Thus we are encircling the Hun. The twofront war against German territory—at present in the air—has started in real earnest.

“It is good news to hear how well the Russians fly and how good they are as mechanics. It is heartening to know that the maximum use is being made of what we produce. I can assure you our aircraft on the Russian Front are in worthy hands. The more they can get from us the better we shall be pleased as there is no one working today in our industry who does not want to help those who have so nobly helped themselves.

“It must always be remembered that until superiority is gained in the air none of our arms, be they of Army or Navy, can operate to the full limit of its own power. When the Royal Air Force and the Naval Air Service have that air superiority in equipment which it is our honour and responsibility to provide then—and not till then—will

the general defensive turn to a grand combined offensive and the final, sure and fatal stranglehold begin.”