NEW BOMBERS FOR BRITAIN
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received November 26, 1.45 a.m.) WASHINGTON, November 25. It is learned that the Navy Is permitting Britain to take the first deliveries of the new type Consolidated PBY-5 long-range patrol bombers nowcoming off the San Diego assembly lines. The decision involves no formal trade such as the recent army deal. There will be consolidated assembling of 400 bombers on twin lines, half for the United States and half for Britain, Australia and Canada. However, a shortage of wings has prevented the continuous operation of both assembly lines, hence it has been arranged that Britain shall receive all ’planes until the wing supply is corrected. Costed at 100,000 dollars each, the machines are reputed to have a cruising range of 4000 miles.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21821, 26 November 1940, Page 5
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128NEW BOMBERS FOR BRITAIN Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21821, 26 November 1940, Page 5
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