ROYAL AIR FORCE
EXPANSION PROGRESS SATISFACTORY RECRUITING 26 NEW SQUADRONS FORMED [British Official Wireless] RUGBY, Sept. 16. Twenty-six new squadrons—twentythree in the regular service and three auxiliary—have now been added to the strength of the Royal Air Force under the terms of the expansion plan announced by the Government in May last year. Three of these have been formed during the past month. Fortythree more units must be added to bring up the strength of the Metropolitan Air Force to the 123 squadrons then proposed. A further extension to 129 squadrons, backed by full war reserves and representing a vast augmentation of the striking power of the service, was outlined in a White Paper on defence published early in March this year. Thirteen special civil flying training schools where initial tuition for yoang pilots is given have been created. Men are joining the service in satisfactory numbers and quality. Between April, 1935, and the end of March this year the force took on 940 pliots and just under 15,000 airmen. Since Aprii 1 a further 900 pilots and large numbers of airmen have joined.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 221, 18 September 1936, Page 7
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184ROYAL AIR FORCE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 221, 18 September 1936, Page 7
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