MUNITIONS FOR CHINA
“ROOF OF THE WORLD” AIR ROUTE Recd. 7 p.m. Rugby, March 13. High above the Roof of the World and across vast mountain ranges heavy munitions of war are being flown from India to China. Regular services of giant freight planes transport vital materials through the skv lor delivery to the Chinese troops. Men, tod, are flown over the mountains to China, many scores of Chinese Air Force cadets, after training in America, having returned by this route to their own country. On the return flights raw materials are brought to India, including huge quantities of raw silk for transformation into parachutes.—B.O.W.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 61, 15 March 1943, Page 3
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