BRITAIN’S AIR ARM

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19633, 20 July 1935, Page 7

BRITAIN’S AIR ARM

DEFENCE EXERCISES. TO BEGIN ON MONDAY. i COMPREHENSIVE MANOEUVRES. (Omcial Wireless.) (Received July 20, 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, July 19. The annual -air defence exercises were begun on Monday evening with a raid by day-bombers belonging to ' the Southland forces, on London, j which will be defended by fighters of j the Northland forces. J . The operations in which over 370 aircraft (comprising day and night bombers, and single-seater and twoseater fighters), will take part, will bo carried out in two main phases, the first lasting 14 hours and the second commencing on Tuesday evening and continuing over 60 hours, during which there will be one period of 48 hours of continuous exercises. The daylight raid on Monday will be followed by a night attack,' in which the latest types of bombers will be used. All the main targets will be in the London area since the exercises, as in former years, are concerned with the problem of the air defence of the capital;

The ground organisation of the defence, which includes- anti-aircraft batteries, searchlights and sound detecting apparatus, will be strengthened by territorial units.