COLONIAL GIFTS
ASCENDANCY IN SKIES (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, July 1 Everything connected with the fleet of heavy bombers and Spitfires will as far as possible be colonial. It will have colonial commanders and the machines will be manned by colonial pilots and gunners. Colonial newspapers from Singapore to Trinidad have raised more than £500,000 and as the funds continue to grow more and more aeroplanes will be forthcoming to help establish Britain’s numerical ascendancy in the skies.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21155, 3 July 1940, Page 8
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80COLONIAL GIFTS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21155, 3 July 1940, Page 8
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