SUPER-BOMBERS
SPECIAL PURPOSE GRANTS SPEED OVER 350 MILES AN HOUR NEW YORK, May 18 Super-bombers capable of cruising faster than 350 miles an hour at an altitudp of over 35,000 feet, with a bomb load greatly exceeding the present loads, are coming off the production lines, says BrigadierGeneral Haynes, commanding general of the First Bomber Command, writing in the International Aviation Year Book. He adds that these bombers will soon be in operation. Their mission will be more strategical than tactical. Their range will be utilised to strike at the enemy’s resources and economy, to destroy industrial production and communications, and to demoralise the civilian population. The targets will be both area and precision. Inclement weather will help rather than hinder their operations.
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Waikato Times, Volume 194, Issue 22353, 20 May 1944, Page 5
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