DEFIANTS NEEDED.
Success Calls For Speed-Up In Production. LORD BEAVERBROOK'S URGE. (Reed. 2 p.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 26. Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Aircraft Production, telegraphed to the Government Director of Aircraft Factories: "I ask you to give us more Defiants. I impose on you the duty of increasing this output and speeding the delivery of these fighters. Use every resource to employ all energv to secure maximum production.
"The splendid work done by the Defiant Squadron in battle makes the manufacture of this aircraft a task of paramount importance in the defence of the country.
I rely on you now to pass this urgent message to subcontractors. On them depends the success of the Defiant programme."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 230, 27 September 1940, Page 8
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115DEFIANTS NEEDED. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 230, 27 September 1940, Page 8
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