AIR BOMB MENACE
300 TONS A WEES. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). LONDON, May G. Three hundred tons of enemy bombs will be dropped on Britain in the next war. and this amount probably will -'be exceeded, in one week, dedlarecl ,Air Vice-Marshal Scarlett, commanding the-Air Forces in the fighting area, \/hen lecturing on air defence. He emphasised the increasing speed and range of aircraft, which was correspondingly widening the area of attack. Last year’s -air exercises, he said, had (proved that it would be impossible to prevent a proportion of determined enemy raiders from reaching their objective. The only solution, therefore, was to be able to give their opponents a larger dose front tho same bottle. He urged thoso who wished to fly, to join, the auxiliary squadrons, as it was essential to build up a reserve of trained pilots and mud lines to replace the casualties. which, wtould, pdsffibly bo most numerous at the very start oi hostilities.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 May 1929, Page 5
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