AIR POWER TUG-OF-WAR
ALLIED ADVANTAGE AT PRESENT.
P.A. Cable.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.
"The European theatre will remain an air theatre until we have secured superiority over the German air force and paralysed German aircraft production," Captain Rickenbacker reported to the War Department after a survey trip of the European front. He added that the total German air force does not exceed 4700 combat planes, of which a very small percentage are bombers. It would nevertheless be a mistake to conclude that Nazi air power is aecreasing. He explained that while British and American bombers may
have crippled German aircraft production, the Germans may be working feverishly on new-design planes in order to offset the air superiority which is at present defmitely on the Allies' side. "The trend is entirely in our favour, and unquestionably we will win the war — the only question is how soon?" he declared. "We are bound to suffer losses, even great losses, before the conquest of Germany is completed."
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 245, 17 October 1942, Page 5
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163AIR POWER TUG-OF-WAR Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 245, 17 October 1942, Page 5
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