EMPIRE AIR SCHEME.
TRAINING IN AUSTRALIA. (British Official Wireless.) BUGBY, April 12. The first batch of officers and airmen from the R.A.F. have arrived in Australia from England and more are expected soon to assist in the training of air crews under the Empire air scheme. They are specialists in the various branches of service aviation including armament, .photography, and engineering. R.A.F. instructors will bc°assigned to the new air schools established in Australia and to technical schools. Australia has undertaken to train 50,000 men under the scheme. About half will be pilots, gunners wireless operators and observers and the remainder ground personnel.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 116, 15 April 1940, Page 8
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102EMPIRE AIR SCHEME. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 116, 15 April 1940, Page 8
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