PURCHASE OF AIRCRAFT
FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS (British Official Wireless) (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) : / RUGBY.OcLC (Received Oct. 3, at 7,3 p. p.m.) T> ;; , . Further contributions. - to,.,’.the Cyprus Fighter Used by ;th'£ £234. The Gambia Spitfire Fund’s second contribution to the cost of-aircraft for Britain, is. £IOOO. The sum of £SOOO has been subscribed by the Kenya War and Welfare Fund for the relief of distress due to air raids in London., . - 'fekf::; From Nigeria a'further instalmbiit of £SOOO has been sent to the war fund. . ’ .> v ' : ■'
The Spitfire Fund organised among the British colony in Portugal has within a month raised £13,000, and it is expected that the fund will yield sufficient for. three Spitfires. The Maharaja Dhiraja' of Darbhanga has given two fighters to the. Bihar War Purposes Fund. One is a Spitfire for the 8.A.F., which,, if destroyed in action, will be replaced by the Maharaja. The second fighter is for the Indian Air Force...
The Maharaja of Morvi has given money for two Spitfires.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24420, 4 October 1940, Page 6
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