NEW PLANES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24423, 8 October 1940, Page 7

NEW PLANES

THE RAF. AMAZING MACHINES IMMEDIATE USE INTENSIFIED OFFENSIVE (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph -Copyright) LONDON. Oct. 6. (Received Oct. 7. at 9 p.iri.) The Daily Mail says powerful new bombers are now being produced in great numbers and an amazing new long-range fighter is likely to be used in the immediate future for a greatly intensified offensive over Germany. The range of the, new bomber will enable our pilots ■ “to sit over” Berlin much * longer than they have been able hitherto, while the new fighter, which is a really astonishing machine, will enable the R.A.F. to carry out winter daylight raids over the Channel. The descriptions of ’their Impres■ions and. expressions of opinion which two fighter flight-commanders broadcast on Sunday evening were listened-to with interest by the general public, who are more or less passive participants in the “ Battle of Britain.” ■ - Measure of Luftwaffe -/■ ■One -flight-commander. . who has hve , ‘Germah; : airfct , aft to his credit, said: “ My pilots, as well as those of the rest of, the Fighter Command, are probably even more full of fight now than previously, because we have been at grips with the Luftwaffe in so many circumstances that we have come to know its measure. It is the measure of a bully and everypne likes to paste a bully. But, speaking of the. Luftwaffe at large, I know that, whatever its strength in numbers, it will never succeed in effectively damaging this country’s war effort. The day will come soon, I hope, when, there will be a British fighter in the air for every German aircraft. T', do - not believe scores will stay to fight. V If they do stay, there will be few who will live to fight another day.” This pilot was followed by a flight-lieutenant of the Australian Air Force, who comes from Brisbane. “I agree entirely,” he said, “ that if the British squadrons can keep up their present punch—and they will—it will be a sad day for Germany when we get anything approaching equality in numbers.”