AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN
WAR ORGANISATION PLANS THREE THOUSAND TO BE TRAINED THIS YEAR. PRESERVATION OF IDENTITY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 12.25 p.m.) MELBOURNE. This Day. An assurance was given by the Minister for Air, Mr Fairbairn, who returned from London yesterday, that the identity of Australians serving overseas under the Empire air scheme would be preserved by the creation of a special pool in England, from which men would be drafted into Australian squadrons, under Australian officers. Mr Fairbairn said it would not be possible to enlist more than three thousand airmen and send them abroad this year. In 1941 and thereafter, however, recruits would be handled at a great rate. The first batch of air crews would leave for Britain well before the end of this year. Before leaving the crews would be fully trained on all types of machines.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 January 1940, Page 6
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142AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 January 1940, Page 6
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