FIGHTING PLANES
INCREASE IN BRITISH STRENGTH since outbreak of war. STATEMENT BY MINISTER. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. February 9. In the House of Commons the Air Minister. Sir Kingsey Wood, was asked for a statement on effective frontline fighter strength in view of the nearing prospect of a mass air attack on shipping and ports. Sir Kingsley replied: "I can certainly assure the House that a considerable increase has been made in the effective strength of the fighter squadrons since the outbreak of war." He declined, on grounds of public interest, to disclose whether the Nuffield factory had reached the stage of regular output.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 February 1940, Page 6
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104FIGHTING PLANES Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 February 1940, Page 6
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