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RANGE OF 4,000 MILES NEW TYPE IN AMERICA. BRITAIN TO TAKE FIRST DELIVERIES. IBy Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) WASHINGTON. November 25. It is learned that the Navy will permit Britain to take the first deliveries of the new type of Consolidated PBYS long-range patrol bombers that are now coming off the San Diego assembly lines. It involves no formal trade such as in the recent Army deal. Consolidated Aircraft are assembling 400 bombers on twin lines, half of them for the United States and half for Britain. Australia and Canada. However, a shortage of wings has prevented continuous operation on both the assembly lines and hence it has been arranged that Britain will receive all the planes till the wing supply is corrected. The bombers cost 100.000 dollars each and are reputed to have a cruising range of 4000 miles.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 November 1940, Page 5
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141POWERFUL BOMBER Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 November 1940, Page 5
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