AMERICAN PLANES
SPLENDID PERFORMANCE. ENTHUSIASTIC APPROVAL OF R.A.F, (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, December 4. The Royal Air Force is enthusiastic about the performance of the United States aircraft it is now using. These have fought • their way successfully through many operations, particularly in the Middle East. It was American aircraft which was responsible for taking the Taranto photographs. The responsibility given to American planes has been no surprise to members of the R.AF., who have learnt to regard with real affection the Lockheed Hudsons, which are proving of such valuable aid in British raids from Norway to the Bay of Biscay. With regard to the American fighter types which have been in station, the R.A.F. has been greatly impressed by the fine work done by the Curtiss Hawke in France against the German Messerschmitt. In fact, the success of the French Air Force in shooting down twice as many German aircraft as they themselves lost was largely due to the Curtiss, which was responsible for the destruction of one in every three German aircraft brought down.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 December 1940, Page 6
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176AMERICAN PLANES Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 December 1940, Page 6
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