WELL TRIED OUT
AND FOUND EXCELLENT AMERICAN MARYLAND BOMBERS. SERVICE IN WESTERN DESERT. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This, Day. 12.5 p.m.) RUGBY. August 15. In the few months for which they have been operating in the Western Desert, under most gruelling conditions, the Glenn Martin Maryland aircraft have proved their striking power and shown their capabilities not only as bomber and reconnaissance aircraft, but also as escorts and fighters, states the Air Ministry news service. A South African officer commanding a bomber squadron flying Marylands—a squadron which has had considerable experience with this speedy American bomber for several months—said: “The aircraft stood up to the conditions of the Desert extremely well and surprised even American observers who came cut to check them over with experts. Despite sand and heat, the engines behaved perfectly.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 August 1941, Page 6
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133WELL TRIED OUT Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 August 1941, Page 6
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