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ARMY AIR CORPS

PARACHUTE & GLIDER TROOPS. RELATIONS WITH R.A.F. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) RUGBY, March 25. The Army Air Corps, the formation of which was announced yesterday, is for the present composed of Army personnel, trained as glider pilots. Their job is to ferry troops into action in the same manner as the Army Service Corps: These pilots are to serve in the new glider pilot regiment—the first regiment of the Army Air Corps. At the same time it is stated that an airborne division has been formed, composed of parachutists and airborne troops, the latter trained to operate in either gliders or troop-carrying aircraft. All power-driven aircraft engaged with the Airborne Division remain in the R.A.F. and there is no intention of forming a separate air force under the Army. The Army’s needs in aircraft are provided by the Army Cooperation Command of the R.A.F.

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19420326.2.43

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 March 1942, Page 4

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150

ARMY AIR CORPS Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 March 1942, Page 4

ARMY AIR CORPS Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 March 1942, Page 4

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