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PACIFIC WAR

general brett confident TRIBUTE TO AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN. BEST AMERICAN PLANES IN USE. (Bv Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) SYDNEY, May 31. General Brett, CommandeGin-Chief of the Allied Air Forces in the SouthWest Pacific, in an interview at an-un-disclosed operational base, said Australian squadrons were being equipped ■with, and Australian pilots were being trained in the . latest high-speed American • aircraft, so that they could ■take their places in the first line of battle. In-a tribute to men at present engaged in actual operations against the enemy. General Brett said: “Those lads are doing a fine job. They are the heart of the whole show.” General Brett expressed confidence in the ultimate outcome of the war over New Guinea. He pointed out that we were still maintaining a three to one advantage over the enemy in losses on the ground and in the air. “We shall continue to hammer the enemy wherever he tries to establish himself,” General Brett added.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 June 1942, Page 4

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PACIFIC WAR Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 June 1942, Page 4

PACIFIC WAR Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 June 1942, Page 4

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