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AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE TOTAL OF 212 PLANES ( PERSONNEL TO BE RAISED BY 900 1 e [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright] J Received Reb. 13, 5.5 p.m. ? MELBOURNE, Feb. 13. The Prime Minister, Mr. J. A. Lyons, announced that Australia’s H first-line air strength will be ini' - creased to 212 planes, and that I 900 more men will be added to the air personnel in the next ’ three years. 3 ■ At present, he said, the first-line strength was 132 machines. The full strength of the force could not be . revealed, but the progress in building r it up was ahead of schedule.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 37, 14 February 1939, Page 7
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