THE MIDDLE EAST
TRAINING AND COURAGE BRITISH ROYAL FLIERS CONTEMPT FOR ITALIANS (I'nltPd Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received August 20, 1 p.m.) LONDON, August 19 The Air Ministry spokesman said: The Royal Air Force in the Middle East made over 50 per cent more attacks than the Italians, with far fewer casualties. The Royal Air Force destroyed over 200 Italian planes. These results were obtained more by superior training and better courage than superior aircraft, the British pilots returning from battle possessing supreme contempt for the Italians. The Italians in Libya have about 530 planes, including 190 modern bombers and 120 fighters. The land force is about 250,000 whites and from 25.000 to 30,000 coloured men. In Dodecanese there are 30 fighters, 30 bombers and some seaplanes. In East Africa there are 170 aeroplanes, of which 25 per cent are fighters, and a land force of 200,000, including mechanised units.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21196, 20 August 1940, Page 5
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150THE MIDDLE EAST Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21196, 20 August 1940, Page 5
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