BRITAIN AND AMERICA
SUPPLIES OF AEROPLANES MAKING UP THE LOSSES EXPANSION OF OUTPUT (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 The Director-General of the British Purchasing Commission in the United States, Mr Arthur Purvis, conferred with the United States, Secretary for War, Mr H. L. Stimson. He said his visit did not involve an appeal for aeroplanes. British sources say that American aircraft factories are turning out aeroplanes for Britain at a rate sufficient to replace a quarter of the Royal Air Force losses. British production is more than making up the remainder of the losses. The Co-ordinator of Defence Production, Mr W. S. Knudsen, announced that the defence schedule, including aeroplanes for Britain, called for a peak production of 3000 aeroplanes monthly by July, 1942. By April, 1942, it was expected that a total of 33,000 aeroplanes would have been completed. Of these, 14,000 would go to Britain, while the remainder would be for American service.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21216, 12 September 1940, Page 9
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