The United States Navy staged one of its greatest aerial defence demonstrations toda: planes began of which is the most ambitious ever undertaken in the his Forty-eight giant ers" reported they were passing over Magdalena Bay at 1 p.m. today after taking off from here en route to Cocosola, Nineteen Navy amphibians meanwhile took off for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Both flights will join in the comined Atlantic and Pacific feet manoeuvres now proceeding in the Caribbean in which 160 warships, several hundred planes and more than 120,000 men will take part before the end of the month.
The flight of the 68 bombers represents the largest number of planes ever to participate in a Navy mass lit. The planes will cover 3,000 miles over which six surface shi have been anchored to give assistance ired. The giant planes are ore than 300 officers and l follow a fleet of more than 100 warships southward.
The mass flight is part of the annual manœuvres and exercises and consequently is being conducted with considerable secrecy. The manœuvres are being held in the Atlantic for the first time in five years in what has been interpreted in some quarters as a warning against European political or military aggression in the Western Hemisphere—United Pre:
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