Mass Naval Plane Flight is Advanced to Next Month San Diego, Dec. 29.
The Navy to-day was rushing plans to convert Pearl Harbour, Hawaii into an impregnable American outpost.
al authorities advanced the departure date of twelve new giant patrol bombers for Hawaii to "about -January" and also hinted the mass flight might involve eighteen planes.
Officials stressed the fact that no official date had yet been set for the flight and refused to discuss whether the advanced date was a result of th crisis in the Far East. They indicated they possibly would send an additional six bombers because of their desire to equip the Hawaiian squadrons of "flying fortresses" with spare planes as rapidly as they can be constructed.
The flight of eighteen giant bombers to Hawaii would be the largest mass flight in American na tory and would include a personnel! of at lest 120 men.—United Press.
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