The Air Ministry has planned to place a large order for high-performance, long range twin-engine pursuit planes of entirely new type which, the "Daily Telegraph" considered, would be a most important addition to Britain's fighting plane strength.
Britain's regular air force at present consists of approximately 5,800 trained pilots and 1,830 men under instruction, the "Daily Telegraph" revealed. There are also 3,800 pilots trained and under training as Royal Air Force reserves. This number excludes the Civil Guard which possesses 1400 qualified "a" license pilots and 3,800 pupils under instruction. Thus the total number of pilots who may shortly be qualified for military duties already approaches 10,000, the "Daily Telegraph" asserted—United Press, U.S. Warcraft Sent To Britain The average population on the African continent is given as five persons per square kilo-
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