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 Mghting plane strength, Britain's regular air force at pre~ sent consists of approximately §,600 trained pilots and. 1.890 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 pos: esses 1.400 qualified "a" license pilots and 3,800 pupils under instruetion, Thus the total number of pilots who may shortly be qualmed for military duties already approaches 10,000, the "Daily Telegraph" serted—United Press, Minister, this morning.
"T feel bound to make it plain that the solidarity of interests wherein France and this country are united"is such that any threat to the vital Interests of France from whatever quarter it came, must evoke the immediate ce-operation of this, country," he said.
"The British Government are in complete accord with the view expressed by M. Georges Bonnet, the French Foreign Minister, that in ease of war all the forces of Great Britain would be at the disposal of U.S. Wareraft Sent To Britain Son Pedro, Cal, Jam, 20, Fourteen military planes purchased by the British Government were shipped to Liverpool In tHe s8. Loch Avon today. The machines wore part of an order for 200 such craft placed pth the Lockheed "Aireratt "Co.—
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