Lord Nuffeld's factory, which has received an order for 1,000 fighter planes, is not yet complete, while Lord Austin's "Birmingham' works are building "bathe" bombers on a smaller scale than the plants could actually produce. Actual production figures are most secret, but at least two firms have completed big contracts ahead of schedule, while se eral others have butt more planes than the Air Ministry thought poss ble under peacetime conditions, the "Dally Herald" said.
The Daily Telegraph" aviation correspondent said the output of military planes in Britain has nearly quadrupled during the past twelve months and now exceeds 400 each month, which is within a measurble distance of equalling Germany's rate of production.
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