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London, Jan. 6.
The growth of the Royal Air Force on the Western Front has now reached a stage where the creation of a new Royal Air Force Command in France is expected to be announced, says Reuters special correspondent with the R.A.F. in France.
The Air Force here, he continues, at present consists of the two bodies in an air component which works directly with the Army and advanced units for direct, independent action against the Germans, sometimes called Britain's expeditionary air arm.
There is no doubt that the air com. ponent will continue to operate under the orders of Lord Gort, Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force. The present situation, however, under which the Bomber Com-advanced force in ce-operation with Lord Gort.—Reuter.
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