The Archive · 1939

Invincible Empire Air Force

Training Scheme in Canada Beginning Soon; German Planes Fly Over Britain; West Front Remains Quiet

Ottawa, Nov. 21.

ULL details of the Empire air training scheme will be settled within the next (we days, it is authoritatively learned here today. The Australian and New Zealand missions are expected Leave for home on Thursday, following their discussions with other Dominion representatives.

The training programme will be Jaunched within the next few weeks, but it will take three years to reach the maximum output of 25,000 airmen annually. It is predicted, however, that the Empire will have an invincible air force within a year. A formal agreement has already been drafted and copies cabled by the missions to their respective Governments, ~—Reuter.

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