The Archive · 1939

Planes from Italy

Rome, Dec, 7. It is admitted here that before the Soviet invasion, orders were received from Finland for 50 warplanes, These orders will be fulfilled as soon as possible, it is stated. It is likely the planes will have to be delivered overland by train, since flying them over German territory might cause a German-Soviet incident, The newspaper "Popolo d'Italit points out that most Finnish aircraft are built in Italy and most Finnish pilots trained in Italy.—Reuter,

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