"Limits of Range"
London. Mar. 7.
The Royal Air Force's claim to "mastery of the daylight air" will be re-emphasized in the coming days with the help of new types of planes which will also enable the extension of this mastery from Britain to the limit of their range in occupied {era ritory.
The R. A F. fighter command is being strengthened for its new offensive role with a new single-seat fighter equip" ped with an engine whose power is double that of the original Spitfire.
This is a Hawker Tornado with a 2,000-horsepower Rolls-R engine. No details of the Tornados performance or armament have been released but it may be taken to be one of the hardest-hitting and fastest planes in the world.
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