London, May 5.
"The strength of Britain is indeed the key to the peace of the world," declared Sir Kingsley Wood, the Air Minister, speaking today at the opening of the Guernsey Airport.
"We possess today," he declared. "an Air Force which, in spirit and determination, is unrivalled in the world. The response to recent appeals for officers and men has been truly magnificent.
"Last week, over 1000 men joined the Air Force alone, this figure being three times the figure for the corresponding period last year. Some 15,000 men will be required this year. and I have no doubt that they will be forthcoming.
As a rest! of being ahead of schedule, Sir Kingsley went on, there had recently been placed "considerable additional orders" for aircraft, which would be delivered in the course of the present year.
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