London, July 10.
The latest of the R-A.F/s family of ¡big bombers is now ready for action, {it is learned here. The machine in Question is a development of the original Flying Fortress put out by the Boeing Aircraft factory in the United States, and it is hoped here that it will be the first of a new series of heavy bombing craft.
'An agency correspondent recently inspected a number of these giant planes at a Ministry of Aircraft Production assembly station, where the first 20 are being assembled for immediate action. Judging by' the verdict of a very experienced pilot at the assembly station, the correspondent reports, these new planes are going to be among the foremost of the Bomber Command. In the words of this pilot, the Flying Fortress "is a grand ship with absolutely no vices,"
A number of Liberators, another type of giant aircraft, are also re-sported to be ready for action. These, like the Flying Fortresses, are capable of carrying heavy bomb loads great distances at a height of several miles above the earth.—Reuter.
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