"LA New Competition In the telegram dated January 30, in which it was announced that a "British China Squadron" of RAF, Hurricane fighters is being formed asa result of the contribution of £102,000 from British communities in China, it wag ported that the Ministry of Alreraft Produe-Hon stated:— suitable emblem to be carried on each machine. For this ose the Committee of the Voluntary war con= tribution Fund invite Britons to send in their suggestions for a such a device. There will be no prize given for the design which the Com~ mittee deems best, the competitor being re~ warded by the knowledge that his design will be adopted by the squadron, which in itself would indeed be a great honour. The Committee of the fund will be the judges to decide which is the best effort submitted. Competitors should, however, remember that it will be Impossible to use the Chinese dragon and designs embodying that particular device: will not, be considered. There are plenty of other typical Chinese forms which can be utilized so that the banning of the dragon from designs should create no particular hardship, and indeed make 4 greater test of the competitor's ingenuity. Tt fse needs to be emphasized that the British China Squadron will consist of Hurricanes and not Spitfires, so that the emblems which the latter name suggests will not prove applicable. Probably the greatest desideratum will prove to be simplicity of design, for the simpler and bolder it is the more it should commend Itself to those who will like the enemy to know that the British community in China La wholeheartedly behind the Mother Country and the Empire in this ght for the rights of Democracy. Most devices which have up to the present appeared on British aeroplanes have been painted on the side of the fuselage, and. for this reason it is suggested that competitors should confine their efforts to pictorial devices which might even take the shape of an essay into heraldry, though of course without the dragon, The real test of the successful entry will undoubtedly be its complete appropriate ness, and It should not be difeult to design something which will be symbolic of the source from which the machines who carry it have come, This competition is not merely for those who have some ability with the pencil and the paintbrush, though they will undoubtedly have somewhat of an advantage, for what is wanted fig the best idea and It may very well prove that it ie not an artistic entry which will gain the day but the best suggestion which can later be put into shape by capable draftsman. Entries. should be sent to the Editor, "North-China Daily News" OMe, Shanghai, in covers bearing the inscription "British Crina Squadron Competition" by March 7 which will be the closing date of the competition.
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