The most competent air quarters, although admitting that the success of the Royal Air Force in many ways exceeded the most optimistic expectations, emphasized that the air war has not yet been won. Germany is building planes at the rate of at least 60 a day to replace losses they said, and the "ruthless outlook of the Nazi leaders" presages a steady intensification of the attacks, At the end of the first weel blitzkrieg air circles were more confident than ever of the eventual outcome of the air war. They pointed out that while Germany concentrated on the mass production of enormous numbers of planes, the superior British aircraft construction. coupled with the better training of pilots, was bound to tell. when the time comes for the Royal Air Force to carry out a general offensive in enemy territory.
Warning that last week's German air attacks would probably be a prelude to an attempt to invade the British Isles, the "Sunday Times," in an editorial yesterday, commented that "this likelihood' is worth attending to because, while taking heart and courage from the R.AF.'s glorious prowess, we must not yet count our chickens as though they were hatched.
"The severest ordeals may still lie ahead..." the newspaper said. "The situation calls for high moral dis cipline and ready self sacrifice.'"—United Press.
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