Washington, July 11. Government's official announcement yesterday that the United States produced 1,476 warplanes during June for Great Britain and the United States Army and Navy created widespread satisfaction inthe capital, and reliable private sources said. that the combined United States and British production "without a question" now exceeds the German output.
This source, who has access to the best information available on world-wide aircraft production, said that Germany's potential output undoubtedly exceeded that of the democracies but said that reliable reports disclosed Germany was encountering -increasing production difficulties, chiefly of an organizational type.
The potential Nazi monthly production was estimated to be between 3,000 and 3,600 combat craft, but equal production was said to be considerably below this figure, On the: other hand, the British and the United States each are now produc~ about 1,00 planes monthly and this gute 18 increasing constantly, Still More Shortly, Conservative estimates place the United States production at 1,000 planes by December, while some unofficial sources estimated produetion would reach 2,000 a month by October, British production un~ doubtedly has increased since the Interruption of the German "all out" raids on Britain during which considerable industrial damage was inflicted, og the British admitted.
'Among the factors hampering German' production, according this "source, were:
1, The growing shortage of cer tain essential materials:
2, The shortage of skilled labour 8, Increasing difficulties in ce: ordinating production.
According to reports received by the source, Germany was obtaining very limited production from her conquered nations.
Some military experts believed thay regardless of the outcome of the hostilities on the eastern front, Great Britain will be far stronger inthe alr in comparison with the Axis powers than ever before.
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