The Archive · 1940

US. Making 1000

Planes a Month

More Than Half of Total Production for Britain Washington, Nov. 23.

All types of military planes are being produced at the rate of approximately 1,000 a month in the United States, authoritative source: said here yesterday.

Considerably more than half of the production is going to Great Britair s rapidly as the planes come of assembly lines and are ready for de. rivery, informed sources said.

The output of medium bombers har increased appreciably and has reached "quantity production."

Army officials declined to give ex ret production figures on the grounds hat they are military secrets—United Press.

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