World Battlefronts: Second Front: The Air

A significant U.S. military mission arrived in London this week. Leading it were Lieut. General Henry H. Arnold, Army Air Force Chief, and Rear Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the Navy's aeronautics bureau. U.S. pilots & planes had already arrived to bolster the R.A.F.'s second front in the air; now the nation's two air chiefs followed.

The mission emphasized what the British had just been telling newsmen: before long a raid by 300 R.A.F. planes is going to be a medium-sized show; soon the R.A.F. is going to send the bombers over 1,000 at...

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