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| Picture No | 10652625 |
| Date | 1940 |
| Description | Number of planes needed to land 1000 men by G. H. Davis |
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The enormous number of planes needed to land even 1000 men in Britain by air. A schematic drawing showing the fleet of aircraft needed to carry even 1000 men for an aerial invasion, and convey their light howitzers, stores, ammunition, motorcycles and cycles. With accompanying parachute troops, dive bombers, heavy bombers, and fighter escort they total nearly 150 machines.
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| Source | Illustration by George Horace Davis in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 22 June 1940, pp834-5 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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