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Aviation History
1940
1940 - 1510.PDF
MAY 23, 1940 lipii31 Fairey Battles, which have given such excellent service in the field, awaiting attention. a high degree of self-discipline and now, under almost con- tinuous attacks, our aircraft must be serviced, repaired, and kept airworthy. As in the 1914-1918 war, the highest confidence is placed by the flying personnel in the ground staff who keep them in the air; were it not so the efficiency of the Royal Air Force as a whole would be seriously impaired. (Above) Re-equipping a machine with a fresh supply of oxygen. Cylinders of oxygen must be carried on any operation involving a height of 20,000 ft. or over. (Left) Come rain come snow, ten hour, twenty hour or one hundred andtwenty hour inspections must be carried out.
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