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       All   this   to…day。   To…morrow   the   Handley   Page   and   Gotha   may   be 

occupying their respective niches in the museum of aerial antiquities; and 

we may be all agog over the aerial passenger service to the United States 

of America。 

     For   truly;   in   the   science   of   aviation   a  day   is   a   generation;   and   three 

months   an   eon。   When   the   coming   of   peace   turns   men's   thoughts   to   the 

development   of   aeroplanes   for   commerce   and   pleasure   voyages;   no   one 

can foretell what the future may bring forth。 

     At the time of writing; air attacks are still being directed upon London。 

But   the   enemy   find   it   more   and   more   difficult   to   penetrate   the   barrage。 

Sometimes         a  solitary    machine      gets    through。     Frequently      the   whole 

squadron of raiding aeroplanes is turned back at the coast。 

     As for the military advantage the Germans have derived; after nearly 

four years of attacks by air; it may be set down as practically nil。 In raid 

after   raid   they   missed   their   so…called   objectives   and   succeeded   only   in 

killing noncombatants。 Far different were the aim and scope of the British 

air offensives into Germany and into country occupied by German troops。 

Railway   junctions;   ammunition   dumps;   enemy   billets;   submarine   bases; 

aerodromesthese were the targets for our airmen; who scored hits by the 

simple but dangerous plan of flying so low that misses were almost out of 

the question。 

     〃Make sure of your objective; even if you have to sit upon it。〃 Thus is 

summed up; in popular parlance; the policy of the Royal Flying Corps and 

Royal   Naval Air   Service。 And   if   justification   were   heeded   of   this   strict 

limitation     of   aim;   it  will   be  found     in  the   substantial    military    losses 



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inflicted   upon   the   enemy   results   which   would   never   have   been   attained 

had our airmen dissipated their energies on non…military objectives for the 

purpose of inspiring terror in the civil population。 



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