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of fact we had a good many naval operations over in the North Sea which were very, very close to the airdromes, and if you could operate at 200 or 300 miles you could have covered the whole thing. Now, especially the battle of Jutland. as far as my information goes aviation didn't enter as much in the battle of Jutland as it is claimed it will enter in the next battle, and if it hasn't improved tremendously there is no reason why it shouldn't have taken part then?
A. To begin with, they didn't have the bombs for one thing; they didn't have the machines for the other. They hadn't foreseen. The whole development had been so fast they simply were not up to it. That is all. They had no big bombs. Their bombs could have done nothing against the ships anyhow.
Q. As I remember that, although the fleet was held up seven or eight days waiting for orders, and finally they did sail, and the German aircraft went out with them, and although they were around there the day after the battle they couldn't find the English fleet?
A. You mean the airships, zeppelins?
Q. Yes.
A. Yes, I know.
Q. May I state the reaction in my mind to what you have stated here? I liken all this to the barrage on land. As heavy as they could make the barrage on land in attack, we walked through it.