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men or material to fall back on, and even if at war strength and properly equipped, these little twenty-three airplanes would be put out of business in one encounter. A little dab of pursuit, such as this is, is even worse than if none at all were here, because it gives an impression to those unfamiliar with aviation that some offensive power can be exerted by these few airplanes and crews. It would be even more effective to station a couple of companies of infantry here with no artillery or auxiliaries to support them, because they could utilize the national guard and improvise to some extent units formed from the civil population. There is very little use in keeping any aviation here unless two pursuit groups of one hundred ships, with their complete personnel in men and equipment, are maintained here.
   There are two bombardment squadrons with a total of fifteen bombardment ships. These are the Martin Bombers, obsolescent in a way, but still a very effective ship, particularly at low altitudes. This equipment is in pretty good shape, except that the ships have no bomb hoists and no bomb racks

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