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suit aviation to accompany them should be of the fast climbing maneuverable type -- in other words, the kind designed to defend a locality. The proportion again should be two groups of pursuit and one of attack.

[[indent]]Therefore, our total amount of pursuit aviation should consist of about sixty per cent to twenty per cent of attack and twenty per cent of bombardment.

[[indent]]As to the size of the bombardment squadrons, experience has taught me to desire heavy squadrons - large units. I thoroughly believe that a bombardment squadron should put eighteen ships in the air in a "V" formation. With this number of ships a great deal of effect can be obtained either in bombarding a large locality by squadron and by group, or in deploying in a single column and bombarding seacraft, or in bombardment requiring precision. Ships in squadron and in the group can be easily controlled by signals and radio telephony. Bombardment must be capable of protecting itself, and only by having large units and a very efficient method of fire control and direction can a good defense be put up against an efficient pursuit aviation.

These bombardment ships must be armed with ordnance capable of opening combat at at least two thousand yards' distance 

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