HC Deb 23 June 1926 vol 197 c347
22. Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGE

asked the Secretary of State for Air if he can give the number of air squadrons in the forces of the Union of the Russian Soviet Republics?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for AIR (Major Sir Philip Sassoon)

would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the reply given to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Wycombe (Major-General Sir A. Knox) on 31st March last.

Lieut.-Colonel HENEAGE

Will the hon. and gallant Gentleman say whether these figures include the aeroplanes manufactured by foreign firms for the Soviet Government of Russia?

Sir P. SASSOON

We have no official information on the subject.

Colonel DAY

Can the hon. and gallant Gentleman say whether the number of these air squadrons is on the increase?

Captain GARRO-JONES

Are the machines he referred to of the same gigantic and mythical type as we heard about during the War?

Sir P. SASSOON

I have not heard of those machines.