Mr. WILSONasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he can state the number of lives lost through accidents to military aircraft during each of the last five years?
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§ Sir P. SASSOONThe numbers are 74, 54, 54, 31 and 43 for the calendar years 1931 to 1935 respectively. They include deaths from accidents during reserve training, etc., at civil flying schools. It should be borne in mind that the number of hours flown in 1935 considerably exceeded those flown in previous years.