§ Mr. Wootton-Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Air the number of fully-trained pilots, observers or gunners who have, since the start of the war, been allowed to return to civil life; and the main reason for such concessions?
§ Sir A. SinclairSince the outbreak of war approximately 30 fully trained pilots have been permitted, on the recommendations of the Government Departments concerned with their civilian employment, to return temporarily to civil life in order to undertake work of national importance. No fully trained observers or air gunners have been released.