HC Deb 07 November 1945 vol 415 cc1400-1W
Brigadier Low

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air how many men and women of the Services at present stationed in India, Burma or elsewhere in the Far East, he plans to bring home in aircraft of the R.A.F. in each of the months of December, January, February and March in the coming winter.

Mr. Strachey

It is planned to bring back, during the coming winter, 12,000 members of the Services, per month, from India, Burma and the Far East under the special air trooping scheme. In addition, as many as possible will be brought back on other Transport Command Services.