HL Deb 22 February 1949 vol 160 c1074WA
VISCOUNT TEMPLEWOOD

asked His Majesty's Government, how many Auxiliary Air Force squadrons are now in being, what is their establishment in officers and men, what is their present strength and at what rate are officers and men being at present recruited for them.

LORD HENDERSON

There are 20 flying squadrons in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, with an esiablishment of 280 officers and 2,260 airmen. The present strength is 246 officers and 1,514 airmen. In recent months the strength of these squadrons has increased at the rate of about 100 a month.

House adjourned at sixteen minutes past five o'clock.