Strange and crazy facts of the Inter-War Era

[Graham Clayton]

There are similar threads in the World War I and World War II sections, so I thought that I would start a thread in this section.

During the annual Air Defence Exercises in England in the late 1920's, the performance of the Fairey Foxes of 12 Squadron was such that the Squadron was instructed to fly no faster than 140 mph (225 km/h) in order to give the defending fighters a chance to intercept them.

[Mangrove]

The fastest plane in the Finnish Air Force's arsenal between 1936 and 1939 was the Bristol Blenheim light bomber.

[AVV]

Hello!
Speaking about speed, in 1930s pilots and other flying personnel of Soviet Air Force who flew high-speed planes (IIRC, with speed of 400 km per hour and higher) received special allowance which amounted to 20-25% of their salary.

Best regards, Aleks

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U.S. Auto Fatalities:

1928 - 27,996
1929 - 31,215
1930 - 32,929
1931 - 33,675
1932 - 29,451
1933 - 31,363
1934 - 36,101
1935 - 36,369
1936 - 37,800
1937 - 39,500
1938 - 31,500

[The above statistics were taken from the below link]

Six Years of Hitler

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