Giving Britain Air Protection

League of Airmen Branch For Eastbourne

The newly-formed League of Airmen establishing a branch in Eastbourne. The aim of establishing supremacy of the British Empire was outlined at a meeting at Primrose League Hall, addressed by Mr. V.C. Redwood, campaign director for the NLA. A small attendance was told that the feeling that our air force can meet any emergency is necessary, along with parity with any nation within striking distance.

Eastbourne Gazette
31 July 1935 p19

Be Prepared In The Air

A Reminiscence And Its Moral

Letter from William Avery welcoming the National League of Airmen, with a personal reminiscence of a zeppelin raid during the Great War and the view that we cannot be complacent – war will not occur if we are prepared for it.

Eastbourne Gazette
14 August 1935 p21

Air Defence

Letter from “Anti-Bunkum” in response to the letter from William Avery (Eastbourne Gazette 14 August 1935), saying that it was misleading – an air force is a retaliatory weapon, and the League of Airman are “overgrown schoolboys”.

Eastbourne Gazette
21 August 1935 p12