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The commander-in-chief takes to the air. Dame Catherine Tizard's inspection of Ohakea Air Force Base included a flight in an Aermacchi MB 339C jet trainer.
By 1944 more than 6000 New Zealanders were based in the United Kingdom, serving in the RAF.
Advice and suggested questions for interviewing Royal Navy and Royal Air Force veterans
Royal Air Force ground crew clean a Lancaster bomber between sorties. Many of the thousands of New Zealanders serving in Bomber Command flew these planes.