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The RNZAF inserted the initial NEWZAD engineering team sent in 1964, the RNZA battery in 1965, the first New Zealand infantry troops in 1967, and the NZ SAS in 1968. [ 53 ] When the 1st Australian Task Force base was establiahed at Nui Dat in 1966 a landing strip was built which was just long enough to accommodate the large Bristol Freighters ...
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF; Māori: Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa) is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force.It was formed initially in 1923 as a branch of the New Zealand Army, being known as the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, becoming an independent air force on 1 April 1937.
1943 RNZAF Catalina crash air accident 5 Jun 1943: south of Fiji: 14 [79] [80] Pan Am Flight 806: air accident 30 Jan 1974: Pago Pago, American Samoa: Only New Zealand deaths listed 12 [81] 1945 RNZAF Catalina crash air accident 27 Jan 1945: off Beqa, Fiji 10 [82] Bere Ferrers rail accident, train hit NZ troops on tracks by platform train ...
George Esmond Jameson, DSO, DFC (20 November 1921 – 20 May 1998) was a New Zealand flying ace of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War, who is credited with the destruction of eleven enemy aircraft and two damaged.
Fraser Barron DSO & Bar, DFC, DFM (9 January 1921 – 20 May 1944), was an officer of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) who flew as a pilot with Bomber Command and was killed in flying operations during World War II. Born in Dunedin, Barron was working as a clerk when the Second World War began. He volunteered for the RNZAF and qualified ...
Kenneth William Stewart, DFC (7 October 1915 – 3 August 1960) was a flying ace of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) during the Second World War. He was officially credited with the destruction of five German aircraft. Born and educated in Dunedin, Stewart was a lawyer when he joined the RNZAF
Ernest Leslie Joyce was born in Hamilton, New Zealand, on 17 February 1920 to Ernest Joyce and his wife, Cora Joyce. [1] [2] His father died later that year. [3]Nicknamed Nipper, on account of his short stature, he was educated at the Marist Brothers school in Hamilton East before going on to Hamilton Technical High School.
Thomas Welch Horton, DSO, DFC & Bar (29 December 1919 – 6 December 2021) was a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) officer, pilot, and combat veteran who served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in a number of significant engagements during the Second World War.