Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 19, 2017 12:15:20 GMT 12
A puzzle for many years is the local newspaper, the Waikato Independent, claimed that there was a Cambridge man called I. Oliver in the RNZAF during WWII. It stated he was in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in their issue dated 28th of June 1940. Whist I have determined there was an Ian Oliver in the Cambridge district at that time, I have never discovered whether he went into the RNZAF. And never found another possibility for I. Oliver.
I do wonder if the newspaper had a misprint and it was referring to Brian Elliot Oliver NZ401027, who did join the RNZAF from Cambridge in 1940, and maybe there never was an I. Oliver in the RNZAF. This seems the most likely scenario, but can anyone here confirm this please?
I do wonder if the newspaper had a misprint and it was referring to Brian Elliot Oliver NZ401027, who did join the RNZAF from Cambridge in 1940, and maybe there never was an I. Oliver in the RNZAF. This seems the most likely scenario, but can anyone here confirm this please?
