Collecting Contact

[Dave Homewood]

Who else here collects the RNZAF Contact magazine? This was the wartime social magazine of the RNZAF.

You can see more details on my website, here is the history of the periodical (which is often added to as I discover more facts)
www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/RNZAF%20Contact%20Alternative.htm

And here you'll find a month by month listing of the issues of Contact, which again I add to when I can
www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/RNZAF%20Contact%201.htm

I have been collecting them for about a year, and find them really fascinating slices of history. There is some really great artwork, some wonderful articles and stories, and lots of really nice photos, all RNZAF related.

My collection has grown rapidly, but I still require some issues to complete the set. Those that I still require are

1941 (the hardest year to track down!)
March
April
May
June
July
August
November
December

1942
January
February
March
April
May
June
August

1943
February
March

1944
April
September
November

1945
April
July
October
November
December

I currently have two copies of the May 1945 issue if anyone wants to do a trade for one of the issues above. If you're a collector of Contact, which issues do you still require?

Also, are the pages on my site useful for collectors? Have you any suggestions to improve them? (I think they're the only webpages for the magazine anywhere so i want to get them right).

One last question, does anyone have any of the other RNZAF publications detailed on this page on my site?(these were also social magazines)
www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/The%20Airman.htm