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Post by gunny on Feb 25, 2012 20:50:54 GMT 12
One thing i'd love to see is ground level pics of the emergency b-17 field in canterbury or sadly whats left of it now as i believe what was visable on google earth has now gone.
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Post by pjw4118 on Feb 26, 2012 17:11:38 GMT 12
Gunny thats right but check out the nzrifle site above for recent pictures.
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Post by fwx on Apr 4, 2013 11:09:14 GMT 12
Andrew (Agviser1970) has provided a wonderful Course photo from ITW Wereroa, as part of research he is doing on his cousin, Ewen Elmslie (P/O Ewen McGregor Elmslie, RNZAF NZ417200, Bomb Aimer, 75 (NZ) Sqdn). The photo is of a Wireless Operator – Air Gunner’s course, Flight 3A, Course 30, 21 January 1942, Initial Training Wing Wereroa, RNZAF Levin, Levin, NZ. Ewen Elmslie is fifth from right, second row from the front:  - Air Force Museum of New Zealand Official photo, courtesy of the Elmslie family. - full size version here 75nzsquadron.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/ewenelmslie-itwlevin-30course-210142.jpg. The exciting part is that it carries signatures of all or most of the men on the back:  Dave H has very kindly helped us identify some of the names (including the very first signature, Vice President of the NZ Bomber Command Assn, Bunny Burrows!), and has come up with a list - can anyone help us fill in the gaps? | Name | Town | Identified As | Service No. | Squadrons Served On | In Photo | | Ewen Elmslie (Photo owner) | Waverley, Sth Taranaki (edit - thanks agviser1970) | Ewen McGregor Elmslie | NZ417200 | A/B on 75, then 1665 HCU | Fifth from right, second row back | | H.N. Burrows | Gore | Harold N. "Bunny" Burrows | NZ415572 | 15, 622 and 487 | Fourth from left, front row | | W. Gee | Auckland | Walter James Gee | NZ41720 | 75 | Extreme left, third row back? | | S. Adams | Dunedin | | NZ41 | | | | A Gray | Wanganui | | NZ41 | | | | T. H. (R?) Cotter (Cpl) | Auckland | Corporal T Cotter, Instructor | NZ | | Front row, 7th from left (Instructor) | | J.S. Hulena | Palmerston North | John Sebastian Hulena | NZ41642 | 75 | Extreme left, back row? | | J. Colquhoun | Kaitaia | | NZ41 | | | | R.G.H. Jefferis | Manurewa | | NZ41 | | | | K Morgan | Auckland | Kenneth Frederick Morgan | NZ417228 | 161 (+) | | | C.J. Bridger (correction - thanks EM) | Nelson | | NZ41 | | | | L. Buttimore | Cambridge | Leslie Norman Buttimore | NZ417194 | Killed at OTU | Second row, fourth from right | | C.E.. Baxter | Waimate | Charles Edward Baxter DFC | NZ415732 | 186, 75 (Signals Leader) and 214 | | | S.W. Barton | Auckland | Stephen Walter Barton | NZ417190 | No. 1 (BR) Sqn, WOp/AG | | | Ron Carroll | Wellington | | NZ41 | | | | Les Campbell | Hamilton | | NZ41 | | | | J.F. Ellis | Christchurch | | NZ41 | | | | T. Gavin | Napier | | NZ41 | | | | H. Clegg | Leeds, Yorks, UK | | NZ41 | | | | L. Bowler | Auckland | | NZ41 | | | | A. Ayton | Whangarei | | NZ41 | | | | R. Firth | Morrinsville | Raymond Firth | NZ417203 | 75 (+ - died Friday 25th August 1944, age 28, W/Op in Barker crew,
during a raid on the Opel factory at Russelsheim.) | 2nd to right, second row? | | D.S. Forsyth | Tauranga | | NZ41 | | | | R.D. Bennett | Dargaville | | NZ41 | | | | D. Davis | Auckland | | NZ41 | | | | R. McCorkindale | Milton | | NZ41 | | | | Aussie Austin | Auckland | | NZ41 | | | | R. Evans | Hokitika | | NZ41 | | |
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Post by errolmartyn on Apr 4, 2013 13:18:34 GMT 12
Re the photo of Wireless Operator – Air Gunner’s course, Flight 3A, Course 30, 21 January 1942, Initial Training Wing Wereroa, RNZAF Levin:
NZ 417200 Elmslie, E M Ewen McGregor
NZ 415572 Burrows, H N Harold Norman
NZ 417207 Gee, W J Walter James
NZ 417305 Gray, A Allan
NZ 638011 Cotter, T R Timothy Robert
NZ 416427 Hulena, J S John Sebastian
NZ 416682 Colquhoun, J James 411130
NZ 417210 Jefferis, R G H Richard George Hall
NZ 417228 Morgan, K F Kenneth Frederick
NZ 417192 Bridger, C J Cyril Jack
NZ 417194 Buttimore, L N Leslie Norman
NZ 415732 Baxter, C E Charles Edward
NZ 417190 Barton, S W Stephen Walter
NZ 417304 Carroll, R R Ronald Reginald
NZ 417195 Campbell, L R Leslie Robert
NZ 415523 Ellis, J F James Francis
NZ 417206 Gavin, T A Thomas Alfred
NZ 417197 Clegg, F Frank
NZ 417191 Bowler, L Lawrence
NZ 417188 Ayton, W A William Allan
NZ 417203 Firth, R Raymond
NZ 417204 Forsyth, D S Douglas Spencer
NZ 41148 Bennett, R D Ronald David
NZ 417198 Davis, D R Douglas Ronald
NZ 392051 McCorkindale, J R John Robert
Unable to resolve who R. Evans might be.
Errol
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 4, 2013 14:17:43 GMT 12
Great work Errol, thanks for this info.
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Post by fwx on Apr 4, 2013 14:34:22 GMT 12
Thanks Errol, that's great! Cheers, Chris
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Post by agviser1970 on Apr 25, 2013 9:11:23 GMT 12
Ewen Elmslie's home tow was Waverley, Sth Taranaki
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Post by fwx on Nov 15, 2013 15:43:46 GMT 12
Another wonderful group photo from ITW Wereroa (Levin), from March or April of 1941. "March" is written in pencil on the back, and this would fit with some of the enlistment and embarkation dates for individuals in the photo. This appears to be a combined class photo, made up of 19 (or possibly 19 and 20) Observers Course, and 20 W/Op - Airgunners Course. It came from the collection of Jack Moller DFM (75 (NZ) and 156 (PFF) Sqdns), and his son, Tony Moller very kindly allowed me to copy it and reproduce it here. Jack trained initially as a Wireless Operator at ITW, and then in Canada, before re-training as a Bomb Aimer in the UK. He is second row from the front, 13th from the left (looking to our right). Again, a list of signatures is preserved on the back, although these may only be from the Airgunners Course, going by the inscription. I have tried to decipher the names, and where possible, have used Google to see if I can add more detail. If anyone can fill in any of the gaps, or correct names and/or spellings, that would be great! Interestingly, Corporal Timothy Robert Cotter (Instructor, Armaments) appears again - sixteenth from left, front row, and centre front, photo Section 2 - he was also in the Course 30 photo (21 January 1942) above (centre, front). I have split the photo into four sections so individual faces are identifiable. Sorry about the fold!  Section 1 (from left end)  2  3  4  Signatures on reverse (right-click and open in new browser window to see full size):  | Signature | Town | Identified As | Service No. | Squadrons Served On | Other | In Photo | | M.W. O'Sullivan (?) | - | - | NZ411 - - - | - | - | - | | S.R. Howarth | - | - | - | - | - | - | | Ian Martyn | - | - | - | - | - | - | | C. Todd | Palmerston North | Cecil Todd | NZ411795 | R/Gnr 75 (NZ) Sqdn, then to 7 (PFF) Sqdn. | Died 5 May 1944 in training crash, age 22 | - | | A.J. Parkinson | Amberley | - | - | - | - | | F.C. Kearns | Wellington | - | - | - | - | - | | W.R. Kell | Auck | William Robert Kell | NZ411766 | W/Op 75 (NZ) Sqdn | kao 17/18 Dec 1942, age 25 | - | | George Reid | Dunedin | - | - | - | - | - | | W... J. Reid | Dunedin | - | - | - | - | - | | T. Rockhouse | Ohakune | Thomas Anthony Rockhouse | NZ411780 | - | survived the war, died 15.12.2009 | - | | J.D. Mackie (The Erk) | - | - | - | - | - | - | | P.R. Karena | Hastings | Peeti Rotana Karena | NZ411793 | 547 Sqdn | kao 3 Feb 1943, age 23, from Opapa, Hawke's Bay | - | | W.T. Dobson | Whangarei | William Trevor Dobson | NZ404905 | W/Op 18 Sqdn | kao 4 July 1943, age 24. Serial number indicates earlier enlistment? | - | | A.T.B. Jackson | Ch-C-St | - | - | - | - | - | | A. ? Saunders | Christchurch | - | - | - | - | - | | T.D. Peake | Thomas D. Peake | NZ411775 | W/Op-AG 75 (NZ) Sqdn. 2nd tour in the Pacific? | - | Survived the war. More here: www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/TD%20PEAKE.htm | - | | T.W. Devine | Blenheim | Thomas William Devine | NZ411745 | W/Op-AG 75 (NZ) Sqdn. | Shot down 8/9 Sept 1942, POW Stalag 8B Landsdorf | - | | V. A. Tunbridge | Wellington | Victor Arthur Tunbridge | NZ411788 | R/Gnr 75 (NZ) Squadron | kao Kassel 28 August 1942, age 28 | - | | K.J.S. Smith | Wellington | - | - | - | - | - | | R.C. Irving | Wellington | - | - | 6 Sdqn RNZAF? | - | - | | T. Stewart | Auckland | - | - | - | - | - | | J.W. Henry (?) "Kiwi" | Otago | - | - | - | - | - | | A.S.L. Lamont | Dunedin | - | - | - | - | - | | R.R.T. Sleep | Waihi | Ronald Robert Theodore Sleep | NZ411794 | W/Op 415 (RCAF) Sqdn | kao 21 November 1942 | - | | E.S. Thomson | Papatoetoe | - | - | - | - | - | | W.S. Thompson | Dunedin | Wilfred Strachan Thompson | NZ 411107 | W/Op. 102 Squadron | kao 3 Feb 1943, age 27 | - | | Cpl. Mitchell | Signals | - | - | - | - | - | | R.W. Stewart F/C | Whakatane | - | - | - | - | - | | A.W. Washbourne | Auckland | Alvah Wilkie Flansburgh-Washbourne | NZ411796 | W/Op 102 Sqdn | killed 11/12 Feb 1943 in crash returning to base after engine failure, age 24 | - | | S.C. Donaldson | Whangarei | - | - | - | - | - | | E.W. Evans | Christchurch | Ernest William Evans | NZ411751 | killed in a OTU training accident (Torpedo Training Unit, Abbotsinch), 12/13 Oct 42, Firth of Clyde | - | - | | V. R. Drent | Thames | - | - | - | - | - | | D.C.M. Ducker | Portland | D'Arcy Clive Melville Ducker | NZ411749 | W/Op 297 Sqdn | kao 12 December 1942, age 23 | - | | ? Cawley | Christchurch | - | - | - | - | - | | P.G. Nelson | - | - | - | - | - | - | | V.W. Dempsey | Taumaranui | - | - | - | - | - | | C.T. Day | Ngaruawahia | - | - | - | - | - | | R. Crabtree | Napier | - | - | - | - | - | | G.A. Russell | Marton | Grant Alan Russell, DFC | NZ411729 | A/B and Bombing Leader 75 (NZ) Sqdn (F/L, second tour?) | - | Front row, second from right | | N.C. Foreman | Hawera | - | - | - | - | - | | G. Banks | Matamata | - | - | - | - | - | | J.R. Bowen | Auckland | - | - | - | - | - | | J.R. Alke | - | - | - | - | - | - | | H.L. Burt | Harry Leister Burt | NZ411789 | Rear Gunner, 214 Sqdn | KIA 29 March 1943, age 25, collision on return to base | - | - | | B.S. Andrew | Auckland | - | - | - | - | - | | Honey (A.W. Grey Wolf) | Napier | - | - | - | - | - | | E.T. Pellow | Onewhero | Ernest Trevor Pellow | NZ411776 | A/B 218 (Gold Coast) Sqdn | killed in a crash landing on returning from a mission on 14 September 1942 | - | | H.S. McCullum | Main St, Opunake | W/O H. S. McCullum, DFC | 18 Sqdn | - | - | - | | Ron Sparrow | Dunedin | - | - | - | - | - | | H. (?) Smith (Harry) | Wellington | - | - | - | - | - | | C.J. Ryan | Taumaranui | - | - | - | - | - | | A.J. Rust | Wellington | - | - | - | - | - | | ? Roberts | Wellington | - | - | - | - | - | | Cpl Cotter T.R. (Tim) Armaments | Auckland | - | - | - | - | sixteenth from left, front row | | Young Robbie | Auckland | - | - | - | - | - | | W.M. Jones | Woodlands | - | - | - | - | - | | W.S. Thompson | William Strachan Thompson, repeat of signature above | - | - | - | - | - | | R.L. Meredith | Otorohanga | Richmond Lovett Meredith | NZ411768 | W/Op 115 Sqdn | kao 29 Oct 1942, age 22 | - | | G.R. Foster (Tester?) | Levin | - | - | - | - | - | | G.S. Jennings | West Eyreton | - | - | - | - | - | | K. Morrison | Hamilton | possibly Sgt K Morrison | 78 Sqdn, Halifax | kao 24/25 June 1943 | - | - | | B. Neal | - | Bruce Neal | NZ411771 | R/Gnr 75 (NZ) Sqdn | Died 30.3.43 training crash 1483 (Bombing) Gunnery Flight, RAF Marham | - | | A.J. Moller | Hawera | Andrew John "Jack" Moller | NZ411770 | A/B/Gnr 75 (NZ) Sqdn and 156 (PFF) Sqdn | Survived the war | second row from the front, 13th from the left |
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Post by errolmartyn on Nov 15, 2013 19:15:43 GMT 12
The following were enlisted at Levin as AG u/t during March 1941:
NZ 411735 Andrew, B S Brian Selwyn
NZ 411736 Banks, G N Graham Nelson
NZ 411737 Brian, W L F William Leslie Fred
NZ 411789 Burt, H L Harry Leister
NZ 411739 Callaghan, R P Ronald Patrick
NZ 411740 Colbert, J W M John William Micheal
NZ 411741 Crabtree, R H Ronald Hugh
NZ 411067 Crosby, M H Mervyn Herbert
NZ 411742 Crozier, N H Noel Henry
NZ 411743 Day, C F Charles Frederick
NZ 411744 Dempsey, V W Vernard William
NZ 411745 Devine, T W Thomas William
NZ 411746 Donaldson, J C John Clifford
NZ 411747 Dowman, M G F Maxwell Graham Frane
NZ 411748 Drent, W R Walter Raymond
NZ 411749 Ducker, D C M D'Arcy Clive Melville
NZ 411751 Evans, E W Ernest William
NZ 411796 Flansburgh-Washbourne, A W Alvah Wilkie
NZ 411753 Frampton, L A Laurie Albert
NZ 411754 Frizzell, W C William Charles
NZ 411755 Frogley, B T Bernard Tansey
NZ 411791 Guest, K R Keith Rylance
NZ 411756 Hodson, R G Robert George
NZ 411757 Hollands, W N Walter Nisbet
NZ 411792 Howarth, S R Sidney Raymond
NZ 411758 Inglis, W G L William Gordon Lloyd
NZ 411759 Irving, R C Raymond Cecil
NZ 411760 Jackson, A T B Alfred Thomas Briscoe
NZ 411761 Jarvis, A W Alfred William
NZ 411763 Jennings, G S George Smith
NZ 411762 Jones, W M William McKenzie
NZ 411764 Jury, J L Jack Leslie
NZ 411793 Karena, P R Peeti Rotana
NZ 411765 Kearns, F E Frank Ernest
NZ 411766 Kell, W R William Robert
NZ 411767 Lucas, R G P Richard George Parker
NZ 411768 Meredith, R L Richmond Lovett
NZ 411769 Mills, G W A George William Alfred
NZ 411770 Moller, A J Andrew John
NZ 411771 Neal, B Bruce
NZ 411772 Newcombe, R B Ronald Blachford
NZ 411773 O'Sullivan, F W Francis William
NZ 411774 Parkinson, A I Alan Irwin
NZ 411775 Peake, T D Thomas Denbigh
NZ 411776 Pellow, E T Ernest Trevor
NZ 411777 Pullar, H W Henry Welsh
NZ 411778 Reid, G E George Ernest
NZ 411779 Reid, W J William Joffre
NZ 411780 Rockhouse, T A Trevor Albert
NZ 411781 Saunders, A M Arthur Mervyn
NZ 411782 Seay, R B Ronald Bruce
NZ 411794 Sleep, R R T Ronald Robert Theodore
NZ 411784 Smith, G S Graham Seymour
NZ 411783 Smith, K J S Keith James Stockley
NZ 411785 Stewart, L I Leslie Ian
NZ 411786 Stewart, R W Ronald Walter
NZ 411787 Thomson, E S Edward Stuart
NZ 411795 Todd, C Cecil
NZ 411788 Tunbridge, V A Victor Arthur
NZ 411797 West, F R Frederick Robert
And these as AO u/t:
NZ prefix Service No Name First names
NZ 411717 Amos, O E Orison Edwin
NZ 411718 Carncross, M E Murray Ellis
NZ 411719 Davis, A E Archibald England
NZ 411790 Dunn, G H Gordon Henry
NZ 411720 Elliott, M H Max Hilton
NZ 411721 Herbert, R E Ronald Ernest
NZ 411722 Jarvis, C J F Claude Joseph Frederick
NZ 411723 Lip-Guey, W H William Herbert
NZ 411724 McLean, A W Albert William
NZ 411725 Morton, R W Robin William
NZ 411726 Nelson, P G Patrick George
NZ 411727 Powley, H R Herbert Robert
NZ 411728 Roberts, E S Eric Samuel
NZ 411798 Rosser, L V Leonard Victor
NZ 411729 Russell, G A Grant Alan
NZ 411730 Saul, N P Norman Priestley
NZ 411731 Sinclair, B S Bruce Stalley
NZ 411732 Slocombe, F H Frank Henry
NZ 411733 Sparrow, R M Richard Maxwell
Errol
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 15, 2013 20:33:58 GMT 12
Superb info there Errol. Thanks. And thanks Chris too!
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Post by fwx on Nov 15, 2013 21:21:40 GMT 12
Thanks Errol, that's fantastic!
Cheers, Chris.
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Post by skyhawkdon on Sept 1, 2014 22:33:00 GMT 12
Hi everyone, I'm looking for course photos of my late great uncle, Flt Lt Eric Witting, NZ415212, DOB: 28/8/20, Home town, Invercargill. From his service file he enlisted at ITW Levin on 7/9/41 as a LAC, A/Pilot U/T, Group 5. He then went on to No 1 EFTS at Taieri, Course No 22, 18/10/41-29/11/41 (I have a photo of this course thanks to Matthew at the Air Force Museum). Then on to Canada on 17/12/41 on the USAT Mariposa. Arrived at No 3 SFTS Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Course No 46, 2/1/42. He then went to the UK and after 11OTU and 1657 HCU was posted to 75 Sqn on 4/9/43, completing his tour in May 44. I have quite a few photos and info on his time on 75 Sqn, so it is the earlier training that I am looking for. Any photos or info much appreciated. don.simms@xtra.co.nz
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 11, 2015 22:56:29 GMT 12
An interesting anniversary that has almost passed unnoticed today. The Levin municipal aerodrome officially gained authorisation to operate as an airfield on the 11th of July 1935, 80 years ago today
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Post by thomarse on Jul 12, 2015 15:54:13 GMT 12
Thanks Dave
What info do we have on the Levin Municipal Aerodrome? Is that the same as Weraroa/Kimberley?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 15, 2015 14:29:27 GMT 12
As I understand it, it was across the road from, or adjacent to, Wereroa facility that became the Air Force Base. Prior to the war Wereroa was a boys training college for farming, I think. The Air Force took over the school and the airfield. For a while they operated Hudsons and Oxfords from there, as well as a strip for communications aircraft.
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Post by pjw4118 on Jul 19, 2015 10:52:42 GMT 12
Dave I think we are talking about different sites. When I did a search a few years ago the map I had showed a Boys Correctional Farm on the other side of SH1 in CD Farm Road with a landing strip close by. There still are institutional looking buildings there today.
From a 40 year old newspaper cutting , they list
1929 Chichester flights Tararua Rd
1931 Southern Cross flights CD Farm Rd
1933 Levin Aero Club South side Tararua Rd
1940 Kimberley Air Station Little flying many dummy planes
1948 Aero Club reforms at the "old " airfield in Tararua Rd
From todays maps Tararua Rd is one block closer to Levin than Kimberley so the airfield presumably ran between the two.
The only other thing is that CD probably stands for Childrens Correctional ( Borstal )
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Post by apteryx on Jul 20, 2015 19:25:39 GMT 12
Thanks to this thread floating to the surface I've just come across the wonderful photos posted in November 2013 of Observer course 19 at Levin. Thanks very much for posting those, fwx. I understand that my mother's cousin, Ron O'Neil, was in that course (10/2/41 - 11/4/41), though I have only one photo of him (taken later, probably in the UK) and haven't managed yet to match him to any of the figures in the posted photo.
He served with 57 Squadron and was shot down twice. The first was in June 1942 when his Wellington went into the North Sea. Only three of the six crew survived. After several months of recuperation he was sent back to his squadron, now flying Lancasters from Scampton. He went AWOL for over three weeks on the journey back to base, for reasons we don't know; perhaps he was still getting over the trauma of ditching in the North Sea. He was nearly court-martialled but a sympathetic neuropsychiatrist recommended leniency, which was granted. On the second flight after that his plane was shot down over Hamburg; as far as I can determine actually in the massive Ohlsdorf cemetery in the city. His grave is in the CWGC section of that cemetery, and I laid a poppy on it during a visit last year.
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Post by patsie1948 on Mar 24, 2016 8:28:01 GMT 12
Andrew (Agviser1970) has provided a wonderful Course photo from ITW Wereroa, as part of research he is doing on his cousin, Ewen Elmslie (P/O Ewen McGregor Elmslie, RNZAF NZ417200, Bomb Aimer, 75 (NZ) Sqdn). The photo is of a Wireless Operator – Air Gunner’s course, Flight 3A, Course 30, 21 January 1942, Initial Training Wing Wereroa, RNZAF Levin, Levin, NZ. Ewen Elmslie is fifth from right, second row from the front: - Air Force Museum of New Zealand Official photo, courtesy of the Elmslie family. - full size version here 75nzsquadron.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/ewenelmslie-itwlevin-30course-210142.jpg. The exciting part is that it carries signatures of all or most of the men on the back: Dave H has very kindly helped us identify some of the names (including the very first signature, Vice President of the NZ Bomber Command Assn, Bunny Burrows!), and has come up with a list - can anyone help us fill in the gaps? | Name | Town | Identified As | Service No. | Squadrons Served On | In Photo | | Ewen Elmslie (Photo owner) | Waverley, Sth Taranaki (edit - thanks agviser1970) | Ewen McGregor Elmslie | NZ417200 | A/B on 75, then 1665 HCU | Fifth from right, second row back | | H.N. Burrows | Gore | Harold N. "Bunny" Burrows | NZ415572 | 15, 622 and 487 | Fourth from left, front row | | W. Gee | Auckland | Walter James Gee | NZ41720 | 75 | Extreme left, third row back? | | S. Adams | Dunedin | | NZ41 | | | | A Gray | Wanganui | | NZ41 | | | | T. H. (R?) Cotter (Cpl) | Auckland | Corporal T Cotter, Instructor | NZ | | Front row, 7th from left (Instructor) | | J.S. Hulena | Palmerston North | John Sebastian Hulena | NZ41642 | 75 | Extreme left, back row? | | J. Colquhoun | Kaitaia | | NZ41 | | | | R.G.H. Jefferis | Manurewa | | NZ41 | | | | K Morgan | Auckland | Kenneth Frederick Morgan | NZ417228 | 161 (+) | | | C.J. Bridger (correction - thanks EM) | Nelson | | NZ41 | | | | L. Buttimore | Cambridge | Leslie Norman Buttimore | NZ417194 | Killed at OTU | Second row, fourth from right | | C.E.. Baxter | Waimate | Charles Edward Baxter DFC | NZ415732 | 186, 75 (Signals Leader) and 214 | | | S.W. Barton | Auckland | Stephen Walter Barton | NZ417190 | No. 1 (BR) Sqn, WOp/AG | | | Ron Carroll | Wellington | | NZ41 | | | | Les Campbell | Hamilton | | NZ41 | | | | J.F. Ellis | Christchurch | | NZ41 | | | | T. Gavin | Napier | | NZ41 | | | | H. Clegg | Leeds, Yorks, UK | | NZ41 | | | | L. Bowler | Auckland | | NZ41 | | | | A. Ayton | Whangarei | | NZ41 | | | | R. Firth | Morrinsville | Raymond Firth | NZ417203 | 75 (+ - died Friday 25th August 1944, age 28, W/Op in Barker crew,
during a raid on the Opel factory at Russelsheim.) | 2nd to right, second row? | | D.S. Forsyth | Tauranga | | NZ41 | | | | R.D. Bennett | Dargaville | | NZ41 | | | | D. Davis | Auckland | | NZ41 | | | | R. McCorkindale | Milton | | NZ41 | | | | Aussie Austin | Auckland | | NZ41 | | | | R. Evans | Hokitika | | NZ41 | | |
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Post by patsie1948 on Mar 24, 2016 8:32:54 GMT 12
3rd from right back row is RGH Jefferis NZ 417210. He served a full tour with 514 squadron RAF Waterbeach in 1944 as wireless operator in the 'Carter Crew' PF Carter pilot and was a crewmate of my uncle Edward John (Ted) Neale rear gunner.
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Post by errolmartyn on Mar 24, 2016 11:30:59 GMT 12
Andrew (Agviser1970) has provided a wonderful Course photo from ITW Wereroa, as part of research he is doing on his cousin, Ewen Elmslie (P/O Ewen McGregor Elmslie, RNZAF NZ417200, Bomb Aimer, 75 (NZ) Sqdn). The photo is of a Wireless Operator – Air Gunner’s course, Flight 3A, Course 30, 21 January 1942, Initial Training Wing Wereroa, RNZAF Levin, Levin, NZ. Ewen Elmslie is fifth from right, second row from the front: - Air Force Museum of New Zealand Official photo, courtesy of the Elmslie family. - full size version here 75nzsquadron.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/ewenelmslie-itwlevin-30course-210142.jpg. The exciting part is that it carries signatures of all or most of the men on the back: Dave H has very kindly helped us identify some of the names (including the very first signature, Vice President of the NZ Bomber Command Assn, Bunny Burrows!), and has come up with a list - can anyone help us fill in the gaps? | Name | Town | Identified As | Service No. | Squadrons Served On | In Photo | | Ewen Elmslie (Photo owner) | Waverley, Sth Taranaki (edit - thanks agviser1970) | Ewen McGregor Elmslie | NZ417200 | A/B on 75, then 1665 HCU | Fifth from right, second row back | | H.N. Burrows | Gore | Harold N. "Bunny" Burrows | NZ415572 | 15, 622 and 487 | Fourth from left, front row | | W. Gee | Auckland | Walter James Gee | NZ41720 | 75 | Extreme left, third row back? | | S. Adams | Dunedin | | NZ41 | | | | A Gray | Wanganui | | NZ41 | | | | T. H. (R?) Cotter (Cpl) | Auckland | Corporal T Cotter, Instructor | NZ | | Front row, 7th from left (Instructor) | | J.S. Hulena | Palmerston North | John Sebastian Hulena | NZ41642 | 75 | Extreme left, back row? | | J. Colquhoun | Kaitaia | | NZ41 | | | | R.G.H. Jefferis | Manurewa | | NZ41 | | | | K Morgan | Auckland | Kenneth Frederick Morgan | NZ417228 | 161 (+) | | | C.J. Bridger (correction - thanks EM) | Nelson | | NZ41 | | | | L. Buttimore | Cambridge | Leslie Norman Buttimore | NZ417194 | Killed at OTU | Second row, fourth from right | | C.E.. Baxter | Waimate | Charles Edward Baxter DFC | NZ415732 | 186, 75 (Signals Leader) and 214 | | | S.W. Barton | Auckland | Stephen Walter Barton | NZ417190 | No. 1 (BR) Sqn, WOp/AG | | | Ron Carroll | Wellington | | NZ41 | | | | Les Campbell | Hamilton | | NZ41 | | | | J.F. Ellis | Christchurch | | NZ41 | | | | T. Gavin | Napier | | NZ41 | | | | H. Clegg | Leeds, Yorks, UK | | NZ41 | | | | L. Bowler | Auckland | | NZ41 | | | | A. Ayton | Whangarei | | NZ41 | | | | R. Firth | Morrinsville | Raymond Firth | NZ417203 | 75 (+ - died Friday 25th August 1944, age 28, W/Op in Barker crew,
during a raid on the Opel factory at Russelsheim.) | 2nd to right, second row? | | D.S. Forsyth | Tauranga | | NZ41 | | | | R.D. Bennett | Dargaville | | NZ41 | | | | D. Davis | Auckland | | NZ41 | | | | R. McCorkindale | Milton | | NZ41 | | | | Aussie Austin | Auckland | | NZ41 | | | | R. Evans | Hokitika | | NZ41 | | |
The full names and service numbers of some of those pictured can be found in the list below of Wireless Operator/Air Gunners u/t who were enlisted at Ground Training School, Levin over the weekend of 27/28 December 1941. Errol NZ 417185 Austin, H Harold NZ 417188 Ayton, W A William Allan NZ 417188 Barker, R H Ralph Herbert NZ 417190 Barton, S W Stephen Walter NZ 417191 Bowler, L Lawrence NZ 417192 Bridger, C J Cyril Jack NZ 417193 Brooker, R V Ronald Victor NZ 417194 Buttimore, L N Leslie Norman NZ 417195 Campbell, L R Leslie Robert NZ 417304 Carroll, R R Ronald Reginald NZ 417196 Clarke, C M Claude Morris NZ 417197 Clegg, F Frank NZ 417198 Davis, D R Douglas Ronald NZ 417199 Donald, E R Edward Raymond NZ 417200 Elmslie, E M Ewen McGregor NZ 417201 Fairweather, E W Ernest Wilfred NZ 417202 Fielding, K P Kenneth Page NZ 417203 Firth, R Raymond NZ 417204 Forsyth, D S Douglas Spencer NZ 417205 Frost, K R Keith Ronald NZ 417206 Gavin, T A Thomas Alfred NZ 417207 Gee, W J Walter James NZ 417305 Gray, A Allan NZ 417208 Greer, S R Sydney Raymond NZ 417209 Huddleston, H B Henry Bogie NZ 417210 Jefferis, R G H Richard George Hall NZ 417211 Jones, J R John Raymond NZ 417212 Jordan, S H Stanley Halsey NZ 417213 Keating, L M Leo Michael NZ 417214 Keefe, C F Cyril Francis NZ 417215 Kell, L Lancelot NZ 417216 Law, G G George Gavin NZ 417217 Lindsay, C R Cecil Robert NZ 417219 MacDonald, W H William Hamish NZ 417222 MacPherson, R C Ronald Colin NZ 417224 Maze, N Norman NZ 417220 McNamara, E S Eric Stephen NZ 417221 McPhail, T K Thomas Keith NZ 417223 McQuillan, G M George Murray NZ 417225 Mence, W A William Athol NZ 417226 Mirfin, G N Gordon Neil NZ 417227 Moess, S G Sefton Gordon NZ 417306 Monson, T H Thomas Henry NZ 417228 Morgan, K F Kenneth Frederick NZ 417229 Munro, J K John Keith NZ 417230 Nielsen, L Ludirc NZ 417231 North, R J Robert John NZ 417232 Peevers, T A Thomas Alexander NZ 417233 Raynel, R S G Ronald Stanley Gilbert NZ 417234 Robinson, I K J Ivan Keith John NZ 417235 Roe, A W Athol William NZ 417236 Sanders, C E Charles Edward NZ 417237 Scarll, J W James William NZ 417238 Schultz, K O Kenneth Owen NZ 417239 Sinclair, P S Peter Stewart NZ 417240 Skeet, M R Maurice Ralph NZ 417241 Smith, A G Allan Gordon NZ 417242 Smith, E R Edward Raymond NZ 417243 Sowerby, G P Geoffrey Phillips NZ 417244 Squire, L A Lewis Alfred NZ 417245 Strange, C Charles NZ 417246 Streeter, L E F Lawrence Edward Francis NZ 417247 Svendsen, F G Fredrick George NZ 417248 Turner, R S Reginald Simpson NZ 417249 Watson, C G Cyril Gordon NZ 417250 Whittle, R V Robert Victor NZ 417251 Wilford, J Joseph NZ 417252 Wright, C Claude NZ 417253 Wright, J G Joseph Gilbert |
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