Bryan Cox at The Wigram WONZ ForumMeet
Jul 7, 2018 0:04:48 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 7, 2018 0:04:48 GMT 12
The Wings Over New Zealand Show Episode 183 is here! This is the first of the recordings from the recent Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet held at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand, at Wigram in Christchurch, on the 30th of June 2018. Introduced by Dave Homewood, with a brief welcome from Wing Commander Brett Marshall from the museum, we then hear from special guest Bryan Cox.
Bryan is a legend in New Zealand aviation circles. He joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1943, training in New Zealand on Tiger Moths, Harvards and Kittyhawks before converting to the Corsair fighter bomber. He then served with No. 16 (Fighter) Squadron in the Pacific War, and postwar he joined No. 14 (Occupational) Squadron in Japan. After leaving the RNZAF he went through various jobs before he returned to aviation in the 1950’s as an air traffic controller at Ardmore. This led him back to flying, and before long he was working as an instructor. He flew over 21,000 hours in light aircraft till retiring from the flying school in the 1990’s. He returned to flying on a recreational licence in January 2018, regaining the licence on his 93rd birthday.
In this talk Bryan tells of his experiences during WWII from his days in the Air Training Corps through to his tours on the Corsair.
There's also a video version available on the link.
Here is the link:
www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/2018/07/bryan-cox-wigram/
Bryan is a legend in New Zealand aviation circles. He joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1943, training in New Zealand on Tiger Moths, Harvards and Kittyhawks before converting to the Corsair fighter bomber. He then served with No. 16 (Fighter) Squadron in the Pacific War, and postwar he joined No. 14 (Occupational) Squadron in Japan. After leaving the RNZAF he went through various jobs before he returned to aviation in the 1950’s as an air traffic controller at Ardmore. This led him back to flying, and before long he was working as an instructor. He flew over 21,000 hours in light aircraft till retiring from the flying school in the 1990’s. He returned to flying on a recreational licence in January 2018, regaining the licence on his 93rd birthday.
In this talk Bryan tells of his experiences during WWII from his days in the Air Training Corps through to his tours on the Corsair.
There's also a video version available on the link.
Here is the link:
www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WONZShow/2018/07/bryan-cox-wigram/
