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Post by historyjournal on Jan 27, 2023 7:25:20 GMT 12
does anyone have any information please on the NZ forces flown From Auckland Base to Rhodesia on 20 December 1979 as part of the Commonwealth Monitoring Force to oversee the ceasefire and election that brought in Mugabe thanks
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 27, 2023 8:18:47 GMT 12
Very interesting, I'd not heard of this before.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 27, 2023 10:45:04 GMT 12
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Post by scrooge on Jan 27, 2023 11:23:45 GMT 12
Is that your correction Dave, or the original?
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 27, 2023 11:42:07 GMT 12
Just testing you...  Fixed now. I hope. |
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Post by historyjournal on Jan 27, 2023 19:45:44 GMT 12
Thank you for the correction - typo more than informational error, UK Kenya Fiji NZ Aus and Canada all contributed over 1500 men. UK provide Gazelles, Scouts, Pumas and Hercs. USAAF provide 2 C5s and 10 C141 to supplement RAF transport, while I know Aus flew 707s and C130s, Canada 5 Buffalos. Began 20/1279 ended around 3/3/80 after the election which replaced Bishop Muzorewa with Mugabe. The Commonwealth Monitoring Force was there to monitor the process only. I have seen no pictures or personal stories from the NZ contingent whereas the Aus team meet every year and various groups in the UK have a FB page. When I enquired with the USAF for details I was advised the information was restricted, I think mainly because of other operations included in the files I asked to look at.
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Post by tbf2504 on Jan 28, 2023 11:35:13 GMT 12
A brief summary of the Commonwealth Monitoring Force Zimbabwe is contained in the NZDF 1996 publication "In The Field of Peace: New Zealand's contribution to international peace-support operations: 1950 - 1995"
compiled by John Crawford the NZDF Historian
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Post by historyjournal on Jan 28, 2023 21:45:16 GMT 12
Thank you I found it and read the piece on the CMF
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