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Post by mit on Sept 15, 2015 14:47:52 GMT 12
That is NZ1801. Ours were Doves, I have a copy of the receipt from the factory stating they are dove. Thanks Mit So would they have been fit out with all the training equipment for Nav training in the UK or did we do that here? Actually while I think of it did our Avengers arrive as complete airframes or partly complete? Reason I ask is I've seen photos of "RNZAF Avengers being assembled" so curious how much was required to make them complete? The equipment was special order from the factory for the RNZAF requirements in four different configurations, Navigational trainer, Signals trainer, Communications (passengers config) and VIP. The first two airframes were odd ball Doves, 1801 was the Factory demonstrator ZK-AQV,a Mk1 Dove with 7 passengers seats, this was followed very quickly by a Mk2 NZ1802 built for the RNZAF fitted with the 5 seat "VIP" seating. In 1950 the order then followed for 10 Sigs and Nav Trainers, these were flown out, by Feb 1952 15 more Communication airframes where ordered. In Oct 1952 that order was increased to 18 airframes. The first four aircraft from this second order were also flown out, but word came through that there was a delay in the Marconi Radios and the rest would be delayed from England. This is what made the decision to ship the remaining frames out to NZ. A magazine article of the first DH104 in the factory (NZ1804?)
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Post by baz62 on Sept 16, 2015 12:35:57 GMT 12
Cool photos Mit and nice to have all the original paperwork for the Devon. It looks like it was printed yesterday!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 30, 2015 21:15:50 GMT 12
The latest header is a another photo kindly supplied by Peter Wheeler, from the Chub Roberts collection. It's a great photo of a Sunderland Here's the whole shot
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Post by Peter Lewis on Oct 1, 2015 8:36:05 GMT 12
NZ4117. Damaged at Tarawa, Gilbert & Ellice Island, 15Apr61. W/off & scrapped at Lauthala Bay, Fiji
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Post by ZacYates on Oct 1, 2015 12:35:17 GMT 12
Lovely, nice one Dave and Peter (and Peter).
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 3, 2015 10:41:09 GMT 12
Another great photo from Chub Roberts' collection via Peter Wheeler showing an RNZAF Bell Sioux
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 17, 2015 17:39:39 GMT 12
This time around it's the Chariot of Fire Collection's beautiful Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIVe at Omaka, flown by John Lamont
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Post by joesmith on Dec 17, 2015 18:09:35 GMT 12
Good choice.... I like that one, the pic and the Spit!
Joe
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 17, 2015 18:58:52 GMT 12
Thanks. I took it myself too.
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Post by ZacYates on Dec 18, 2015 9:51:13 GMT 12
I certainly can't fault that. Great shot Dave! I can almost hear the "wild gypsy woman" roar!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 10, 2016 18:03:02 GMT 12
A new forum header this week to mark and remember the establishment of the Womens Auxiliary Air Force as part of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75 years ago on the 16th of January 1941. There had already been a small handful of women employed by the RNZAF from 1940 who were carrying out duties to release men from those roles and free the men up to perhaps head overseas, etc. But by 1941 the RNZAF decided to follow the Royal Air Force's lead and establish an actual womens' service, the WAAF. Girls and ladies swarmed to the WAAF in an effort to do their bit. You can find a little on the WAAF on my website here with a list of their wartime trades, and their different rank structure. But I recommend the books "Spreading Their Wings" by Bee Dawson, "The WAAF Book" by Bathia McKenzie, "Wartime Memories of the RNZAF" by Keith and Nona Morris, and "Doing Our Bit" by Jim Sullivan for more indepth stories. www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/WAAF%20info.htm
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 16, 2016 23:23:43 GMT 12
The new header marks 25 years since the beginning of Operation Desert Storm, in which the RNZAF was involved.
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Post by camtech on Jan 20, 2016 10:02:56 GMT 12
Cool header Dave, but all I can see is the Spitfire!!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 20, 2016 13:10:46 GMT 12
Yes, the Gulf War header was up two days and once the anniversary was past, I put the Spitty back up.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 20, 2016 13:43:43 GMT 12
The newest header is a great photo by Errol Cavit of TVAL's latest aeroplane, the German LVG bomber.
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Post by ZacYates on Mar 22, 2016 10:25:46 GMT 12
The LVG photo really caught my eye when I arrived this morning, top shot Errol and fine choice Dave.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 3, 2016 14:18:58 GMT 12
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Post by Damon on Apr 3, 2016 18:48:27 GMT 12
Proper flag that..
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Post by ZacYates on Apr 11, 2016 16:51:17 GMT 12
Not a forum header per se, but it sometimes appears at the top of the page: is the Canberra photo in the AHSNZ banner a Dave Homewood colourised special? It's a cracker shot!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Apr 11, 2016 17:32:52 GMT 12
It's a genuine coloured shot Zac.
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