The National Magazine of the Royal New Zealand Air Force
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1944
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Volume 5 No. 1 - January 1944
Price 1/-
Size 197 x 140mm
pages plus full coloured cover
Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of Lockheed Hudsons ringing in the new year over the globe
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Volume 5 No. 2 - February 1944
Price 1/-
Size 197 x 140mm
pages plus full coloured cover
Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a Supermarine Walrus flying over an RNZAF launch
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A Close up of the Supermarine Walrus
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Volume 5 No. 3 - March 1944
Price 1/-
Size 197 x 140mm
pages plus full coloured cover
Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a WAAF corporal sewing on her new stripes
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Volume 5 No. 4 - April 1944
Price 1/-
Size 197 x 140mm
pages plus full coloured cover
Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of an Air Training Corp member climbing into a Tiger Moth
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Volume 5 No. 5 - May 1944
Price 1/-
Size 197 x 140mm
pages plus full coloured cover
Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of an RNZAF Lockheed Hudson under maintenance in the Pacific
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The Open Air Workshop a photo of a P40 being maintained in the Pacific (photo, 1 page)
Editorial about the future of aviation after the war (1 page)
US Praise For Kiwi Fighters feedback on what the US forces think of the RNZAF Fighter Wing and crews in the Pacific (article, 2 pages)
The Herrick Tradition The story of Sqn Ldr M.J. Herrick DFC and Bar, and his four brothers in the forces (article, 3 pages incl Conly portrait)
Faith a joke (snippet)
Jet Thee Behind Me by Egbert the Erk (lighthearted piece, 3 pages)
They Keep Them Flying By RNZAF Official News Service about the ground crews in the Pacific (article, 11 pages with lots of photos)
Famous People Of The Service "The Stores Wallah" by 'Joe Soap' (lighthearted piece, 3 pages)
The Mighty Atom (article, 2 pages)
Faith by 'Ropata Kirimuwutu' (story, 5 and a half pages)
The Elusive 100th By RNZAF Official News Service, about the disappointment that the Fighter Wing hadn't made a century of kills, and were stuck on 99. It was later proven they did. (article, 1 and a half pages)
Big Doug about the new Douglas C-74 aircraft (snippet)
Standard For Service Piece about 30 RAF squadrons being awarded the King's Standard (snippet)
Vignettes of the Service 'Aseri - An Islands Memory' by 'DAGOC' about a Fijian he'd met (article, 2 pages)
Our Sons By R.A.L. Batley (poem, 1 page)
The Aerial Blitz of 1914-18 about the bombing of England in WWI (article, 1 and a half pages)
Our Busy Sister about the RAAF reaching 100,000 personnel (snippet)
Parking Problem about the US aircraft being ferried to the UK (snippet)
Wendy in the Medical Section By W.2126 (lighthearted piece, 3 pages)
Roll of Honour (sentimental article, 3 pages)
Passing Panorama (snippets, 3 pages)
A.T.C. Mobile Instruction Unit about three special trucks that travel NZ with a Harvard fuselage, engines, etc to instruct ATC cadets (article, 1 page)
A Day Begins by CPL R.W.F. (story, 2 pages)
Silly - Isn't It! (lighthearted piece, 2 pages)
He Wanted To Be A Pilot (story, 2 pages)
Keeping Pace With Progress by "RAF" (article on aeronautics, 3 pages)
Stand Easy (jokes, 2 and a half pages)
Personal Notices: (Many issues include the personal notices section. I have decided to list the names from one of these sections to give an idea of the many Air Force marriages, because it provides an interesting social insight. If you need such info from other issues, contact me. The personal notices for this issue are as follows)
Engagements
Glenn David Cammell (RNZAF) - Joan Olive Nicholson
Robert Douglas Campbell (RNZAF) - Patricia Robertshaw
Kenneth James Clark (RNZAF)- Bessie Holland (WAAF)
Robin Alfred (Bob) Cole (RNZAF)- Margaret Florence (Peggy) Mitchell
Maurice Costello (RNZAF)- Phyllis May Sinton
Douglas Gordon Curtis (RNZAF) - Gloria Jean Ireland
Cpl Ian Gillies (RNZAF) - Brenda Ervine Davis-Goff
William Edwin Goulding (RNZAF) - Catherine Jeanne Needham
Cpl Maxwell Paul Hamlin (RNZAF) - Dorothy May Neiman
Sgt Ian Thomas Kemp - Gwen Waterhouse
LAC M.D. King (RNZAF) - Nurse Ruth M. Chittock
Flt Lt R.W. McSkimming (RNZAF) - Gwendolyn Johnston
Pilot Officer Albert James Osborne (RNZAF)- Joan Holland
Ian Albert Poole (RNZAF) - Lillian Joy Aitken
Robert James Samson (RNZAF) - Dorothy Irene Hintz
Ross Perry St Clair (RNZN) - Merle Zela Elliot
Cpl A. Tiller (RNZAF) - Isobel Pearson
Sgt Frank Gourlay Robinson (2NZEF) - Patricia Mary Wooley (WAAF)
Sgt Alexander George Peter Wolf (RNZAF) - W.A.L. Sybil marion Carne
Married
Sgt Frederick Douglas Ching (RNZAF) - Jessie Kennedy
Cpl John Irven Cooke (RNZAF) - Jean Lillian Holloway
Terrence Stephen Dwayne (RNZAF)- Elva May Sycamore
Sqn Ldr Leslie Gerald Fowler D.F.C. (RNZAF) - Margaret Wylde Ebden
Lt Basil Aubrey (2NZEF) - Dorothy May Chetwynd
Pilot Officer William Harcourt Jones (RNZAF) - Ursula Kathleen Simmonds (WAAF)
Dulcie Gwendoline Thompson - Sgt Cyril Lawrence Harwood
Aircraftsman Ronald Bruce Seay - Joy May Jones
Volume 5 No. 5- June 1944
Price 1/-
Size 197 x 140mm
pages plus full coloured cover
Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a 25 Squadron RNZAF Douglas Dauntless making a divebomb
attack on a Japanese aircraft carrier
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Getting Fit For Jungle Warfare a photo of an airman on an assault course (photo, 1 page)
Editorial about the future after the war ends (1 page)
Flare Party story by "Icarus" (story, 3 pages)
It Sows In Canada by "N,W.H," (lighthearted piece about Canadian girls, 1 page)
Biography: "His Career A Challenge..." The story of Wing Commander A.E. Clouston DSO, DFC, AFC and Bar (article, 1 and a half pages incl Conly portrait)
Every Convenience (1/2 page about a Pole who escaped from Germany back to Britain after baling out.)
Cartoon jokes (lighthearted piece, 1 page)
One Fly Didn't Fly Away By "DAGOC" (story, 3 pages)
The Darkest Hour by Erksome (story, 3 pages)
London And The Future (snippet about proposed London airport)
Dutch Fliers of Transport Command by a correspondent of the Netherlands Press Agency "ANETA" somewhere in Australia (article, 1 and a bit pages)
Well Mow Me Down half page about the Fiery Mo's, an RAAF Hudson Sqn in the Pacific
The More The Merrier about Ribbentrop's claim that Allied raids over Germany bolster their morale (snippet)
Let's Go Flying by "Vaughn" (article, 1 and a half pages)
Long Winded a definition of an aeronautical engineer (snippet)
Have You Been To Shush? by Egbert the Erk (lighthearted piece, 3 pages)
Preparations For Jungle Warfare about the Weapons Training School 'somewhere in New Zealand' where all those proceeding to the Pacific receive training (article, 2 pages)
Commando Training in the RNZAF (photos, 10 pages)
Love - Helen by "Gropes" (story 3 and a bit pages)
Cartoon joke (lighthearted piece, almost 1 page)
Wendy The WAAF in the Clothing Store By W.2126 (lighthearted piece, 3 pages)
Cartoon jokes (lighthearted piece, 1 page)
Gen... (1 page)
"Flying High" about the RNZAF Band's recent review 'Flying High' (5 pages)
Further Protection For Airmen about the US Eighth Air Force using armoured vests (snippet)
Target For Tonight by"Demos" (short story, 1 and a bit pages)
Dwellings by Tom Steele (poem, 1 page)
Passing Panorama (snippets, 2 pages)
Stand Easy (jokes, 2 and a half pages)
The Target by F/O Winton Keay (story, 2 pages)
Ain't It The Truth? (poem, 1 page)
Keeping Pace With Progress by "RAF" (article on aeronautics, 2 and a half pages)
For Gallantry
Personal Notices
Volume 6 No. 1- July 1944
Price 1/-
Size 197 x 140mm
pages plus full coloured cover
Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of an Eagle grasping the Japanese flag flying past the RNZAF roundel
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Volume 6 No. 2 - August 1944
Price 1/-
Size 197 x 140mm
pages plus full coloured cover
Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a Distinguished Flying Cross medal
Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
Contents Information
Role of R.N.Z.A.F. in Pacific 2-page article
Action By Night A New Zealand Flight Lieutenant Air Gunner who had three years experience on Defiant night fighters describes shooting down a Heinkel (3 pages)
Damsel In Distress A letter by "Elizabeth", a WAAF writing to George Antheil who wrote an advice column for women (2 and a half pages)
Stand Easy Jokes and a cartoon (half page)
Training Navigators Article about the School of Navigation and Reconnaissance at Bell Block (6 pages including many photos)
Biography: Wing Commander James Fraser Barron DSO and Bar, DFC, DFM (2 pages including Conly portrait)
Gone With The Wings - A Film Story by Egbert The Erk (3 and a half pages
Bamboo - Universal Provider half-page article
Life's Funny That Way by "Gropes" (2 and a half page story)
Signed Up With Their Honour half page about an aerial film being made in Britain
Tropicalia one page poem about the tropics
Two of the Many A Short Story by M. Prudence Gregory (1 and a half pages)
Setting Rivets By Radio half page about invention of explosive rivets
Volume 6 No. 3 - September 1944
Price 1/-
Size 197 x 140mm
pages plus full coloured cover
Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a Roll of Honour campaigns board
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Volume 6 No. 4 - October 1944
Price 1/-
Size 197 x 140mm
pages plus full coloured cover
Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of various Disney characters in aerial guise, including
Pluto, the Big Bad Wolf and the Seven Dwarves in a 'V' sign
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Volume 6 No. 5 - November 1944
Price 1/-
Size 197 x 140mm
pages plus full coloured cover
Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a fighter pilot's eye view as he shoots down a German fighter
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Volume 6 No. 6 - December 1944
Price 1/-
Size 197 x 140mm
pages plus full coloured cover
Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of Mosquito fighters and the RAF roundel - Christmas Issue
Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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