'WINGS OVER CAMBRIDGE'		CAMBRIDGE'S CONNECTIONS WITH THE WARTIME AIR FORCE
The National Magazine of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Index Database
The following guide is intended to give you some idea as to the contents of Contact. Sadly the guide is currently incomplete but it is ever-growing, and I have so far added details from the issues that I own or have been able to borrow, plus a few odds and ends gleaned from other sources. If you have any of the issues not detailed here, I'd be very keen to please receive any information you can provide for this database. If you can assist with more details or you'd like to know more about any of the articles or items mentioned, please feel free to Contact me No copyright information is published in any of the Contact issues I have seen so far, but I assume that if there were any copyright, it remains the property of the Royal New Zealand Air Force or the individual contributors who helped create the magazines. This webpage does not intend to breach any copyright laws, it is merely intended to inform collectors and interested people about this wonderful magazine, and serve as a nostalgic look back at a slice of Air Force social history. Thanks to Ivan Prince and Rod MacKenzie for their valuable assistance with scans and information for this page. Note: The Collection Status remarks in each heading referws to webmaster Dave Homewood's personal collection, so if you require further info from the editions he has, feel free to ask by clicking 'Contact Me' above.

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Volume 1 No 1. - March 1941 Price 9d Size 276 x 220mm 48 pages Cover: A montage of photos from around the RNZAF Collection Status - Some Content Information Required - Copy Required
Contents Information Includes Canada greets our boys Advice to new trainees Letters to the editor Biographies of Captain Albert Ball and Flight Lieutenant Deere Roll of Honour Sports Poems Obituaries RNZAF Levin list of personnel Letters, humours, notices and advertisements
Volume 1 No. 2 - April 1941 Price 9d Size 276 x 220mm 48 pages Cover: A photo of an airman on a Fairey Battle of the RAF Collection Status - Copy Required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
Contents Information Air Chief Marshall Sir Cyril Newell Attention Britain Today Editorial Flying Officer E.J. Kain DFC In Memoriam A Message From The Commanding Officer No. 2EFTS, New Plymouth Overseas Seven Hours With A Tail Gunner Sports Squadron Leader MacGregor Stand Easy Station News The Night Bombers Through the EFTS in Ten Minutes Trainee's First Impression of EFTS Training Trainees We Write You Write
Volume 1 No. 3 - May 1941 Price 9d Size 276 x 220mm pages plus coloured cover Cover: Unknown as yet Collection Status - Cover Scan Required - Content Information Required - Copy Required
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Volume 1 No. 4 - June 1941 Price 9d Size 276 x 220mm pages plus coloured cover Cover: A Montage of pictures from the European war Collection Status - Copy Required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
Contents Information Advice To A.T.S. Trainees An Airman's Letter To His Mother Attention Broadcast Address "Contact" Honours Them Death or Victory Editorial First Impressions of A.T.S. First Solo Flight Following a Stream of Death History of RNZAF Station Ohakea In Memoriam Overseas Our Boys In Canada Personnel Lists Resurgam Sports Stand Easy Signals Station News Through The ATS in Ten Minutes We Write You Write
Volume 1 No. 5 - July 1941 Price 9d Size 276 x 220mm pages plus coloured cover Cover: A montage image of a Spitfire flying over a pilot with the Southern Alps as backdrop Collection Status - Copy Required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
Content Information Aerial Photography Air Force Relations Airmen In The Sun An Observers Diary Attention "Contact" Honours Them Editorial For Freedom How To Become a Pilot Officer How To Communicate With Prisoners of War Late Pilot Officer Louis Jacobsen DFC Night Bombing In The Middle East Our Finest Governor Our Leader Speaks Overseas Personnel Lists Stand Easy Station News Sports US Bomber To Britain Victoria Cross We Write You Write
Volume 1 No. 6 - August 1941 Price 9d Size 276 x 220mm pages plus coloured cover Cover: Airspeed Oxford and crew Collection Status - Copy Required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
Contents Information Across The Pacific In Ten Minutes Attention An Observers Diary America Has Spoken Advice To Trainees Traveling Across The Pacific "Contact" Editor Leaves "Contact" Honours Them Editorial Gunnery In three Short Lessons I Flew A Harvard Late Sergeant Pilot D.L. Nula Morning Blitz Overseas Personnel Lists Sports Stand Easy Station News Squadron Leader Breckon DFC The Airman Meteorologist The Service of the YMCA The Trainee's First Impression of the trip "Across The Pacific" The Work of a Practice Bomb Those Who Tend The Inner Man W.A.A.F.s We Write With Heads "Bloody But Unbowed" You Write
Volume 1 No. 7 - September - October 1941 Price 9d Size 276 x 220mm 48 pages plus coloured cover Cover: An RNZAF Hawker Hind NZ1508 being refuelled Collection Status - A copy is in the Collection Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
Contents Information Editorial - People of New Zealand A Patriotic Message from the Editor Help For Russia - Lord Beaverbrook Speaks Broadcast transcript Training The Pilot in New Zealand Synopsis of how pilots are trained Photographs Are Valuable In War About Aerial Photos Training A Pilot In Ten Minutes Montage of photos of training a pilot from arrival as a civvie through to going abroad Aerial Key Men Training Observers in Canada Women At Work Photo of WAAF Instrument mech Jottings Snippets from the war Airman's Reverie Poem (by D. McC.) Stand Easy Jokes and cartoon strip Attention Patriotic fervour First Impressions of a Rookie WAAF Essay by WAAF D. McC. A Day In The Life Of A WAAF Photos of WAAF's at work Pilot Officer J.W. Thompson DFC Biog of recent DFC winner The Late Sergeant Pilot Kevin D, Cox Obit of late 485 (NZ) Sqn pilot Sports Ice Hockey, Running, Football, Canoeing, Boxing and Billiards Contact Honours Them - Pilot Officer GW Hamlin DFC Sgt Jeffery George West DFC W/C Patrick Jameson DFC, RAF Sgt David. Abbot DFM Sgt Henry. Cotton DFM Sgt J. Joll DFM Pilot Officer J.W. Purcivall DFC Pilot Officer Alan Hobbs DFC Initial Training of Skilled Ground Staff A look at the TTS at Rongotai Not In The News Story of W/O B.E. Embry's escape from France American Assistance Photo of US pilots in Canada training our pilots Pastoral For An Equipment Officer Poem (by M.I.K.) You Write Letters to Contact Ohakea Pioneers First baby born at Ohakea, Vincent Charles Calcinai Cutting His Life Line Bombing Hitler's supply lines These Englishmen Poem (by Ian Hay) An Observer's Diary Part 4 of a diary of an Observer on active service We Write Candid Letters From Contact The Bombs Poem (by LAC H.) Stand Easy More jokes Ohakea Has A Station Band Article on their band Kiwi News From Kiwi Fleming at RCAF Fingal, Ontario, Canada Station News Snippets of news and gossip from various NZ Stations The Pilot's Prayer Poem by Cecil Roberts 585 Sq. Feet of Precious Silk Article about parachutes Youth Is Air Minded The formation of the Air Training Corps in NZ Air Sense Flying Tips from a Canadian Instructor The Fleet Air Arm A small insight into training for the FAA Night Fighter Station Story about a Beaufighter unit Ode to a Fitter Armourer Poem (by LAC A.W.) Lucky WAAF - Lonely Officer A Musing from RNZAF Harewood Ground Staff Appreciated Penned by an Airman Pilot Women At Work Photo of Mona Friedlander in flying kit, of the ATA American Planes Are Good Men flying US planes in the RAF War of Production Back cover message that the King and Queen need your help
Volume 1 No. 8 - November 1941 Price 9d Size 276 x 220mm pages plus coloured cover Cover: Hawker Hurricanes attacking Channel shipping Collection Status - Copy Required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
Content Information Editorial Opinion Contact's Point Of View Attention Features "______ Guns" Wanted - Better Ceiling Hospitality in Britain Night Fighter Squadron New "Ship-Hopping" The F??? Point Armistice Day News Passing Panorama Overseas Social News Station News Training Across Canada In Ten Minutes Advice To Trainees The Will To Conquer Humour Stand Easy W.A.A.F. Problem The Missing Link Air Slanguage Correspondence You Write Famous Airmen Flying Officer Gill "Contact" Honours Them Sports Physical and Recreational Training Sports on Stations Short Story The Sixteen Carries On Poems Friendship ??? Achievement
Volume 1 No. 9 - December 1941 - Christmas Issue Price 9d Size 276 x 220mm 48 pages plus coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly drawing of a P38 Lockheed Lightning (This was Conly's first cover) Collection Status - Content Information Required - Copy Required
Contents Information Includes Bomber Pilots Ground Staff at Harewood The New Zealand General reconnaissance Sqdrn Air Sense Profiles of serving officers Letters, humours, notices and advertisements
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Volume 1 No. 10 - January 1942 Price 1/- Size 276 x 220mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting a Harvard preparing for a night flight Collection Status - Content Information Required - Copy Required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
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Volume 1 No. 11 - February 1942 Price 1/- Size 276 x 220mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a P39 Airacobra in RAF markings Collection Status - Content Information Required - Copy Required
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Volume 1 No. 12 - March 1942 Price 1/- Size 276 x 220mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a bomber crew in their cockpit Collection Status - Content Information Required - Copy Required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
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Volume 2 No. 1 - April - May 1942 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of RNZAF North American Harvards in formation Collection Status - Content Information Required - Copy Required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
Information Known So Far: This was the first issue in the smaller 'digest' size and it saw the introduction of the following regular features: - Egbert The Erk - Nimbo Stratus - Gropes - Wendy The WAAF by W2126 - Super Charge
Volume 2 No. 2- June 1942 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of an Air Gunner in his RAF bomber Collection Status - Content Information Required - Copy Required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
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Volume 2 No. 3- July 1942 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm 84 pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of New Zealand Airmen arm-in-arm with an American bomber pilot, and his (stylised) B17 Collection Status - An electronic copy is in the collection
Contents Information Editorial Passing Panorama Bomber Pilot Extracts from a letter from a "well known New Zealand athlete" who was a member of Bomber Command - talking about missions over France and Germany, and glimpsing Winston Churchill, etc. The Real Difference Joke Honours For MacArthur A new dish in a New York restaurant is named after General MacArthur They Fly By Night Night Flying Practice in Wellington bombers by "B.L.", an ex-Sgt Gunner of No 75 (NZ) Sqn They Also Serve A tribute to the Ground Staff of the RNZAF, by Ropata Kirimuwutu Air Power And New Zealand Highlights from Air Commodore R.V. Goddard's recent broadcast address to NZ Aerial LeviathanSnippet about a new 75 seat airliner being built in the USA (probably the Lockheed Constellation?) Brass Buttons Go Snippet about battledress buttons in the UK now made of plastic rather than brass Is It Woff or Waff? By Egbert the Erk - worrying about how to pronounce WAAF Night Fighter Poem (by M.D. Webster) And They Thought It Impossible About the Wright Bro's America Snippet quoting Gilbert Anstruther in "Man" about America's good and bad points The Lives of a Filipino Pilot Snippet of an interview with a Philipino pilot now in Australia who said he'd used six of his nine lives defending his defeated country, but he would return, as MacArthur had decreed The War of Ideas Article about Chesterton's 'Ballad of the White Horse' What Language Is This, Huh? Snippet about the Germans being baffled in World War One by two Choctaw Indians who sent messages in their own language - not code - and the Germans couldn't understand or crack the messages Indoor Flying Article and the Link Trainer by A.P. Luscombe Whyte Countries In The News - India A monthly review of different counties, their current political state, etc, by 'The Historian' Great New Zealand Athletes No 1 - Joe Scott, Champion Walker, by Wallie Ingram Britain's Aerial Might A quote from Sir Archibald Sinclair on how mighty the Stirling, Halifax, Manchester and Lancaster were, and that they were coming into their own Photos - includes pilots and Spitfires from 485 (NZ) Squadron, a Westland Whirlwind fighter, and Bill Jordan, NZ High Commissioner to Britain Portrait by Conly - Pencil portrait of General Douglas MacArthur Meteorology Simplified Part II - Winds, by 'Nimbo Stratus' - technical article on wind types Netherlands Airmen Snippet about Dutch airmen who'd escaped to Britain and were now flying their Fokker T8W floatplanes in RAF Coastal Command against German U-boats and doing well You Write Letters to Contact about Flying Wings, answered in the below article Techniques and Evolution of Tailless Aircraft by the Editor Wendy The WAAF by W2126. Wendy goes on leave with a pocketful of pay but finds shopping for clothing isn't easy Canadian Wins GM The George Medal award to Sgt Thomas B. Miller, RCAF The Night Bomber Compact - The National Magazine of the WAAF Diary of a WAAF Part V by W2126 Hymn For the RAF Poem (By Patience Strong) Spread The Jam...And Help The ATC Japanese Aircraft - 3-view recognition - Aichi AI104 and Kawasaki Kawa 95 Air Training Corps in England
Volume 2 No. 4 - August 1942 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a Fleet Air Arm fighter taking off from a Carrier Collection Status - Content Information Required - Copy Required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
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Volume 2 No. 5- September - October 1942 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a P40E Kittyhawk fighter in an RNZAF workshop Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
Contents Information A Decorative Interpretation of the Decompression Chamber - by well known NZ artist Nancy Adkin Ritchie Editorial Passing Panorama - includes 'Darts Over Berlin'; 'Norwegian Fishing Story'; 'American Pilots'; "Arawa Guerilla'; 'The Fifth Glass'; 'Defiant Farmers'; 'Belgian Air Force'; 'Snake in the Siren'; 'Farm "Battle" Dress'; CANADA: New Zealand Pilot Honoured - Plaque Presented to Honour Student Pilot-Officer Ernest Holdaway Identity Wanted - two photos of Airmen that Contact wanted to identify after they'd got mixed up in mail home Tissandier, Sival and Croce Spinelli - early artists impression of these pioneers in a balloon at 29,000 feet in 1875. It was the first time oxygen was used in flight, but too late, and only Tissandier survived the flight Aviation Medicine Part II - by Caduceus - about the use of oxygen and air pressure on the body Falling Fortress: Last Voice From Corregidor - the last Allied radio transmission heard as the Japs took over Snippet - A statement by General de Gaulle On Their Selection: Or How I Was Chosen - by "Egbert The Erk". Egbert's story of how he joined the RNZAF On Wings of Valour - Poem, anon Snippet - New Soviet automatic rifle Cartoon - Observer Corps Take It - Or Leave It: The Musings of a Thirsty Soul - about the question of prohibition Fighter Pilot Artist - a snippet about a pilot in a West Riding of Yorkshire Squadron of Fighter Command who's also an artist and does portraits of his fellow squadron members Private of General? - Insignia of Rank in the US Army Air Force - article and pictures of rank insignia Attention!!! Don't Talk - article about careless talk Snippet - a statement by Viscount Trenchard of the still possible airborne invasion of England Aircraft Spotting - aircraft recognition chart A Day In The Life of a Bomber Pilot Part II - 13-page photo-article Meteorology Simplified Part IV - Clouds Banana or Baloney Oil - a report of an article published in a British aeronautical magazine about New Zealand's Banana crop - which was totally fictitious! Singapore - The Evacuation - article by R.T. (who was a member of the New Zealand Fighter Squadron that fought in Singapore He Wanted To Fly - Snippet about a man who had missed out on flying duties, but one dy got permission to act as an extra gunner on a bomber, and on the raid over Germany was killed Countires In The News - A Monthly Review by The Historian: The Middle East (Continued) Tales of the Oldtimer - EVENTFUL DAY- As related to Ropata Kirimuwutu - the second in the series of true stories from the Great War of a "well known" RNZAF Officer. I do not know who this officer was, but he'd served in the Royal Naval Air Service on the island of Mudros in 1917. He tells of a day the Captain visited, and in their flying display they accidentally burned the station's wheat crop, then he crashed into the cable of an observer balloon and nearly died. The Australian observers had to parachute to safety. Eagle Squadron - Review of the then-new US film "Eagle Squadron" about Americans in the RAF Compact - National Magazine of the WAAF - Careless Talk: A Further Episode in the Adventures of Wendy The WAAF by W.2126 WAAF Specialists - Girls Prove Their Worth at Instrument Repair - by Aileron, article about girls in specilised Air Force jobs Great New Zealand Athletes No. 3 - George Smith - article by W.F. Ingram Silent Homage - Snippet about the banning of laying wreaths in Germany for troops killed on the Eastern Front Armament Production - New Zealand Makes "Machine Gun" Carriers - article with photos Air Training Corps - news from the ATC regions (this time Napier and Gisborne) Back Page - Poster for the new film Eagle Squadron
Volume 2 No. 6 - November 1942 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a WAAF in this 'Special WAAF Number' Collection Status - Content Information Required - Copy Required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
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Volume 3 No. 1 - December 1942 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm 84 pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of streams of aircraft and Allied flags with the slogan "Lift Up Your Hearts" Collection Status: A copy is in the collection
Contents Information Knights of the Air - photo of three P40 pilots in front of a Kittyhawk Editorial Aviation Medicine Part IV - Medical Officer and Airman by Caduceus Fighter Pilot - Poem by William Kean Seymour Cartoon Knights Of The Air - Article with photos and even semi-coloured fold out on the P40 pilots The Sky Is Safe Today...But What Of Tomorrow - Photo-article on nurturing pilots through the Air Training Corp. This includes an excellent photo of Cambridge's ace Bill Wells visiting ATC cadets Off The Record - The Unofficial History of the Royal New Zealand Air Force - Humorous snippets from round the stations, including 'Nice Work'; 'Where Ignorance Is Bliss'; ' Discipline!'; 'Novelty'; 'Unreheared'; and 'The Height of Hospitality' Xmas Day In The Dope Shop - Being a strongly flavoured story of the Restive Season in the tradition of Charles ("Butch") Dickens - by Egbert the Erk ATTENTION!! Peace... And What? - article by Thirty-Niner My Country - Poem by Florence McKenzie Smart Xmas Stars - Poem by W.1848 We've Done Our Hitch in Hell - Poem contributed by an American serviceman in the Pacific war zone Passing Panorama - News items including "First Flight In England'; 'Night Fighter Has Two Bites'; 'Dead Serious'; 'New Zealand C.A.S. at Guadalcanar' [sic]; 'Honour To Maori Race'; 'RNZAF In The Pacific'' (rugby teams); Countries in the News - A Monthly Review by the Historian: The Far East - The White Man's Burden - article Cartoon 'Gatecrasher' Britain's Little Ships - article by A P Luscombe Whyte Tales of the Old Timer - The Missing Code Book As related to Ropata Kirimuwutu - the third in the series of true stories from the Great War of a "well known" RNZAF Officer. See Sept-Oct 42 for more Cartoon Compact - National Magazine of the WAAF - Wendy The WAAF Gets A New Beret by W.2126 Her War Effort - by W.1848 Moonlight Picnics - A Few Hints From Wendy The WAAF Cartoon Diary of a WAAF Part VII - by W.2126 Snippet - Flt Lt Robert Spurdle RNZAF had shot down German ace Horst Benno Kruger Star Recognition - article by 'Rigel Von Betelgeuse' about astronomy for navigation Great New Zealand Athletes No. 5 - Jack Lovelock - article by W.F. Ingram Personal Notices - Marriages and Engagements Air Training Corps - news from the ATC regions (this time includes UK, Dunedin, Christchurch, Timaru and The Observer)
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Volume 3 No. 2 - January-February 1943 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm 80 pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a Paratrooper in full kit Collection Status : An electronic copy is in the collection
Contents Information Parachutes - The Truth Behind The Glamour After They Bale Out WAAF Hairdressers Wash Out Poem (By Pte. A.R. Petrucci) For Gallantry - Wing Commander E.P. Wells Coming Down By Egbert the Erk Death-cheaters To Fly Again Parachutes For The RNZAF Photos of WAAF's maintaining parachutes New Zealand Air Exercises Tribute To the late Flying Officer Charles Turnbull Another Ghost Laid Passing Panorama Sugar Cane and Blue Print RNZAF Aerodrome Construction Squadron Summer Camp for 150,000 ATC Cadets in UK Mararoa Celebrated Russian Airman Attention!!! Peace - And What? To The Men Who Fly Poem (by Ralph G. Fallert) Meteorology Simplified Part VII - Air Masses and Fronts Nine - Wants To Parachute Compact - The National Magazine of the WAAF Diary of a WAAF Part VIII by W2126 Wendy The WAAF Becomes Parachute Minded by W2126 The Palm Tree Poem (by Ralph G. Fallert) Stand Easy Impressions On A North island Station Cartoons Famous Parachutist - Scotty Fraser Great New Zealand Athletes No 6 - Malcolm Champion Personal Notices Advertisements Join With The ATC Hannahs Shoes NIMU Insurance Ballantynes Men's Gloves R.U.R. International Correspondence School National Savings Stamps Hendy's Hair Generator Craven A cigarettes De Reszke cigarettes Chevrolet Scott Manufacturing Kiwi Boot Polish Gillette Nugget Black shoe polish Manawatu Tyre Rebuilders Ltd, Rangatikei Street, Palmerston North Cambridge Clothing Company M. O'Brien and Co. Shoes Baxter's Lung Preserver Berlei Oak Preserves Apex Ice Cream BSA Bicycles George Bettle, Chemist Mosgiel Geoff Young - Coal and Firewood Merchant, Fenton St., Rotorua Ford Garage, Hale Nicholls Ltd., Fenton Street, Rotorua Rotorua Meat Co, Eruwera Street, Rotorua Coker's Hotel, Christchurch Cascade Brewery Monarch shoes Point-setter by Lichfield Shirts DIC Men's Store Oreka Point sub-divisions, Lee Brothers, Fenton Street, Rotorua Certified 100% Pure Waitemata Aspro Hotel Auckland For Your Uniform Requirements, Cochrane & Macdonald, Queen St, Auckland Photo Engravers Ltd, Auckland Army and Navy Tailoring, Sneideman and Sons Ltd, Christchurch Lion Ale Crown Studios Park Drive Cigarette Tobacco Circuits and Bumps (back page) a new book for airmen
Volume 3 No. 3 - March 1943 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a succession of RNZAF General Reconnaisance aircraft in flight, lead by the Lockheed Hudson, then the Vickers Vincent/Vildebeeste and third the Blackburn Baffin. I'm unsure of the fourth aircraft but it's likely the Fairey IIIF. Collection Status: Content Information Required - Copy Required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
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Volume 3 No. 4 - April 1943 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of an RNZAF airman in an Aerodrome Defence Unit (ADU) guarding a Hudson Collection Status: A copy is in the Collection
Contents Information On Guard - Photo of an ADU member guarding a Lockheed Hudson on an RNZAF airfield Editorial Guns and Education - article by "Jason" Flying Accidents - article about Air Vice-Marshall Goddard's ideas on flying accidents in the RNZAF Prophecy - a prophecy from Grey's Luna Habitabilis Cartoon - by Silverwood Five Thosand Pieces - by "Egbert the Erk" There Was An Airgunner - poem by Flt/Lt Anthony Richardson, RAFVR A Personal War - by Flying Officer "X" Prelude To Combat - photo-article with Conly drawings on an Aerodrome Defence Unit - interestingly the captions to Conly's drawings of the fake bombers to fool the enmy are censored Wildcat and Avenger - article on the two US Grumman built aircraft operating in the Pacific Roll of Honour - Missing Believed Killed - short story by Gropes It's Troppo - But One Has To Laugh - humorous article by "Accident" Ode To Unsung Heroes - poem by "Blossom" Passing Panorama - news spippets including: 'CAS Promoted'; 'Bombs on Europe'; Objection Overruled'; 'Parachuting into Flames'; Packed with Cellophane'; 'Modern Sea War'; 'Distinguished Record'; 'Triumph Over Disability'; and 'Find in Scrap Heap'. Tales of the Old Timer - The Coilspring Flight - As related to Ropata Kirimuwutu - the fourth in the series of true stories from the Great War of a "well known" RNZAF Officer. See Sept-Oct 42 for more Wendy In The Wireless - by W.2126 You Write - Letters To The Editor Keeping Pace With Progress - A Monthly Survey of Interesting Features in the Developement of Aeronautical Enineering - article by "Supercharge" Stand Easy - RNZAF Humour and Cartoons For Gallantry - latest medal awards Letters to Overseas Airmen - the addresses to post your letters to Personal Notices - Engagements and marriages
Volume 3 No. 5 - May 1943 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a young, ambitious member of the Air Training Corps, dreaming of the day when he'll be a fighter pilot Collection Status: A copy is in the Collection
Contents Information Cartoon - ATC Cadets Visit An RAF Station - by Wing Commander E.G. Oakley-Beuttler, RAF Editorial Eulogy or Description? How The Air Training Corps Operates - article by I.J.M. A Message From The Commandant of the Air Training Corps - by Wing Commander Geo. A. Nicholls ATC Wings Inspection by CAS - photo spread of Air Vice-Marshall Goddard's Wellington inspection Practical Experience - photo spread of ATC getting hans on at an RNZAF Station It's Never In The Papers - short story by Flying Officer "X" There's Gonna Be A Moider - by "Egbert The Erk" Liberty's Defenders - Poem by Florence McKenzie Smart Look Aloft - article on the ATC Out of the Silence - Poem by "Cleo" Mosquitos - article by M.J.R. about de Havilland's fighter-bomber ... On Getting Clearance - Poem about signing off a Station Hero's Plume Winged AG of the Air Force - Photo-article by I.J.M. about Air Gunners To England - Poem by an RNZAF Observer on the anniversary of Dunkirk Plywood For Aircraft - article on this then-new material for skinning aircraft Development of the ATC - article by a Staff Officer Removals by RAF - snippet about the Germans moving their biggest cement factory from the Ruhr to Poznan, in Poland to avoid the RAF bombing Kit Inspection - humorous article by B.C.K. Vacation - cartoon by "Blossom" Ceiling Zero - short story by "Gropes" about a Hudson crew making an attack Dogfight - snippet about AVM Keith Park getting into a dogfight over Malta Wendy In The Mess - by W.2126 Passing Panorama - news snippets including "Vegetables for Victory"; "Gable The Gunner"; "The Bristol Bisley"; and a portrait of RNZAF pilot Flt/Lt J.F. Barron Visit of Cir Cyril Newell - the Governor-General's visit to the Contact office in Rotorua For Gallantry - the latest medal awards Stand Easy - Air Force jokes and cartoons Keeping Pace With Progress - A Monthly Survey of Interesting Features in the Developement of Aeronautical Enineering - article by "Supercharge". This month on Variable Pitch Propellors Technical Terms Illistrated - Torque - Cartoon Personal Notices - Engagements and marriages
Volume 3 No. 6 - June 1943 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a bomber covered with Gremlins Collection Status - Content Information Required - Copy Required
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Volume 4 No. 1 - July 1943 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm 80 pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of Mosquito KM-G shooting down a Focke Wulf 190 Collection Status - A copy is in the Collection
Contents Editorial The Mighty Lancaster About the aircraft and its first visit to NZ in June 1943 The Sun Rises Twice Story about a pilot by Flying officer "X" Paraslang Slang of the US Paratroopers Aircrew Training in the USA About US flying training Hairdoes and Don'ts How to wear your hair for WAAF's, by Headquarter WAAF WAAF Police About British WAAF Police The New Comer Poem (by Rosalie L. Seddon) Australia's Greatest Ace Story of the late Keith 'Bluey' Truscott, by J.A. Do You Mind Turning Round, Please? Story by Egbert the Erk Another Use For Dogs Scottish Terriers used by Navy as plane spotters Recompense Poem (by F/Lt Anthony Richardson RAFVR) Intruder Patrol Story by R.S. Snuffs Flames on Planes Automatic fire extinguishers Crazy Crests Nose Art from RNZAF aircraft redrawn by Corporal Maurice Conly We Visited Italy True story by bomber pilot Pilot Officer F.E. Gatland DFM To An Airwoman Story by W2126 Navy Glider The US Navy's Bristol XLQ-1 glider The Art of Dive Bombing History of this form of warfare Not in our Back Yard, Thank You! Story by "Vaughn" The Adjutant is a Curious Bird The Horrors of War De-Ice Automatically Story condensed from 'Aero Digest' Passing Panorama A Bulletin of Interesting Facts Stand Easy For Gallantry - Latest Medal Winners. The List Included Air Vice Marshall Robert Victor Goddard Wing Commander Michael Sullivan Keogh Flying Officer John James McDowell Wing Commander Alan Deere Sqn Ldr Colin Gray Acting Sqn Ldr Keith Frederick Thiele Flt Lt J.L. Munro Flt Lt W.E. Roberts Acting Flt Lt William Bruce Cowan Acting Flt Lt G.L.R. Heywood Acting Flt Lt Mervyn Robert Bruce Ingram Flying Officer Leonard Chambers Flying Officer O.L. Hardy Flying Officer C. Fray Omerod Flying Officer James Menzies Smith Pilot Officer F. Murphy Wing Commander Oliver James O'Brien Sqn Ldr Edgar Francis Harvie Sqn Ldr Ronald Bruce Leslie McGregor Pilot Officer Ian Alfred Woodward F/Sgt Thomas Benson Blackburn F/Sgt John Colbert Sgt Bernard Alexander Gumbley Sgt Murray D. Muggeridge Sgt J.L. (Tim) Williams F/Sgt Joseph Goodsell Sgt Craig Martyn Renner Sqn Ldr Freeman J. Steel Acting Sqn Ldr Philip J. Lamason Acting Sqn Ldr John A. Leslie Flt Lt David J. Henry Flt Lt Stephen D. Watts Acting Flt Lt Ivan O. Breckon Acting Flt Lt Roy B. Spear Flying Officer Don A. Adams Flying Officer Eric C. Barr Flying Officer francis C. Fox Flying Officer Malcolm R. Head Flying Officer John G. Thompson Sgt Richmond Brough Sgt John L. Joyce Sgt John A. Macpherson Corporal Alan S. Paterson LAC Clarence M. Glading R.C. Buchanan Personal Notices Advertisements - See RNZAF Advertisements for many of these Give 'Em Hell - Serve With The RNZAF Weet Bix and Hot Milk Nugget Black Shoe Polish Summit Shirts Aspro headache releif Premiers - O'Brien and Co Ltd, Christchurch - manufacturers of footwear Gillette razor blades George Bettle - Chemist - 769 Colombo Street, Christchurch Baxters Lung Preserver Kiwi Boot Polish Craven A cigarettes Rainster raincoats for women Hotel Auckland, Corner of Queen and Customs Street, Auckland Coker's Hotel, "The Air Force House", 52 Manchester Street, Christchurch Men's Air Force Shirts, Ballantynes, Christchurch and Timaru De Reszke cigarettes Onehunga Blankets Crown Studios - Exclusive Photography, Auckland Berlei Foundations Sparkling Waitemata - A Product of Dominion Breweries Scott Manufacturing Ltd Lion Clothing Co Ltd, 81-83 Anzac Avenue, Auckland Manawatu Tyre Rebuilders Ltd, Rangatikei Street, Palmerston North Mosgiel Quality Woolens Auckland Photo Engravers Ltd Cambridge Brand For Suits Petone Woolens Oak Preserves - Thompson and Hills Ltd, Auckland Apex Ice Cream Monarch shoes National War Savings Shattocks Ltd Butchers, Hamilton Up-To-Date Houses, Ellis and Burnard Ltd, Hamilton George Hilland's Latest Dance Numbers Gaze Photography, Hamilton H.V. Hildreth, Chemist, 117 Victoria Street, Hamilton Ford Garage, Hale Nicholls Ltd, Fenton Street, Rotorua Ford Motor Company of New Zealand Hannah's Shoes Lion Ale Point-Setter Shirts by Lichfield Join The WAAF Waitemata Hotels (Back Cover)
Volume 4 No. 2 - August 1943 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of P40E Kittyhawks undergoing night maintenance in a hangar Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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Volume 4 No. 3 - September 1943 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm 80 pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a Catalina flying boat landing on the ocean Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
Contents Editorial - To Our Readers... Ready! Set! Fly! By S.I.J. Battledress, Blue-Grey, Wearing of ATC - Tonic For a Nation By an ATC Headquarters Training Officer Migration Mighty Proud By Jim Mack Fairy Story 'E Don't mean No 'Arm By Egbert The Erk A Budding S.W.O. Silver Wings Poem (by Florance Mckenzie-Smart) History Repeats Itself By "Vaughn" Turn The Page How's Your Ambition To-day? By Geoffrey Dagoc Gum and Butter There's No Future In It By Flying Officer 'X' Tripping The Light Fantastic Rolls-Royce Merlin 61 Fitter-Armourer Trade Test "Oh, Daddy!" Wendy The WAAF and the Trade Test Board By W.2126 Passing Panorama Highest Award By "DEW" It Happened In Wellington Stand Easy For Gallantry Lips That Touch Personal Notices Advertisements - See RNZAF Advertisements for many of these Give 'Em Hell - Serve With The RNZAF Ballantynes Men's Shirts Crown Studios - Exclusive Photography, Auckland Hotel Auckland, Corner of Queen and Customs Street, Auckland Dry Cleaning Service The Modern Way, 182 Victoria Street, Hamilton Baxters Lung Preserver International Correspondence School Kiwi Boot Polish National War Savings Turners and Fows Ltd, City Markets, Hamilton Summit Shirts Onehunga Blankets Premier Shoes Nugget Black Shoe Polish De Reszke cigarettes Lion Clothing Co Ltd, 81-83 Anzac Avenue, Auckland HV Hildreth, Chemist, 117 Victoria Street, Hamilton Lion Ale Ford Garage, Hale Nicholls Ltd, Fenton Street, Rotorua Rotorua Meat Co, Eruwera Street, Rotorua Contact Bound Volumes Ford Motor Company of New Zealand Apex Ice Cream Oak Preserves Manawatu Tyre Rebuilders Ltd, Rangatikei Street, Palmerston North Cambridge Brand For Suits Rainster rain coats Scott Manufacturing Ltd Point-Setter Shirts by Lichfield Petone Woolens Ellis and Burnand Ltd, Sawmillers and Timber Merchants, Hamilton George Bettle - Chemist - 769 Colombo Street, Christchurch The King's Uniform, J&J Court, Hamilton Cascade Beer Monarch shoes Mosgiel Quality Woolens Shattocks Ltd Butchers, Hamilton DB Lager T.R. Booker - Tailor, Imperial Buildings, 41 Dixon Street, Wellington C1 Waitemata Hotels (Back Cover)
Volume 4 No. 4 - October 1943 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a very lovely WAAF Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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Volume 4 No. 5 - November 1943 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a Hudson pilot or crewman in full flying kit Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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Volume 4 No. 6 - December 1943 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of the interior of a cathedral Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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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 Collection Status - A copy is required - Content information is required
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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 Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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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 Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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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 Collection Status - A copy is required - Content information is required
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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 Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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 Advertisements - See RNZAF Advertisements for many of these Enroll With The ATC (inside front cover) Onehunga Blankets 'Contact' Volume One Woods Great Peppermint Cure Berlei Movado watches Lion Clothing Co., Military Clothing, 81-83 Anzac Ave, Auckland Kiwi Black shoe polish Turners & Fows Ltd Keep Em Flying - National War Savings Crown Studios Baxter's Lung Preserver Point-Setter shirts by Lichfield Manawatu Tyre Rebuilders Ltd De Reske cigarettes Shell Motor Oil Oak Preserves Ballantyne's Men's Air Force Shirts Premier Shoes Flights and Fancies - book Scott Manufacturing Co Ltd H.C. Urlin Ltd - precision moulding specialists Walt Disney's film 'Victory Through Air Power' Monarch Shoes Nugget polish Waitemata beer International Correspondence Schools (NZ) Ltd 'Contact' bound volumes Cambridge brand suits Joe Bierman Ltd suits, 633-635 Colombo St, Christchurch Minster suits Vanbro hair cream Lion Pale Ale Mosgiel Woolens Millers menswear Cascade beer George Bettle Chemist T.R. Booker uniforms (inside back cover) Waitemata Hotels (back cover)
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 Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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 Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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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 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 Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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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 Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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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 Collection Status - A copy is required - Content information is required
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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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Volume 7 No. 1 - January 1945 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of Sir Winston Churchill in RAF uniform Collection Status - A copy is required - Content info is required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
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Volume 7 No. 2 - February 1945 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of an RNZAF C47 over the Tasman Pacific area that the type plied regularly Collection Status - A copy is required - Content info is required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
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Volume 7 No. 3 - March 1945 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of RNZAF aircrew planning a mission Collection Status - A copy is required - Content Info is required
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Volume 7 No. 4- April 1945 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of an RNZAF Corsair being serviced in the Pacific Collection Status - A copy is required - Content information is required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
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Volume 7 No. 5 - May 1945 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a jungle building Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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Volume 7 No. 6 - June 1945 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of airmen in an eastern bazaar Collection Status - A copy is in the collection
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Volume 8 No. 1- July 1945 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of the Stores Depot, RNZAF Guadalcanal Collection Status - A copy is required - Content info is required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
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Volume 8 No. 2 - August 1945 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of an RNZAF Ventura being loaded with bombs Collection Status - A copy is required - Content info is required Grateful Thanks To Rod Mackenzie for supplying the scan of this issue
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Volume 8 No. 3 - September 1945 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of the crest of the RNZAF with radiating light coming from behind. The inscription reads, "Victory Over Japan" Special Supplement Collection Status - A copy is required - Content ifo is required
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Volume 8 No. 4 - October 1945 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of an RNZAF pilot in flying suit - resting, as his job is done Collection Status - A copy is required - Content info is required
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Volume 8 No. 5 - November 1945 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a troopship returning airmen and other servicemen to New Zealand Collection Status - A copy is required - Content info is required
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Volume 8 No. 6 - December 1945 Price 1/- Size 197 x 140mm pages plus full coloured cover Cover: A Maurice Conly painting of a newly-returned Flight Sergeant reunited with his wife and home Collection Status - A copy is required - Content info is required
Content Information The contents includes a 4-page artcle on the history of Contact magazine from its inception till this final issue. This was the last issue of Contact till it was reinstated by the RNZAF Association in the 1950's
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The following covers come from later 1950's editions of Contact
. September 1952...............................December 1952/January 1953 ..........................February 1953 May 1953................................. ..........August 1953............................................September 1953

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