{"id":11321,"date":"2023-09-10T04:16:53","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T04:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=11321"},"modified":"2023-09-10T04:27:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T04:27:32","slug":"wonz-282-david-barnston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2023\/09\/wonz-282-david-barnston\/","title":{"rendered":"WONZ 282 &#8211; David Barnston"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4511\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11321-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_282_David_Barnston.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_282_David_Barnston.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_282_David_Barnston.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_282_David_Barnston.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=11321-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_282_David_Barnston.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_282_David_Barnston.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/au\/podcast\/wings-over-new-zealand-show\/id606143097?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fcambridgeairforce.org.nz%2FWONZShow%2F%3Fp%3D11321\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest:<\/strong>&nbsp;Flt Lt David Barnston, RAF\/RNZAF retired<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong>&nbsp;Dave Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recorded:<\/strong>&nbsp;1st of September 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Published:&nbsp;<\/strong>10th of September 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>&nbsp;1 hour 17 minutes, 47 seconds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode Dave Homewood talks with 99-year old fighter pilot veteran David Barnston, who was born in London, and went to school next to RAF Hendon as a lad. He joined the Royal Air Force when he was 17-years-old, and trained as a pilot on Tiger Moths in Guinea Fowl, near Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia, and advanced to Harvards at No. 22 SFTS at Thornhill at Gwelo (now called Gweru). After a spell in Durban he was sent to India destined to be posted onto the Vultee Vengeance bombers, but discovered on arrival these aircraft had already departed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After going from pillar to post around India he was sent back to Africa and ended up doing a fighter Operation Training Unit course on Hawker Hurricanes at Ishmailia, in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once he was qualified on fighters he returned to India and eventually joined No. 123 (East India) Squadron at Yelahanka, where he began flying Republic P-47D Thunderbolts. The squadron moved up to the Arakan in Burma and he flew operationally in Thunderbolts from September 1944 till March 1945. He was then sent home to Britain for a furlough leave. When he returned in July 1945 his squadron had been renumbered as No. 81 Squadron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 1945 No. 81 Squadron and another Thunderbolt squadron, plus a Mosquito squadron, moved to Java in the Dutch East Indies to get involved in the war called the \u00a0Indonesian\u00a0National Revolution, or the\u00a0Indonesian War\u00a0of Independence. There they were involved in keeping &#8216;safe roads&#8217; clear from rebels who were attempting an uprising so the refugees trying to get to the coast to escape could do so in safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then led a small Army Co-operation Flight in the North of England, with two Spitfires, two Vultee Vengeance and a Martinet. On demob from the RAF, David moved to New Zealand and in 1950 he joined No. 1 (Auckland) Squadron of the Territorial Air Force, flying Mustangs for five years at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. He also joined National Airways Corporation for his day job and flew DC-3s and Friendships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" data-id=\"11352\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-768x491.png 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-150x96.png 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-400x255.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David flying Spitfire XVI SM750 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520038-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" data-id=\"11327\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520038-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520038-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520038-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520038-768x459.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520038-1536x919.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520038-2048x1225.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520038-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520038-400x239.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David and his mother and brother in a modified Avro 504K going for a joyride in the late 1920s or early 1930s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11323\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199-863x1536.jpg 863w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199-1151x2048.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199-400x712.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199-scaled.jpg 1439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">David Barnston with the photo of his granddaughter he refers to.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"11329\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199a-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199a-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199a-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199a-400x401.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520199a.jpg 1407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A close up of the photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520014-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"860\" data-id=\"11332\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520014-1024x860.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520014-1024x860.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520014-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520014-768x645.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520014-1536x1290.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520014-2048x1721.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520014-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/P1520014-400x336.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The map diagram, from a magazine, that David used to explain the Mandalay raid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>Guest:&nbsp;Flt Lt David Barnston, RAF\/RNZAF retired<\/p>\n<p>Host:&nbsp;Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p>Recorded:&nbsp;1st of September 2023<\/p>\n<p>Published:&nbsp;10th of September 2023<\/p>\n<p>Duration:&nbsp;1 hour 17 minutes, 47 seconds<\/p>\n<p>In this episode Dave Homewood talks with 99-year old fighter pilot 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