{"id":2900,"date":"2017-03-08T09:34:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T09:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=2900"},"modified":"2017-03-08T09:34:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T09:34:55","slug":"josie-miller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2017\/03\/josie-miller\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 138 &#8211; Josie Miller"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5396\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2900-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_138_Josie_Miller.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_138_Josie_Miller.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_138_Josie_Miller.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_138_Josie_Miller.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=2900-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_138_Josie_Miller.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_138_Josie_Miller.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%3D2900\" 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><p><strong>Guest:\u00a0<\/strong>Edith Josephine &#8220;Josie&#8221; Miller (nee McGovern)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong>\u00a0Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recorded:<\/strong>\u00a0July 2012<\/p>\n<p><strong>Released: <\/strong>\u00a08th of March\u00a02017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong>\u00a0 1 hour 06 minutes 37 seconds<\/p>\n<p>In this episode Dave delves into the archives to present this great interview with Josie Miller, who was a member of\u00a0New Zealand&#8217;s\u00a0Womans Auxiliary Air Force during WWII. She joined the WAAF on the\u00a01st of January 1942, at RNZAF Station Hobsonville where she was immediately thrown into the role as a driver in the Motor Transport section.<\/p>\n<p>Josie tells the hilarious story of her first day, when she was told to take a large truck, which she&#8217;d never driven before, into the heart of Auckland city, alone. She had no experience in the city and was completely lost.<\/p>\n<p>She remembers the time a USAAF B-17 bomber crashed on take off from Whenuapai, and what life was like on the station at Hobsonvile. She also recalls her postings to Wellington, Lauthala Bay in Fiji, Mechanics Bay, and Rukuhia at the end of the war. Josie was also selected to represent the RNZAF in London on the Victory Parade. And there&#8217;s a lot more stories in between.<\/p>\n<p>The following wartime photos with Josie come from the collection of the late Gwenda Reid:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-3c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2901\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-3c-618x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-3c-618x1024.jpg 618w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-3c-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-3c-90x150.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-3c-400x663.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-3c.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Back Row: Helen Smith and Josie McGovern (later Miller). Front Row: Gwenda Nickle (later Reid) and Pilot Officer Jack McKinven, the MT Officer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-4b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2902\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-4b-1024x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-4b-1024x618.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-4b-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-4b-768x464.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-4b-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-4b-400x242.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAbove: RNZAF Station Hamilton-based WAAFs Josie McGovern (Miller), Gwenda &#8216;Nicki&#8217; Nickle (Reid), and Helen Smith<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-5c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2903\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-5c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-5c.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-5c-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-5c-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Gwenda-Reid-5c-400x241.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Above: MT Drivers at RNZAF Station Hamilton. Left to Right:\u00a0&#8216;Dick&#8217; ?,\u00a0Mary Stranger,\u00a0Mary Crotty,\u00a0Gwenda &#8220;Nicki&#8221; Nickle,\u00a0? LeBelle,\u00a0Josie McGovern,\u00a0Margaret Cornwall,\u00a0Ailsa Woolven and\u00a0Helen Smith.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/P1530028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2905\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/P1530028-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/P1530028-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/P1530028-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/P1530028-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/P1530028-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/P1530028-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a>Above: A not so good screen capture of Josie during the interview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest: Edith Josephine &#8220;Josie&#8221; Miller (nee McGovern)<\/p>\n<p>Host: Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p>Recorded: July 2012<\/p>\n<p>Released: 8th of March 2017<\/p>\n<p>Duration: 1 hour 06 minutes 37 seconds<\/p>\n<p>In this episode Dave delves into the archives to present this great interview with Josie Miller, who was a member of New Zealand&#8217;s Womans Auxiliary Air Force during WWII. 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