{"id":330,"date":"2014-04-03T07:29:16","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T07:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?p=330"},"modified":"2025-11-05T19:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:47:08","slug":"episode-64-wwii-rnzaf-pilot-peter-mckinlay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/2014\/04\/episode-64-wwii-rnzaf-pilot-peter-mckinlay\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 64 &#8211; WWII RNZAF Pilot Peter McKinlay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7373\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-330-1\" 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_064_Peter_McKinley.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_064_Peter_McKinley.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_064_Peter_McKinley.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_064_Peter_McKinley.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/?powerpress_pinw=330-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/wonz\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/WONZ_Ep_064_Peter_McKinley.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"WONZ_Ep_064_Peter_McKinley.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%3D330\" 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> Peter McKinlay, with Trevor McKinlay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong> Dave Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duration:<\/strong> 1 hour, 40 minutes, 44 seconds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recorded:<\/strong> 19th of December 2013, via Skype<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Topic:<\/strong> In this episode Dave Homewood talks with 94 year old World War Two veteran Peter McKinlay of Cromwell, in Otago, New Zealand. Peter was a pilot on the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and served as an instructor on Tiger Moths before joining No. 15 (Fighter) Squadron, flying Corsairs in the Pacific. He did a second tour with No. 26 (Fighter) Squadron up there too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the war Peter also flew Mustangs with No. 4 (Otago) Squadron in the RNZAF&#8217;s Territorial Air Force. As well as talking about these aspects of his life he also remembers his beloved Cessna C.180.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave and Peter were joined by Peter&#8217;s son Trevor McKinlay to assist Peter with the Skype technology and to throw in a few questions and memories of his own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way the small music clip comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danosongs.com\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Danosongs<\/a> and is called Magic Ghost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MUS030093-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"995\" src=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MUS030093-1024x995.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MUS030093-1024x995.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MUS030093-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MUS030093-768x747.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MUS030093-1536x1493.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MUS030093-2048x1991.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MUS030093-150x146.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cambridgeairforce.org.nz\/WONZShow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MUS030093-400x389.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Air Force Museum of New Zealand photo MUS030093<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<div class=\"js-metadata\" data-label=\"Caption\" data-builtin=\"description\" data-href=\"\/fotoweb\/archives\/5003-Search-the-Collection\/Collection\/MUS030093.JPG.info\" data-id=\"120\" data-value=\" Image from the D Dunwoodie personal collection.&lt;br \/&gt;Flight Lieutenant Peter McKinlay sitting in the cockpit of his No. 4 Squadron, Territorial Air Force, Mustang at RNZAF Station Taieri. \" data-edit=\"true\" data-force-quick-list=\"false\" data-required=\"false\" data-multiline=\"true\" data-max-size=\"16000\">\n<div class=\"metadataField inputField textArea readOnlyField\">\n<div class=\"editorContainer\">\n<div class=\"viewMarkup\">\n<div class=\"js-meta-field-inner-content typingFieldView textAreaView\" title=\"Image from the D Dunwoodie personal collection.&lt;br \/&gt;Flight Lieutenant Peter McKinlay sitting in the cockpit of his No. 4 Squadron, Territorial Air Force, Mustang at RNZAF Station Taieri.\" aria-label=\"Image from the D Dunwoodie personal collection.&lt;br \/&gt;Flight Lieutenant Peter McKinlay sitting in the cockpit of his No. 4 Squadron, Territorial Air Force, Mustang at RNZAF Station Taieri.\">Flight Lieutenant Peter McKinlay sitting in the cockpit of his No. 4 Squadron, Territorial Air Force, Mustang at RNZAF Station Taieri.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n<p>Guest: Peter McKinlay, with Trevor McKinlay<\/p>\n<p>Host: Dave Homewood<\/p>\n<p>Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes, 44 seconds<\/p>\n<p>Recorded: 19th of December 2013, via Skype<\/p>\n<p>Topic: In this episode Dave Homewood talks with 94 year old World War Two veteran Peter McKinlay of Cromwell, in Otago, New Zealand. 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