AIR FORCE LEAVE
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, Monday. • Replying to questions which had been raised concerning Christmas leave for members of the Air Force, the Minister of Defence, Mr. Jones, to-day discussed the relationship between New Zealand's air training plan and the maintenance of operational squadrons of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the Pacific. He said he realised there was disappointment that Christmas special leave could not be longer, but this was due, primarily, to the fact that important operations were taking place in the Pacific, and New Zealand squadrons had been allocated essential duties in the prosecution of these campaigns. In view of the R.N.Z.A.F.'s important part in the Allied plan in the South and South-west Pacific, we could not afford to jeopardise our units by permitting any breakdown of the rotation scheme. All personnel, at home as well as overseas were eensidered to be virtually on active service, even if not in the actual.combat area; hence the difficulties in granting general extended Christmas leave.
Mr Jones stressed, however, that the three days privilege leave which had been granted did not affect the airman's annual leave, nor his embarkation leave
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 302, 21 December 1943, Page 4
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