PERSONNEL OF AIR FORCE
MINISTER DESCRIBES GROWTH FINAL ESTABLISHMENT OF 2696 (From Our Parliamentary Reporter.] WELLINGTON, July 20. The growth in personnel of the Royal New Zealand Air Force since 1935 was described by the Minister for Defence (the Hon. F. Jones) in an interview to-day. Mr Jones said that at March 31 this year there was a total of 1199 officers and other ranks, against 202 at May 31, 1935; 258 at April 1, 1837; and 606 at March 31, 1938. The present strength of 1199 comprised 57 officers and 622 other ranks in the regular Air Force, 79 officers and 265 other ranks in the Territorial Air Force, 16 officers in the reserve of pilots, and 160 in the civil reserve. The final establishment of. the regular Air Force in 1941 would be 209 Officers and 1937 other ranks, Mr Jones continued. The final establishment of the Territorial Air Force would be 100 officers and 450 other ranks.
“The civil reserve of pilots is being built up at the rate of 150 a year, and ip addition a reserve of civilians has been established comprising about 5000 members,” the Minister said.
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Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22768, 21 July 1939, Page 12
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