FIRST N.Z. FIGHTER SQUADRON
COMPLETION OF TRAINING IN ENGLAND • — i (8.0. W.) ' RUGBY, May 6. The first Royal Air Force fighter squadron composed entirely of New Zealanders has completed its training at a north of England station, and is now in operation. The formation of the squadron brought together about 24 New Zealanders from the squadrons to which they were originally posted. < The squadron leader is a 25-year-old airman of Dannevirke, and formerly a flight commander in the Czech fighter squadron. The average age of the squadron is 22, Nearly half of the personnel are sergeant pilots. The 4 men are using Spitfires contributed by New Zealand.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23323, 8 May 1941, Page 10
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