REHABILITATION OF AIRMEN
* WORK WITH TASMAN EMPIRE AIRWAYS
(P.A.) AUCKLAND. October 11. Five pilots and three flight engineers from the Royal New> Zealand Aif Force have already been rehabilitated into civilian work with Tasman EmDire Airways. Hitherto the company's flying personnel came fully trained from England, but since the return of some of the pilot staff to British Overseas Airways, and an increase in services, a training programme to adjust selected new men to commercial requirements has Ijeen embarked upon in Auckland.
All the new pilots have been on active service overseas, the first three in the Pacific and the others in Britain with’ Coastal Command, Now ranked as first or second officers, the men, in order of joining the company, are Flying Officer D. W. (3. Keesing, of Auckland. Flight Lieutenant P. F. Lecouteur. of Dunedin, Flight Lieutenant J. R. McGrane. of Auckland, Flight Lieutenant C. J. Lecouteur. D.F.C., of Dunedin. and Squadron Leader I. C. Patterson, D.5.0., of Auckland.
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Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24386, 12 October 1944, Page 6
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