R.A.F. SPECIALISTS TO VISIT N.Z.
LONDON, April 12. Six specialists from the Royal Air Force Central Navigation and Control School will leave Britain next Monday for a 30,000-mile tour of Australia and New Zealand Air Force stations. Led by Grout) Captain B. J. R. Roberts, commandsht of the school, their object is to keep abreast of Commonwealth navigational developments. The first pilot of their Hastings aeroplane is a New Zealander, Flight-Lieutenant J. W. Woods, D.F.C.
Missouri Returns to U.S.—The battleship Missouri returned to her home waters to-day from Korea. She arrived at San Pedro, California, after firing 3000 tons of shells. The Missouri, of 45,000 tons, is the biggest United States battleship now active.—New York, April 12.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26396, 14 April 1951, Page 7
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