GROUP CAPTAIN COHEN
POST AT HOBSONVILLE FORECAST (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND, June 24. Group Captain R. J. Cohen, C.8.E., A.F.C. is expected to take over the command at Task Force headquarters at Hobsonville. Air Commodore S. Wallingford, C. 8., C.8.E., the present commander, will retire from the Royal New Zealand Air Force in August. Until recently Group Captain Cohen was Dep.uty-Chief of the Air Staff. Group Captain T. F. Gill, D. 5.0., has taken over the appointment. A station commander for Whenuapai has yet to be appointed. The position has been empty since Group Captain R. Webb, D. 5.0., D.F.C., was killed in an air crash at Blenheim on May 27.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27075, 25 June 1953, Page 12
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