Wigram Technical Wing Has New Commander

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30937, 18 December 1965, Page 14

Wigram Technical Wing Has New Commander

Squadron Leader D. Crowe, of Christchurch has been appointed officer commanding the technical wing at the R.N.Z.A.F. Station, Wigram. He succeeds Wing Commander J. Rees, who will retire from the Air Force at the end of this month.

Squadron Leader Crowe has been commander of the engineering squadron at Wigram. He joined the Air Force in 1937 as a fitter’s mate. After basic training at Trentham he was posted to Wigram where he worked in the aircraft repair section. In 1940, he was posted to Rongotai on a training course, before serving at Woodbourne for three years. Later he served in the base workshops at Guadacanal. After being commissioned in 1950 he spent two years at the R.A.F. College, Henlow. In 1952, he returned to Woodbourne as a training officer at the No. 4 Technical Training School. Three years later he was posted to Wigram as officer commanding the aircraft servicing flight

After service with the Air Department, he returned to Woodbourne in 1961 as officer commanding the training school. Two years later he was appointed officer commanding the technical wing at Lauthala Bay, Fiji, and re-

turned to Wigram two years later. Another officer who will retire at the end of this year is Squadron Leader B. A. Muilinder, senior education officer at Wigram. He has been replaced by Squadron Leader A. W. Rodgers, of Woodbourne.