Airmen from the transport and airframe sections of the R.N.Z.A.F. base. Wigram. dismantling an Anson aircraft at Swannanoa yesterday so that it can be restored at Wigram. The aircraft, built about 1936, was flown by the Royal Air Force before being used in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the 1940s. Mr A. J. Dodge, who bought the aircraft in 1952, has decided to give it back to the Air Force.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34123, 8 April 1976, Page 16
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72Airmen from the transport and airframe sections of the R.N.Z.A.F. base. Wigram. dismantling an Anson aircraft at Swannanoa yesterday so that it can be restored at Wigram. The aircraft, built about 1936, was flown by the Royal Air Force before being used in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the 1940s. Mr A. J. Dodge, who bought the aircraft in 1952, has decided to give it back to the Air Force. Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34123, 8 April 1976, Page 16
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