AIR FORCE
Minister Satisfied With Expansion (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, April 18. Satisfaction witli lite expansion of tlie New Zealand Air Force was expressed by (he Minister of Defence. Mr. Jones, who slated tliai. the strength at present was 3GO-I airmen witli 38i officers ’Pliirty-six pilot-officers were en rente Io England, mid 2096 applieanls awaited interview by I lie selection committee. the number in tlie various towns being as follows: --Auckland. 579: W etlingloii. GSO) (’liristelmi'cli. 233: Dunedin. 122: Invercargill, 52: Blenheim. 1-1 . Nelson. 25: New Plymouth, 79; Napier, 152; Palmerston North, 80; Wanganui, 80. ’
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 175, 19 April 1940, Page 10
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