"New Zealand people have yet to realise that they have the airmen to man their flying services actually here in this country," said Mr B. A. Blythe, a Union Airways pilot, who arrived at Wellington from San Francisco recently. "What I do not think is realised out here is that in practically every squadron of the, Royal Air Force in England there are two or three New Zealanders. The percentage of New Zealanders who qualify is probably higher than that of any other people."
Gas caused 181,053 known British casualties, including more than 9000 dead, in the Great War.
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LVI, Issue 89, 22 November 1935, Page 8
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