AERIAL TAXI SERVICE
N.Z. OFFICERS IN COMMAND Rec. 9 a.m. LONDON, May 30. High-ranking Allied officers concerned with planning operations in Europe are making increasing use of the aerial taxi service in the second Tactical Air Force, says the Air Ministry News Service. The service is organised and commanded by Squadron Leader Geoffrey Pannell, aged 28, formerly of Canterbury, New Zealand, who \\«s a sheep farmer before joining the R.N.Z.A.F. four years ago. Squadron Leader Pannell recalls that he once flew General Anderson through heavy rain and poor visibility. When conditions became particularly hazardous Squadron Leader Pannell was peering anxiously downward, fearing that a hill might loom up. "I looked around to see how General Anderson was reacting," he said. "He was looking about him calmly as if he was riding in a car on a good day. Apparently he knew nothing of the^ qualms I felt."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1944, Page 5
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