RAPID EXPANSION
i DOMINION AIR TRAINING
On a. population basis, New Zealand had more men serving in the Royal Air Force than any other Dominion, said Air Commodore, H. W. L. Saunders, addressing the English-Speaking Union in Wellington. Before the war New Zealand offered to train pilots for Great Britain. It accepted a full share when the Empire air training scheme was introduced.
The fact that New Zealand had been training for Great Britain in peace and had already embarked on a war training programme enabled its training organisation to expand to its full extent within 15 months of the outbreak, of the war. No other Dominion had yet completed its expansion. The New Zealand Government might well be proud of its foresight in this regard.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20627, 1 December 1941, Page 7
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126RAPID EXPANSION Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20627, 1 December 1941, Page 7
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