Young New Zealanders Keen For Air Force Service
[Per Press Association. Copyright ] WELLINGTON, Saturday.
The response to applications called recently for candidates for appointment to short-service commissions in the Royal Air Force, and also for appointment to commissions in the Royal New Zealand Air Force Reserve, has been very gratifying, stated the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, yestei’day. Applications were invited early in July for a number of vacancies, and within the period which ended on July 21, 600 inquiries were received at the Air Department. Of these 250 had already completed their applications. Further applications were expected to be received in the next few days. Mr Jones said that the Air Department already had a large waiting list of candidates who were interviewed in March, and it was expected that the majority of these candidates would be required to start their flying training in October, when more than 50 would be importing to aero clubs for their A.B. initio training. A further 50 candidates are required for February, and a similar number will be required in March. Thereafter candidates will report approximately every three months.
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Northern Advocate, 31 July 1939, Page 4
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