N.Z. Fitter Praises U.S. Airmen
(Special) LONDON, Aug. 13. One of the few New Zealand armoured fitters, if not the only one, posted to an American fighter squadron is Corporal Clifford Crawford, of Gore. He spent 18 months in England with Spitfire squadrons until last month, when he was sent to an American squadron on the station which the New Zealand Spitfire Squadron recently left. Corporal Crawford instructs Americans on servicing Spitfires, “They are grand chaps,” he said, “and pick up things quickly. I have to give lectures and demonstrations. They are keen for new ideas. I have never seen better tool kits than their’s. They work flat out when on a job. They want me to remain with them. I hope I will be allowed to.”
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Northern Advocate, 14 August 1942, Page 3
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