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AUCKLAND PILOT-OFFICER A cousin of Sergeant A. C. Hulme, V.C., Pilot-Officer Harold Lane Thomas, of Auckland, has been appointed an instructor in the Boyal Air Force in the Middle East after over a year's active service in England. Pilot-Officer Thomas, who is 24, is the eldest son of' Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Thomas, of 24 Selwyn Avenue. Mission Bay, with whom Sergeant Hulme has been staying during his visit to Auckland. ' Educated at the Mount Albert Grammar School and the AVaitaki Boys' High School, Pilot-Officer Thomas was called up on December 18, 1939. underwent training at Weraroa, New Plymouth - and Blenheim, and left for England as a sergeant-pilot in August, 1940. Following service with a squadron composed of pilots from many Allied* nations under Squadron-Leader \V. «. Ciouston, D.F.C., of New Zealand, he joined the New Zealand Fighter bquau--ron at its inception and received a commission. The Spitfire he flew was named 5 the Mission Bay, Auckland.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24102, 22 October 1941, Page 8
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