NEW AIR CAPTAIN
IN CHARGE AT HOBSONVILLE EXPERT WITH SEAPLANES Press Association WELLINGTON, Friday. ■ Advice has been received by the Min- j ister of Defence, the Hon. T. M. Wilford, that Flight-Lieutenant Sidney Wallingford, of the Royal Air Force, j who has accepted the appointment of j captain in the New Zealand Air Force. 1 will arrive in the Dominion shortly. ; Mr. Wilford mentioned that Captain j Wallingford, who was an expert in fly-ing-boats and seaplanes, would be attached to the Hobsonville airdrome, where the seaplane base is situated. Captain Wallingford recently distin- j guished himself by winning the rifle championship of the Royal Air Force, i together with the Duke of Cumberland's Cup.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 690, 15 June 1929, Page 1
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