THE AIR FORCE
TWO NEW UNITS By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, October 12. The Government has decided to establish a general air reconnaissance squadron of three flights in the Nelson-Marlborough district. Headquarters units and two flights will be established at the Nelson aerodrome and one flight at the Omaka aerodrdme, Blenheim. The aerodromes already developed will be used, but the civil services will not be interfered with. The arrangement is for the duration of the war. Headquarters and the first flight will join at Nelson in January. The plan will necessitate a building for technical services and personnel, and preliminary work at Nelson is already in hand. The buildings will include two new hangars and subsidiary buildings at Nelson, one hangar and other ouildings at Blenheim. Personnel at Nelson will number 220, who at first will be accommodated in tents. Personnel in Blenheim will be 90, for whom buildings will be erected.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21784, 14 October 1940, Page 11
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