Women Canteen Workers Saved Their Pennies to Buy This Plane for R.A.F.—Women canteen workers of the “NAAFI” (Navy, Army and Air Force Institute which serves “extras” such as tea, cakes, cigarettes, etc., to British forces in camps arid depots) subscribed to buy a Spitfire Fighter aircraft for the R.A.F. Here, their representative, a 19-year-old canteen worker, wishes “Happy Landings” to a New Zealand sergeant-pilot who has taken over the machine. It was named “Couriter-Attack,” a reference to the girls who serve “behind the counter.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 114, 18 May 1942, Page 2
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84Women Canteen Workers Saved Their Pennies to Buy This Plane for R.A.F.—Women canteen workers of the “NAAFI” (Navy, Army and Air Force Institute which serves “extras” such as tea, cakes, cigarettes, etc., to British forces in camps arid depots) subscribed to buy a Spitfire Fighter aircraft for the R.A.F. Here, their representative, a 19-year-old canteen worker, wishes “Happy Landings” to a New Zealand sergeant-pilot who has taken over the machine. It was named “Couriter-Attack,” a reference to the girls who serve “behind the counter.” Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 114, 18 May 1942, Page 2
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