AIMS and OBJECTS of BULLETIN.

ATC Observer, 1 July 1942, Page 1

AIMS and OBJECTS of BULLETIN.

To strengthen the Clinks between' our .officers.,. N.C.O. : and Cadets within -the Unit;.' •• '■ < ; To establish a laiason with ‘other A.T.C. units throughout N.Z. To provide an up-to-date resume of squadron activities;;.

i ? To give', news of the A. TC. in other centres. To provide scope for the literary ability of Cadets. I t _ Of all .the Weapons which the Germans, sprang upon us at the ' commencement of hostilities '39 perhaps the most effective was the f Jung Luftwaffe, This organisation, which corresponds to the A< T«C enabled the Germans to place large forces : of aircraft where they? won't ? e ,°£ mos value. For some years before the war this youngair force had been in existence within the German Reich and- through ■ it -were passed -thousands of thoroughly trained air crews. . These young air: were the. men that flew in the invasion of Poland, France, and the; A other, countries now ground under the heel of the Nazis. Just as: thi! ■ organisation gave to the. Germans air superiority in the first year of the.war, so must the air training corps of the A.F., and its branch in ‘.-the- dominions give to the senior, branch of the Service superiority now + German A. T.C. -as * indeed it is, > is and has been an integral part of their war ( machine; so mus t our' force be no less an important part .of:- the British and Allied'war effort, 1 .

■. . ’ Already < thousands of eager .and .enthustiastic • young men have joined the A.T. throughout the Empire, but having joined, their dut hgs not ended; They must..,, continue with increasing vigour to. train themselves ..for the not far distant day .when they, will be matched.-agai the enemy..,. - Too . often has the. '.cunning and brutal Nazi been underes-ti. an! m. recent .months ..has. his even more cunning collaborator, in T as ?’' almbndeyed .Tap. Cadets should realise that the enemy : s ■ Respite severe set-backs very powerful,, and although, we, . the i, 1 , t have now reached parity with him no easy victory can- be' expec Should, victory come soon so much the better, but we-must.for safety's sake -. assume- that ; the path to our ultimate goal will be long and- arduc

■ ;. , • The horticulturist' who desires to exterminate a noxious weed which has. made its way into - his. most valuable plot -.does not perform a war dance before the Intruder. " He arms himself with hoe or spray mi: . and systematically sets about exterminating the weed. Therefore it h f no ,avail. our calling the enemy nasty names. It ; is far better'/to follow the horticulturist’s example and arm ourselves with the mosteffective weapons.. Remember the old maxim - "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt, me." - So,- Cadets, let your sticks be the guns of your’planes and your stones the contents of ,your ; bomb racks.. . - • -.-

■- Only with barge numbers of well—trained air—crew, equipped withmodern aircraft: can we hope to overcome the enemy. Our factories are providing us with the aircraft, the A.T.C. must provide the crews in ““ e air ™d on the ground. We- must not lower the standard of quality for which the R.N.Z.A.F. is noted. . ■ , f . .. ■

.... It is felt that it. can be left 'to you cadets to do-the job prop* erly.. Support .your officers and N. 0.0. ! S in their efforts, to improve he position of•<the A.Tv.C. in the life of the Community.

the editor;

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