Author: BENTLEY, GEOFFREY
Title: Rnzaf (the Royal New Zealand Air Force) - a Short History
Description: New Zealand: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 268 pages. "This is the story, informally told, of the RNZAF and of the men and women, all ranks, who made the service what it is today." - from dust jacket. Chapters include: Father of New Zealand Aviation; Kohimarama and Sockburn; The Bettington Report; Cochrane the Architect; Building Air Supremacy; The Famous Seventy-Five; Ordeal in South-East Asia; The 'New Zealand' Squadrons; Action in the Pacific; Fighters in Combat; The Later Bombers; 'Dumbo' to the Rescue; Tragedy at Green; Profiles; Surrender in the Solomons; Occupation Forces in Japan; Problems of Reshaping; Sojourn in Cyprus; The Hastings Story; 'Speak and it is Done'; The Coalmen of Berlin; Angels of Mercy; Ceremonial and Music; Coummunity Service; On - or off - the Ice; Coming-of-age; Morrison the Builder; Among the Builders. Appendices include: Operational Squadrons of the RNZAF; NZ Squadrons in the RAF; Air Board Members; Schedule of RNZAF Aircraft. Black and white illustrations throughout. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding intact. Gift greetings upon front free endpaper else unmarked. Former dust jacket cover, which left strips of black residue along dust jacket and endpaper edges, has been replaced by a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A worthy reference copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; RNZAF (The Royal New Zealand Air Force) - A Short History Father of New Zealand Aviation; Kohimarama and Sockburn; The Bettington Report; Cochrane the Architect; Building Air Supremacy; The Famous Seventy-Five; Ordeal in South-East Asia; The 'New Zealand. Fair in Fair dust jacket .

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