Royal New Zealand Air Force
Contents
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- [covers]
- [title page] p. i
- [frontispiece] p. iv
- [title page] p. v
- Preface p. vii
- Contents p. ix
- List of Illustrations p. xi
- List of Maps p. xv
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- CHAPTER 1 — Introductory, 1909–18 p. 1
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CHAPTER 2 — Birth and Growth of the New Zealand Air Force, 1919–36 p. 7
- [section] p. 7
- THE AIR BOARD p. 10
- AVIATION p. 11
- FLYING SCHOOLS p. 12
- FORMATION OF NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE p. 13
- TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE p. 14
- DEVELOPMENT OF PERMANENT AIR FORCE p. 15
- EXERCISES AND OPERATIONS, 1929–36 p. 20
- ORGANISATION OF THE TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE, 1930 p. 21
- EXPANSION OF THE RNZAF p. 23
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CHAPTER 3 — Establishment of the Royal New Zealand Air Force p. 25
- [section] p. 25
- FORMATION OF THE RNZAF: THE AIR DEPARTMENT p. 27
- EXPANSION PROGRAMMES, 1937–39 p. 28
- PACIFIC DEFENCE CONFERENCE p. 32
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE TERRITORIAL AIR FORCE p. 34
- THE AERO CLUBS AND THE CIVIL RESERVE OF PILOTS p. 36
- CIVIL RESERVE OF GROUND STAFF p. 37
- RNZAF AT OUTBREAK OF WAR p. 38
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CHAPTER 4 — Outbreak of War with Germany and Initial Mobilisation and Training p. 40
- [section] p. 40
- FORMATION OF SCHOOLS p. 43
- AIRCREW TRAINING p. 46
- EDUCATIONAL TRAINING p. 47
- EQUIPMENT p. 48
- AIR HEADQUARTERS' ORGANISATION p. 49
- CHAPTER 5 — The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan p. 50
- CHAPTER 6 — Local Defence p. 66
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CHAPTER 7 — No. 488 Squadron in Malaya p. 78
- [section] p. 78
- EQUIPMENT DIFFICULTIES
- OUTBREAK OF WAR WITH JAPAN p. 82
- NO. 488 SQUADRON'S COMBATS p. 87
- DECISION TO EVACUATE AIR FORCES p. 91
- JAVA p. 94
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CHAPTER 8 — No. 1 Aerodrome Construction Squadron in Malaya p. 97
- [section] p. 97
- RETREAT TO SINGAPORE ISLAND p. 99
- EVACUATION p. 100
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CHAPTER 9 — Reorganisation of RNZAF to meet Threat of Invasion p. 106
- [section] p. 106
- REQUESTS TO BRITAIN FOR REINFORCEMENTS p. 108
- FORMATION OF OPERATIONAL UNITS p. 110
- FAFAI SCHEME p. 111
- PREPARATION OF AERODROMES p. 112
- DEVELOPMENT OF RADAR p. 115
- OBSERVER CORPS p. 117
- OPERATION OF THE AIR-WARNING SYSTEM p. 118
- COMMUNICATIONS
- EXPANSION AND DISPERSAL OF STORES DEPOTS p. 120
- DEVELOPMENT OF REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ORGANISATION p. 121
- MANPOWER AND TRAINING PROBLEMS IN 1942 p. 122
- WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE p. 124
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CHAPTER 10 — Establishment of the RNZAF in the South Pacific p. 125
- [section] p. 125
- NEGOTIATIONS TO OBTAIN EQUIPMENT p. 126
- MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT p. 128
- LIMIT OF JAPANESE ADVANCES p. 129
- FORMATION OF NEW ZEALAND SQUADRON IN NEW CALEDONIA
- ORGANISATION OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC AREA p. 134
- AMERICAN REQUEST FOR SECOND BOMBER-RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON p. 135
- OPERATIONS BY NO. 3 SQUADRON FROM SANTO p. 138
- NO. 15 SQUADRON ON TONGA p. 139
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CHAPTER 11 — Operations from Guadalcanal, November 1942-February 1943 p. 142
- [section] p. 142
- MOVE OF NO. 3 SQUADRON TO GUADALCANAL p. 146
- EARLY OPERATIONS p. 148
- INTERCEPTING THE TOKYO EXPRESS p. 150
- FINAL STAGES OF THE CAMPAIGN p. 156
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CHAPTER 12 — Establishment of No. 1 (Islands) Group and Development of Air Transport p. 159
- [section] p. 159
- FORMATION OF NO. 1 (ISLANDS) GROUP HEADQUARTERS p. 160
- ESTABLISHMENT OF NO. 4 REPAIR DEPOT p. 162
- INTRODUCTION OF THE AIRCREW ROTATION SYSTEM p. 165
- FORMATION OF SERVICING UNITS p. 166
- CONSTRUCTION OF RNZAF CAMPS IN THE FORWARD AREA p. 167
- LOGISTIC SUPPORT IN THE FORWARD AREA p. 168
- FORMATION OF BASE DEPOT, SANTO p. 169
- MOVE OF NO. 1 (ISLANDS) GROUP HEADQUARTERS TO GUADALCANAL p. 170
- THE NEED FOR AIR TRANSPORT p. 172
- FORMATION OF NO. 40 (TRANSPORT) SQUADRON
- CHAPTER 13 — The Central Solomons Campaign
- [section] p. 175
- MOVE OF NO. 15 SQUADRON TO GUADALCANAL p. 180
- FIGHTER OPERATIONS IN JUNE p. 184
- OCCUPATION OF SEGI p. 186
- THE LANDING AT MUNDA p. 187
- AIR BASES AND OPERATIONS
- OPERATIONS BY NO. 14 SQUADRON, RNZAF p. 189
- BOMBER ESCORT OPERATIONS p. 192
- NO. 16 SQUADRON p. 193
- COLLAPSE OF JAPANESE IN THE CENTRAL SOLOMONS p. 195
- ALLIED AIR OPERATIONS p. 196
- OPERATIONS BY NO. 3 SQUADRON p. 197
- CHAPTER 14 — The Advance to Bougainville
- [section] p. 199
- FORMATION OF RNZAF STATION, NEW GEORGIA p. 200
- ALLIED FORCES IN THE BOUGAINVILLE OFFENSIVE p. 203
- TREASURY LANDINGS p. 204
- THE CHOISEUL DIVERSION p. 205
- ALLIED RECONNAISSANCE OF SHORTLAND AREA
- LANDING ON BOUGAINVILLE p. 206
- ATTACKS ON RABAUL p. 209
- CONSOLIDATION OF ALLIED POSITIONS
- WORK OF RNZAF FIGHTER WING p. 211
- FIGHTER SWEEPS OVER RABAUL p. 213
- OPERATIONS BY NO. 1 (BR) SQUADRON, OCTOBER 1943 – FEBRUARY 1944 p. 216
- RNZAF FIGHTERS MOVE TO BOUGAINVILLE p. 221
- RNZAF OPERATIONS IN REAR AREAS p. 222
- OPERATIONS BY NO. 4 SQUADRON p. 223
- No. 6 FLYING BOAT SQUADRON p. 224
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CHAPTER 15 — Radar Units in the Pacific p. 227
- [untitled] p. 227
- radar units in tonga p. 228
- norfolk island
- despatch of no.52 radar unit to guadalcanal p. 229
- no. 53 unit p. 232
- no.54 unit
- no. 56 unit p. 233
- nos. 57 and 58 unit
- no. 59 unit
- withdrawal of rnzaf radar units p. 235
- CHAPTER 16 — The Neutralisation of Rabaul
- [section] p. 237
- rnzaf operations against rabaul, january 1944 p. 241
- operations over green island p. 243
- situation on bougainville, march 1944 p. 244
- fighter-bomber operations p. 247
- operations by nos. 25, 30 and 31 squadrons
- operations by rnzaf fighter wing, april-june 1944 p. 251
- re-equipment of rnzaf fighter squadrons p. 252
- bomber-reconnaissance operations, february—june p. 253
- operations by no. 6 (flying boat) squadron p. 256
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CHAPTER 17 — Reorganisation of South Pacific Area, July-December 1944 p. 259
- [section] p. 259
- situation in bismarcks-solomons p. 262
- formation of new zealand air task force p. 264
- establishment of rnzaf at emirau p. 265
- operations by no. 3 squadron p. 266
- no. 4 (bomber-reconnaissance) squadron
- no. 19 squadron at emirau p. 267
- green island p. 268
- no. 20 squadron at green island
- no. 18 squadron p. 269
- nos. 14 and 16 squadrons p. 270
- no. 1 squadron
- los negros p. 271
- no. 23 squadron p. 272
- rnzaf units on bougainville
- the australians take over p. 273
- rnzaf in the south pacific area, july-december 1944 p. 275
- espiritu santo p. 276
- fiji p. 277
- norfolk island p. 278
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CHAPTER 18 — Base Organisation in New Zealand, 1943–45 p. 279
- [section] p. 279
- growth of the air transport organisation p. 280
- establishments in new zealand, august-september 1943 p. 283
- reorganisation in 1944 p. 286
- sources of manpower, 1943–44 p. 288
- CHAPTER 19 — Final Stages of the War in the South-West Pacific
- [section] p. 291
- south bougainville campaign p. 292
- central and northern bougainville p. 294
- rnzaf strength on bougainville, 1945 p. 295
- close and tactical air support, south bougainville campaign p. 297
- northern bougainville p. 299
- rnzaf units on green island p. 301
- bomber-reconnaissance operations from green island p. 304
- operations from emirau p. 306
- move to los negros
- jacquinot bay p. 308
- operations in the south pacific area p. 309
- rnzaf dispositions, august 1945 p. 310
- japanese surrender p. 311
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CHAPTER 20 — Conclusion p. 312
- [section] p. 312
- repatriation from the south pacific p. 313
- demobilisation p. 314
- the post-war air force p. 316
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Appendix WARTIME OPERATIONAL SQUADRONS OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE p. 321
- no. 1 bomber reconnaissance squadron p. 321
- no. 2 bomber reconnaissance squadron
- no. 3 bomber reconnaissance squadron p. 322
- no. 4 bomber reconnaissance squadron
- no. 5 flying boat squadron p. 323
- no. 6 flying boat squadron
- no. 7 general reconnaissance squadron
- no. 8 general reconnaissance squadron p. 324
- no. 8 bomber reconnaissance squadron
- no. 9 bomber reconnaissance squadron
- no. 488 fighter squadron
- no. 14 fighter squadron p. 325
- no. 15 fighter squadron
- no. 16 fighter squadron p. 326
- no. 17 fighter squadron
- no. 18 fighter squadron p. 327
- no. 19 fighter squadron
- no. 20 fighter squadron p. 328
- no. 21 fighter squadron
- no. 22 fighter squadron p. 329
- no. 23 fighter squadron
- no. 24 fighter squadron
- no. 25 dive bomber squadron p. 330
- no. 25 fighter squadron
- no. 26 fighter squadron
- no. 30 dive bomber squadron
- no. 31 dive bomber squadron p. 331
- no. 40 transport squadron
- no. 41 transport squadron
- Glossary p. 333
- Bibliography p. 335
- Index p. 337
- [backmatter] p. 344
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Appendix WARTIME OPERATIONAL SQUADRONS OF THE ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE p. 321