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Royal New Zealand Air Force

Contents

page ix

Contents

Page
preface vii
1 introductory, 1909–18 1
2 birth and growth of the new zealand air force, 1919–36 7
3 establishment of the royal new zealand air force 25
4 outbreak of war with germany and initial mobilisation and training 40
5 the british commonwealth air training plan 50
6 local defence 66
7 no. 488 squadron in malaya 78
8 no. 1 aerodrome construction squadron in malaya 97
9 reorganisation of rnzaf to meet threat of invasion 106
10 establishment of the rnzaf in the south pacific 125
11 operations from guadalcanal, november 1942– february 1943 142
12 establishment of no. 1 (islands) group and development of air transport 159
13 the central solomons campaign 175
14 the advance to bougainville 199
15 radar units in the pacific 227
16 the neutralisation of rabaul 237
17 reorganisation of south pacific area, july–december 1944 259 page x
18 base organisation in new zealand, 1943–45 279
19 final stages of the war in the south-west pacific 291
20 conclusion 312
appendix Wartime Operational Squadrons of the Royal New Zealand Air Force 321