ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THE NARRATIVE is based on official records and reports made available by the Air Ministry and supplemented by personal interviews. The photographs were supplied by the Air Ministry Information Section and the Royal New Zealand Air Force official collection, with the exception of those on pages 9 and 15 (bottom) which were lent by M. H. S. Innes-Jones, on page 16 (top) lent by M. A. Poulton, and on pages 17 (top) and 23 from The Times, London. The maps are by L. D. McCormick. The navigator's log book, illustrated on page 9, was lent by M. H. S. Innes-Jones.