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Royal New Zealand Air Force
Contents
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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 |
