SURPRISING VISIT TO WIGRAM IN JUNE 1943 I am curious that this visit to Wigram was not widely known. Few that I have spoken to knew anything about it at all. The purpose of the visit was to raise money for the war effort and the New Zealand target of 5,000,000 pounds was oversubscribed. Not […]
DEREK - Brevet Club Member since 1998 The following about this handsome young man is copied from the website of the Torpedo Bay Navy Museum, Devonport, Auckland, and some comments added after a chat to Derek. Lieutenant Derek Morten joined the Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve in 1942 as a Naval Airman 2nd Class. […]
BATTLE OF BRITAIN Sadly we missed out this years BOB commemoration. Isn’t this a wonderful photo: Happy villagers giving a cheerful thumbs up to a downed enemy aircraft: