"Iron Curtain" On Visit Of Australian Squadron

Chronicle (Levin), 10 April 1948, Page 2

"Iron Curtain" On Visit Of Australian Squadron

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\ Al'CKIiANl), April 9. | | Sccroey reiniuisccMl of wartiiuo | : surrouuilcd tlu1 urrival af Wluvuuapai ] ■ tliis mornitig of lliree iJucolu !»ombors I of tlu' Koyal Australian Air Fori-c, ])rosuntably on aa \ igation excrciscs. Tlioy lcl't Laverlon airJiebl, Melbourno, alton i 1 -..'UJ a.ni. and the lirst touelied dowii al j Wliemuqtai about b. a.ni. The seeoud • lauded some live niiiiules later and thu ;third followed aliout 8.50 a.ni. 1 Regarded as Pritain's best heavy Itombers th-e huge grey four-fngined i aireraft made au iinpressive sight as they swept across Ihe airlield and 1 taxied to a stop in frout of the roeep- : tion building. Tlieir visit aroused a j great deal of curiosity ul the slatiou, Itiit the erews of the aireraft eould do j nothing to dispel it. i Air Force olticers wlio were apl>roaehed referred the inquiries to tio oflicef coninumdi og ihe party, Scpuulron Leader McCarlliy. lle, howe\er, ha i notliing to say. When asked the obje-f of Ihe flight and future lnoveinents oithe aireraft h'> said he eould not sa\ anyfhing about Ihe t ri ]». Asked if thiM't/ was any bnieer who eould diseuss it he said there was no one. When senior li.X.Z.A.F. ouieers a; the station were approaehed they saol security appliml in this ease and tli»y eould say nothing about ihe visit. The visit of the bonibors' had been announeed in a" jiress eablegram fron; Australia, -and in view of tlie suddeu reimposition of seeurity nieasures at Whenuaiiai Ihe Iligh Connnissioner for Australia (Air. R. Futler, V.C. ) was asked for an explanation. He said he did not even know that, ihe bonibors were visiting New Ztaland. . He tnen eonsulted his def'enee representati vt who stated that he knew nothing of ttuvisit.