NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN
MORALE PARTICULARLY HIGH (Rec. 8 a.m.) WASHINGTON, August 23. Mr Nash said there are between 2,000 and 3,000 Now Zealand airmen in England, many of whom ho had visited. He asserted that their morale was particularly high, and cited as an example an occasion when eight New Zealand plane crews, totalling 40 to 50 men, failed to return from a mission. The commanding officer offered to give the others a few days’ relief, but none of the New Zealand flyers accepted, insisting upon returning into the air next evening. Mr Nash implied that the loss on this occasion was among the highest ever suffered.
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Evening Star, Issue 24281, 24 August 1942, Page 4
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107NEW ZEALAND AIRMEN Evening Star, Issue 24281, 24 August 1942, Page 4
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