N.Z. Air Service to Japan Ending
AUCKLAND, May. 29. The last trip in the weekly service to Japan, maintained by No 41 (Transport) Squadron, Royal New Zealnd Air Force, since March, 1946. has begun. A Dakota aircraft, flown by Flight Lieutenant R. Weston, who flew the first of the ‘squadron’s aeroplanes over the route more, than two years ago, left Wenuapai for Bofu, near Iwakune, carrying' a spare engine for use by No. 14 (Fighter) Squadron, which the R.N.Z.A.F. unit with the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces. A ceremony is likely to be held at Bofu to mark the end of the service. More than 100" round trips have been made, the journey being the longest in the world to be flown throughout by the same aircraft and crew. Following recent practice,. FlightLieutenant Weston will bring his Dakota back to New Zealand by way of Singapore.
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Grey River Argus, 1 June 1948, Page 5
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