MOSQUITO BO? REACH OHA?

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5310, 24 January 1947, Page 4

MOSQUITO BO? REACH OHA?

(Press Assn.

PLOW N PROMI nucleus of b{J post-war alrl

— By Telegra J

PALMERSTON N,| At L35 p.m. to-dj flight of .R.N.ZAFl land Mosquito aiil flown from Englandl the No. 75 SquadrJ down in ideal weattejl airport. The MosqJ first of 15 such aitJ flown to the DomiJ Zealand- crews whol England two 'weeks I 41 Transport Squadl ; after a period of i'n ; J i ing at Ohakea. | j When finally the pM missioned for service d ; a nucleus o-f No. 75' Sm . gained such fame duiJ I the original New Zefl j squadron. I An official represe J 1 Air Department, and ■ mander of the station, (9 R. J. Cohen, welcomedB they emerged from thefl their long journey. 8 ' Commahding the fJ Sauadron-Leader tt ■ D.S.O., D.F.C. The J the peace time 75 Sipfl Wing Commander J.8 A.F.C., who was, untiifl , ond in command at 0» ! The prototype oftM delivered at Ohakea nl at Hatfield AerodroitJ November 25, 1940. n Geoffrey de HavilljjB killed in testing a neifl was its pilot. The pkfl auito were abandonedm time of Dunkirk, ivhei* istry Was concentrataB planes for Britain. ll . Jtily, 1940, that Lonifl advisors looked intofl . project and decided tffl . reinstating. B Eight weeks after, p® | menced. The first p« j despite heavy bombiuSB j the war and was congW | eft'ective fighter, teB , naisance plane in fejM ; The first Mosauib®B i the R.A.F. was | 1941. Twenty aircnht® I fly by Christmas anl ; 1942. I