IN THE AIR.
WORK OF NEW ZEALANDERS,
THE 74th SQUADRON,
SEVERAL OFFICERS DECORATED.
By Telegraph.—Press Association. • Wellington, Last Night. Some interesting information is now available concerning the part whicJh' the New Zealaaders have played in air fighting against the enemy on the west front. A famous fighting squadron was the 74th, and during the last seven months of Dhe war it was composed entirely of New Zealanders. Previous to that time it was commanded by Captain A. Ball, V.CL, D.5.0., M.CL, who was accounted the best single air fighter in the British service. He waa killed, and Major Caldwell, a New Zealander, succeeded to the command. Some of the officers with him were: Major Callender, Captain Cooke, Lieut. Collier, and Lieut. Gray, all of whom were decorated with) the exception of Lieut. Gray, who was captured by the Germans.
It may be added that the air squadron consists of 18 machines, three flights of six machines each, and that all the New Zealanders comprising the 74th _ squadron received their initial training in air work in New Zealand.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 November 1918, Page 5
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177IN THE AIR. Taranaki Daily News, 28 November 1918, Page 5
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