“CRACK AT THE JAPS”
WANTED BY N.Z. AIRMEN IN BRITAIN. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, February 28. The High Commissioner for New Zealand, Mr Jordan, during a tour met many New Zealand pilots and naval officers at their stations. At one Fleet Air Arm base, Mr Jordan saw 17 New Zealanders. Some asked if there was any chance of transferring to the Far East “to have a crack at the Japs.” They were assured that every consideration was being given to such requests. Mr Jordan said: “I like their spirit. If the people of Britain, facing Germans at 21 miles away at one part, can take it, we in New Zealand, 2000 miles away from the Japanese, are not going to run into the bush at the first sign of danger.” Mr Jordan also visited east Scotland flaxmills., where he saw New Zealand flax being converted into canvas.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 March 1942, Page 4
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