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Kiwis to march at Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant in London

New Zealand will be sending a 42-strong military contingent to march in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant next month. Queen Elizabeth II in 2022 (file photo). (Source: Getty) The Defence Force said in a statement the contingent was putting itself through its marching paces at Devonport Naval Base in preparation for the show at Buckingham PalaceContinue reading “Kiwis to march at Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant in London”

HMS/HMNZS WakakuraHMNZS Wakakura (T00) was originally a First World War Castle-class naval trawler built in Canada.

Ordered by the Admiralty, the vessel, named TR 1, was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy for use on the East Coast of Canada. She was purchased by New Zealand in 1926 and transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy when it was established in 1941. She displaced 530 tons standard, could manage 10 knotsContinue reading “HMS/HMNZS WakakuraHMNZS Wakakura (T00) was originally a First World War Castle-class naval trawler built in Canada.”

No. 17 Squadron Kittyhawks take off from RNZAF Station Seagrove, 28 November 1942. See more on RNZAF Seagrove on blog – https://ift.tt/gkGn81Y

  Aerial view of Seagrove Aerodrome, Manukau Harbour, Auckland Aerial view of Seagrove Aerodrome (Seagrove was an airport located by Clarks Beach on the south shoreline of Manukau Harbour, New Zealand, near the small town of Waiuku.) and surrounding countryside and coast, Manukau Harbour, Auckland. Photograph taken in 1946 by Whites Aviation. Seagrove Aerodrome was part of an RNZAF flying training stationContinue reading “No. 17 Squadron Kittyhawks take off from RNZAF Station Seagrove, 28 November 1942. See more on RNZAF Seagrove on blog – https://ift.tt/gkGn81Y”