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New Zealand launches Air Force Heritage Flight
New Zealand’s military aviation heritage will now be on regular display throughout the country with the establishment of the four aircraft-strong Air Force Heritage Flight of New Zealand at Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Base Ohakea in the Manawatū. CAPTION: New Zealand’s Air Force Heritage Flight aircraft the Spitfire (bottom of photo) and AvengerContinue reading “New Zealand launches Air Force Heritage Flight”
Yo ho ho and a tot of rum — rise and fall of a navy tradition
Monique Keirana day agoa day ago Royal Navy sailors receive their rum ration aboard HMS King George V in 1940. VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS A longstanding naval tradition came to an end five decades ago. On March 30, 1972, sailors aboard Canada’s naval vessels received their final “tots,” and a tradition much older than our navyContinue reading “Yo ho ho and a tot of rum — rise and fall of a navy tradition”
Excited Spectators View the HMS Hood at her Empire Tour visit to New Zealand in 1924
– Hood was the largest warship in the world from her launch until Bismarck was launched in 1939 from JC’s New Zealand Navy and Military News – Past and Present https://ift.tt/3ZGHWsc via IFTTT
Australian naval vessels during a 1950 visit to Wellington, New Zealand.
The T class sub is from the RN 4th Submarine Flotilla on the Australia Station and is either HMS Trump or HMS Taciturn. Astern of HMAS Warramunga is heavy cruiser HMAS Australia with a River class frigate outboard and the aft end of the island of aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney just visible astern of Australia from JC’s New Zealand Navy and Military News –Continue reading “Australian naval vessels during a 1950 visit to Wellington, New Zealand.”
