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Volume 10 - No. 252 - February 14, 1947

His Majesty's Ships - H.M.N.Z.S. Kiwi

Feb1947

His Majesty's Ships - H.M.N.Z.S. Kiwi

The Kiwi was one of three large trawlers of special design built at Leith for the Royal New Zealand Navy at the beginning of the war, the other two being named Moa and Tui. Of 600 tons displacement, a

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7th (Indian) Division

Feb1947

7th (Indian) Division

Colours: Yellow Arrow on Black Circle Mobilized in the spring of 1942, this Division in 1943 received special training in jungle warfare, Major-General F. W. Messervy assuming command in July of th

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No. 78 Squadron

Feb1947

No. 78 Squadron

Motto: "Nobody Unprepared" Disbanded on December 31, 1919, the Squadron was re-formed at Boscombe Down, Wilts, on November 1, 1936, and was equipped with Whitley aircraft in the following year. It

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Full index of this magazine

  • The Dramatic Liberation of Amsterdam
  • His Majesty's Ships - H.M.N.Z.S. Kiwi
  • The Worcestershire Regiment
  • 7th (Indian) Division
  • East and West Africans in Burma
  • Europe's Wartime Capitals in 1947 - Reykjavik
  • I Was There! - I was a Liaision Officer with Lord Gort
  • No. 78 Squadron
  • I Was There! - Seventy-Two Hours' Blissful Leave
  • I Was There! - Chasing Japs With Smoke and Fire
  • I Was There! - Frenzied Italians Rushed Our Boats
  • New Facts and Figures