Is Recruiting Lure
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Week-end Flights to Suva Is Recruiting Lure
THE RNZAF’s new No. 6 (Mari time) Squadron, formed ai Hobsonville, Auckland in July, i: having trouble obtaining recruits.
Late in July it was announced, as an additional lure, that week-end return flights to Fiji may form pail of the operational training.
The Squadron is to be equipped with the present No. 5 Squadror Catalinas from Lauthala Bay Fiji — as soon as that Squadron receives Sunderland replacements from En gland. At present No. 6 is equipped with one Sunderland —formerly the NAC’s “Takitumu” well-known or the Auckland-Suva route twc Catalinas, and an Auster floatplane.
No. 6, as a training Squadron will provide the operational crew? for No. 6 in due course.