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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Topcat7, post: 8368278, member: 73372&quot;]My Father, Myself, My Son, all aged 19 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1485005[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My father was born in England and emigrated to New Zealand in 1938. When war broke out in Europe in 1939, he enlisted in the Royal Air Force and was sent to Canada for training. With the rank of Flight Lieutenant, he served in &#039;Coastal Command&#039; in bomber aircraft as a navigator, flying over all parts of Europe, as needed. He was then deployed to the far east as Earl Mountbatten&#039;s navigator. He attained the rank of &#039;Pilot Officer&#039; and flew replacement aircraft from England to the various &#039;theatres&#039; where they were needed.</p><p>After 1945 the call went out for volunteers to go to New Zealand to establish their Air Force and my father put his hand up for that. While he was &#039;seconded&#039; he met my mother, and they were married in early 1947.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1485006[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>At the end of his &#039;secondment&#039;, in 1948, they returned to England, where I was born.</p><p>We were stationed at various bases, with the Americans, until 1953 when he resigned his commission and we went to New Zealand, as civilians.</p><p>In his 99th year, (2019), he passed away but not before receiving an &#039;early&#039; letter from Queen Elizabeth II.</p><p>Thanks, Dad.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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