Welcome to the new 30 Sqn and SU Forum

[Dave Homewood]

Hello all,

Welcome to the forum. Hopefully you have discovered this forum by navigating to here via the No. 30 Squadron and Servicing Unit Association website, which I run, here

www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/30_Sqn_Association.htm

I set up the webpages, and now this forum, having become interested in the RNZAF's first Grumman Avenger squadron when I read Wally Ingham's great book, The Avengers, in 1992.

I got to know Wally a couple of years ago and he made me a member of the Association. I had worked on Sir Tim Wallis's Grumman Avenger that flew in New Zealand in the 1990's, and as an RNZAF Historian I have a great interest in the squadron.

This is one of the few remaining active WWII Squadron Associations, and I offered to make it global by setting up a website as an annex to my larger RNZAF site here
www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz

Now I am adding this forum, which can be simply used by people as a Guest Book to sign your name and add comments, or you can also ask questions and have discussions about the subjects realted to No. 30 Sqn and No. 8 Sqn (which was 30's forerunner).

So, please feel free to join, or simply visit as a Guest and add comments, questions and any information you wish to offer.

Any questions about the Squadrons' histories and personnel and also modelling queries are welcomed.

If you want to get some good tips on managing your forum account, see the suggestions and tips here, which is a section on my other RNZAF related forum
rnzaf.proboards43.com/index.cgi?board=info

All the best
Dave Homewood
Forum Webmaster

[corsair67]

Excellent site, Dave. I love the Avenger nearly as much as the Corsair, so will be following things here with much interest.

Is the book "The Avengers" still available for purchase? I'd love to buy a copy if possible.

[Dave Homewood]

Yes, copies of 'The Avengers' can still be purchased from Wally Ingham.

See this section of the site
www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/30%20Squadron%20Books.htm

[pansy]

I was thrilled to come upon your most excelent site & especially to find my Father sitting in the jeeps front seat in the photo of the Ground crew

[robbie]

Interesting site. My father was in 30 Squadron during WW11, in and around the New Hebridies. He was Roy Archibald Paton, from Cambridge.

[robbie]

Where, or how, can I find the photo(s) pansy has mentioned?

[pansy]

Thanks Dave for making this site available, I have just rung Wally Ingham & he is sending me one of his excellent books

[pansy]

Robbie Dave sent me a scan of this photo cut from a newspaper, have you got hold of it yet? your Father isn't named in the caption, though thats not to say he isn't there, as they spelt Dads surname wrong!

[Dave Homewood]

I have been neglecting this site for a while but am catching up again. I noticed a lot of spammers had posted rubbish here so i have deleted it all, and have made the forum members only. So if you want to leave a message please take the few minutes to sign up for free and then post the message.

Robbie, I actually interviewed your father about his wartime career not too long before he passed away. He allowed me to scan his very interesting photo collection too, and some of them are on my website with his blessing. When I finally get around to typing it all up his full interview will appear on the website.

The photo Pansy mentioned is here on the 30 Squadron and SU section homepage
www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/30_Sqn_Association.htm

[hutana]

Kia ora yeah great site, i am just trying to gather info about my family and stumbled across your site, which is awesome. I have been looing for my grandfathers brother who i knew was in WW2
his name is Hila HUTANA who is now deceased, now i have found him thankyou