Date1963Reference NumberPhoto 12-417DescriptionSoldiers looking ready to board B170s aircraft at Rangitaiki. Noted with file: 'Ex Reflex II 1963'. Donated by P. Jaeger. Information gleamed from 'The Wings over New Zealand Aviation forum' suggest that Army Engineers built a landing strip at Rangitaiki, south-east of Taupō and the RNZAF operated Harvard, Vampire, B170's and a Hastings from the war games strip in October 1963 and that many Ohakea personnel were part of it. http://rnzaf. proboards. com/index. cgi (2012 10 11). FormatPrintSource of AcquisitionThe 6th Battalion (Hauraki) Regimental Association Inc. History Room Curator, Tony Fraser.
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