Topic: The RNZAF in Rotorua 1942-1945
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Photographs courtesy of the New Zealand Bomber Command Association Inc. Archive
A selection of Photographs of Airmen in Rotorua, Hinemoa Hotel and Arawa Street
P J Wheeler QSM NZBCA Executive Officer
"In 1942 the Initial Training Wing ( where all RNZAF volunteers did their initial testing and square bashing ) transferred from Levin to Rotorua and many thousand went through the schools there.
Most classes were photographed in front of the Hinemoa Hotel and our archives contain many copies".