Tiki Nose Art - General Tiki

CN Club Nouméa Member Wanganui Joined: May 03, 2010 Posts: 459	CN Club Nouméa Posted posted on Thu, Apr 2, 2015 1:09 AM My interest in this comes from recently having met an old fellow who was in RAF Bomber Command in WWII. Oh my God the stuff those guys went through. From April 1940 to May 1945, RAF (NZ) No. 75 Squadron flew 8,150 sorties over Nazi-occupied Europe and lost 1,139 aircrew (452 of whom were New Zealanders; although it was established with NZ aircrew, 75 Squadron was a multi-national unit). Further information that has come to hand recently; according to one RNZAF aviation enthusiasts' forum, No. 75 Squadron's original tiki emblem was actually drawn by an Australian who was a member of the squadron.

My interest in this comes from recently having met an old fellow who was in RAF Bomber Command in WWII. Oh my God the stuff those guys went through. From April 1940 to May 1945, RAF (NZ) No. 75 Squadron flew 8,150 sorties over Nazi-occupied Europe and lost 1,139 aircrew (452 of whom were New Zealanders; although it was established with NZ aircrew, 75 Squadron was a multi-national unit).

Further information that has come to hand recently; according to one RNZAF aviation enthusiasts' forum, No. 75 Squadron's original tiki emblem was actually drawn by an Australian who was a member of the squadron.

Post #740585 by Club Nouméa on Thu, Apr 2, 2015 1:09 AM