A great website for more description on this rare collection can be found at:  http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/RNZAF%20Contact%20Alternative.htm
 
 
 
Content Description (Information taken from said above website)
 
 
 
Editorial
Passing Panorama
Bomber Pilot Extracts from a letter from a "well known New Zealand athlete" who was a member of Bomber Command - talking about missions over France and Germany, and glimpsing Winston Churchill, etc. 
The Real Difference Joke
Honours For MacArthur A new dish in a New York restaurant is named after General MacArthur 
They Fly By Night Night Flying Practice in Wellington bombers by "B.L.", an ex-Sgt Gunner of No 75 (NZ) Sqn 
They Also Serve A tribute to the Ground Staff of the RNZAF, by Ropata Kirimuwutu 
Air Power And New Zealand Highlights from Air Commodore R.V. Goddard's recent broadcast address to NZ
Aerial Leviathan Snippet about a new 75 seat airliner being built in the USA (probably the Lockheed Constellation?) 
Brass Buttons Go Snippet about battledress buttons in the UK now made of plastic rather than brass 
Is It Woff or Waff? By Egbert the Erk - worrying about how to pronounce WAAF 
Night Fighter Poem (by M.D. Webster) 
And They Thought It Impossible About the Wright Bro's
America Snippet quoting Gilbert Anstruther in "Man" about America's good and bad points 
The Lives of a Filipino Pilot Snippet of an interview with a Philipino pilot now in Australia who said he'd used six of his nine lives defending his defeated country, but he would return, as MacArthur had decreed
The War of Ideas Article about Chesterton's 'Ballad of the White Horse' 
What Language Is This, Huh? Snippet about the Germans being baffled in World War One by two Choctaw Indians who sent messages in their own language - not code - and the Germans couldn't understand or crack the messages 
Indoor Flying Article and the Link Trainer by A.P. Luscombe Whyte 
Countries In The News - India A monthly review of different counties, their current political state, etc, by 'The Historian' 
Great New Zealand Athletes No 1 - Joe Scott, Champion Walker, by Wallie Ingram 
Britain's Aerial Might A quote from Sir Archibald Sinclair on how mighty the Stirling, Halifax, Manchester and Lancaster were, and that they were coming into their own 
Photos - includes pilots and Spitfires from 485 (NZ) Squadron, a Westland Whirlwind fighter, and Bill Jordan, NZ High Commissioner to Britain 
Portrait by Conly - Pencil portrait of General Douglas MacArthur 
Meteorology Simplified Part II - Winds, by 'Nimbo Stratus' - technical article on wind types 
Netherlands Airmen Snippet about Dutch airmen who'd escaped to Britain and were now flying their Fokker T8W floatplanes in RAF Coastal Command against German U-boats and doing well 
You Write Letters to Contact about Flying Wings, answered in the below article 
Techniques and Evolution of Tailless Aircraft by the Editor 
Wendy The WAAF by W2126. Wendy goes on leave with a pocketful of pay but finds shopping for clothing isn't easy 
Canadian Wins GM The George Medal award to Sgt Thomas B. Miller, RCAF
The Night Bomber 
Compact - The National Magazine of the WAAF
Diary of a WAAF Part V by W2126 
Hymn For the RAF Poem (By Patience Strong) 
Spread The Jam...And Help The ATC
Japanese Aircraft - 3-view recognition - Aichi AI104 and Kawasaki Kawa 95 
Air Training Corps in England
 
 
 
In Good Condition.