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James Evans Jenkins
This blog is a celebration of my father's wartime life. He was a fighter pilot in WWII for the R.N.Z.A.F. The blog features pilot log entries and...
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The wedding
James Evans Jenkins ― Before we get back into the logbook, I have a few more photos to share. I’ve already related how my parents met but if you missed the story, you can catch up here. My mother (who died in 2007) was … Continue reading → (more)
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Posted on Feb 7th, 2012
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Life of the party
James Evans Jenkins ― Dad was always a very positive, happy person. I rarely saw him in an iffy mood and, when he was a bit cranky, it was usually because he was being asked to queue up for something. My parents were both … Continue reading → (more)
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Posted on Feb 6th, 2012
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No. 1 A.D.U.
James Evans Jenkins ― In the last post, I said I was puzzling over what A.D.U. stood for. I’m grappling with all the acronyms in Dad’s pilot logbook but obviously confused myself because when I looked again at the particular page in his logbook …... (more)
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Posted on Feb 5th, 2012
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Shadow firing and squadron formation
James Evans Jenkins ― Dad was stationed at the 71 O.T.U. Carthago from November 1 to December 28, 1942. O.T.U. stands for Operational Training Unit and it seems that Dad was undertaking a fighter pilot course. He was following a Sequence of Instruction that …... (more)
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Posted on Jan 29th, 2012
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In transit
James Evans Jenkins ― From Dad’s Record of Service, I know he was in transit to New Zealand from January 18, 1944. This followed about six weeks at the 12 P.D.R.C. in Brighton, UK (P.D.R.C. standing for Personnel Despatch and Reception Centre). I must …... (more)
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Posted on Jan 15th, 2012
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Christmas 1944
James Evans Jenkins ― Pity I didn’t know about this menu a few weeks ago when it was actually Christmas time. I told you in my last post about how I found another photo album with a few of Dad’s WWII photos in it. … Continue reading → (more)
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Posted on Jan 14th, 2012
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The balcony
James Evans Jenkins ― I’ll be getting back to posting pages from my father’s logbook pretty soon. But I’m being sidetracked by some really interesting photos in his WWII album, plus a few photos I discovered yesterday in another album. We are STILL... (more)
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Posted on Jan 13th, 2012
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The magnificent seven
James Evans Jenkins ― I’ve been looking at a lot of photos on sites devoted to WWII. And there seems to have been a popular photographic theme, which I call the Magnificent Seven. Basically, it’s seven chaps lined up and they are either standing …... (more)
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Posted on Jan 10th, 2012
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Dog fights and spinning
James Evans Jenkins ― We have a few more pages of the logbook to go before we get into the action. It’s November 1942 and Dad is stationed at the R.A.F. station at Carthago – 71 O.T.U. From November 3, when he arrived at … Continue reading → (more)
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Posted on Jan 8th, 2012
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Who knows?
James Evans Jenkins ― I’ve titled this post Who Knows? because I’m hoping someone can identify the aircraft behind the group of pilots. And maybe also the squadron the pilots were from. The photo is from my Dad’s photo album but unfortunately there is &... (more)
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Posted on Jan 7th, 2012
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71 O.T.U.
James Evans Jenkins ― I mentioned in a recent post that it might be a tad boring to post page after page of the Sequence of Instruction my father had to become proficient in as a pilot. Up until November 1942, Dad seems to … Continue reading → (more)
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Posted on Jan 5th, 2012
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One mystery solved
James Evans Jenkins ― I told you in a recent post about Valerie. This has been a lifelong mystery for me. Who the heck was Valerie and why did my Dad name his aircraft after her? I figured she was English and I thought … Continue reading → (more)
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Posted on Jan 4th, 2012
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The gold leaf
James Evans Jenkins ― I suspect my mother had her own mystery going on – just as Dad’s mystery is Valerie. Well, a mystery to me anyway because my Dad didn’t talk about Valerie and my mother didn’t talk about the gold oak leaf. … Continue... (more)
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Posted on Jan 3rd, 2012
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It’s doom for the Nazis
James Evans Jenkins ― I’m trying to make sense of Dad’s logbook. When I last mentioned the logbook, I posted about Dad’s first solo flight on May 12, 1941. This occurred whilst he was stationed at No. 3 Elementary Flying Training School at R.N.Z.A.F &... (more)
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Posted on Jan 2nd, 2012
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A desert rat
James Evans Jenkins ― This photo from my father’s WWII photo album is a bit of surprise because he’s lighting up a cigarette. I never knew my father to smoke, so guess he gave it up after the war and before I was born. … Continue reading → (more)
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Posted on Jan 1st, 2012
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