Few people, even those who served in the RNZAF, knew that until Sir Ralph Cochrane became Chief of Air Staff in 1937, military aviation played a small part in defence planning and operations.
Cochrane had been seconded by the RAF to establish the RNZAF and impressed the new Labour government by his
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