Thank you very much Wayne. The story of Popeye was great and bought back snippets of conversations my father had had with me. I now remember him talking to me about farmer friend of his from the war who lived in Southland near Queenstown. Dad also memtioned that this person had a number of old Wellington turrets and other aircraft stuff on his property - probably long gone now, but interesting nonetheless.

I also have an idea that my oldest brother may have some of my dad's stuff so I've been in touch to see if he has his log book purchance. I know he has all his medals whereas I have his flying helmet (complete with bullet craze) and his flying suit. I'll see if I can locate any photos as well. If I can source some photos from his war years can I upload them somewhere rather than just attaching them to a post as they may be useful for other people.

Brent

Wayne. My older brother does have my dad's log book and he's going to scan it and send it to me. I've also got some momentos including newspaper clippings that belonged to my father that I haven't looked at in a long time. I don't remember there being anything from the war years but I might be wrong. I'll dig them out and if there's anything interesting I'll pass it on. I do have some pictures of my father in uniform and some war time class photos with names of the other airmen which could be useful to other people. I'll also dig them out and scan and upload them. Finally, my father was an avid photographer and I have boxes of medium format negatives of his taken during the war. Most are now just clear plastic but I'll see if any can be salvaged.

Brent 

Brent,

Left a message on your white board re 75 Sqn Association.

Wayne.

Thanks Dee. I did try to make contact with the NZ association by email but failed to get a reply. I'll check out the site and hopefully I can make contact.

Brent