Flight Officer R.H. Tonks standing in the cockpit of a Bristol Beaufighter. Tonks was a Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot in the 489 New Zealand Torpedo Bomber Squadron which operated under the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.
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Royal New Zealand Air Force
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RELATED TO BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER PILOT
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24 May 1943
Turning point in Battle of the Atlantic
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7 June 1940
Fighter ace Edgar ‘Cobber’ Kain killed
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1 May 1955
RNZAF's first combat strike since Second World War
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2 October 1941
NZ pilot saves Scottish village
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19 August 1944
Kiwi pilot's sacrifice saves French village
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