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)
Knights of the Air photo of three P40 pilots in front of a Kittyhawk
Editorial
Aviation Medicine Part IV - Medical Officer and Airman by Caduceus
Fighter Pilot Poem by William Kean Seymour
Cartoon
Knights Of The Air Article with photos and even semi-coloured fold out on the P40 pilots
The Sky Is Safe Today...But What Of Tomorrow Photo-article on nurturing pilots through the Air Training Corp. This includes an excellent photo of Cambridge's ace Bill Wells visiting ATC cadets
Off The Record - The Unofficial History of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Humorous snippets from round the stations, including 'Nice Work'; 'Where Ignorance Is Bliss'; ' Discipline!'; 'Novelty'; 'Unrehearsed'; and 'The Height of Hospitality'
Xmas Day In The Dope Shop - Being a strongly flavoured story of the Restive Season in the tradition of Charles ("Butch") Dickens - by Egbert the Erk
ATTENTION!! Peace... And What? article by Thirty-Niner
My Country Poem by Florence McKenzie Smart
Xmas Stars Poem by W.1848
We've Done Our Hitch in Hell Poem contributed by an American serviceman in the Pacific war zone
Passing Panorama News items including "First Flight In England'; 'Night Fighter Has Two Bites'; 'Dead Serious'; 'New Zealand C.A.S. at Guadalcanar' [sic]; 'Honour To Maori Race'; 'RNZAF In The Pacific'' (rugby teams);
Countries in the News - A Monthly Review by the Historian: The Far East - The White Man's Burden Feature article
Cartoon 'Gatecrasher'
Britain's Little Ships article by A P Luscombe Whyte
Tales of the Old Timer - The Missing Code Book As related to Ropata Kirimuwutu - the third in the series of true stories from the Great War of a "well known" RNZAF Officer. See Sept-Oct 42 for more. This was later republished in Flights and Fancies
Cartoon
Compact - National Magazine of the WAAF
Wendy The WAAF Gets A New Beret by W.2126
Her War Effort by W.1848
Moonlight Picnics - A Few Hints From Wendy The WAAF by W.1848
Cartoon
Diary of a WAAF Part VII by W.2126
Snippet Flt Lt Robert Spurdle RNZAF had shot down German ace Horst Benno Kruger
Star Recognition Feature article by 'Rigel Von Betelgeuse' about astronomy for navigation
Great New Zealand Athletes No. 5 - Jack Lovelock Sporting article by W.F. Ingram
Personal Notices Marriages and Engagements
Air Training Corps news from the ATC regions (this time includes UK, Dunedin, Christchurch, Timaru and The Observer)
In Good Condition.
