Courage in the skies : New Zealand airmen at war / Paul Harrison & Brian Lockstone.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-54) and index.

The awakening years 1914-37 -- Expansion of the RNZAF in New Zealand 1939-45 -- New Zealanders in the RAF at the outbreak of war -- The Battle of Britain 1940 -- 75 Squadron 1939-45 -- The Article XV squadrons 1941-5 -- Wherever in the world -- New Zealanders in the Fleet Air Arm and the RNZAF 1939-45 -- The Japanese threat to New Zealand 1941-2 -- On the offensive in the Pacific: 1943-4 -- The final year in the Pacific 1945 -- The interim Air Force 1945-8 -- Appendix: Casualties (from 1946 annual report tables).

"This is an account of that global campaign and the role of the New Zealanders who served as pilots, navigators, gunners, wireless operators, bomb aimers and ground staff from so many far flung airfields and ships. The book is largely about men, because that is the way it was: women were confined to support roles. Today their ranks are rapidly thinning and this is a tribute to their greatness. Some 67,000 New Zealanders served in the Royal New Zealand Air force, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy's Air Branch -- better known as the Fleet Air Arm. Of the 11,625 New Zealanders killed, 4149 were air force casualties."--Publisher's description.