2023年7月14日

战争飞机新西兰皇家空军飞行官阿利斯特Tanetoa Parata -出生并成长在南方是在第二次世界大战中失去了在海上。调查显示消失掩盖事实。奥塔哥每日时报社论艺术家奥斯汀米尔恩和前紧急服务记者奥斯卡弗朗西斯有故事。新西兰皇家空军飞行官阿利斯特Tanetoa Parata -出生并成长在南方是在第二次世界大战中失去了在海上。调查显示消失掩盖事实。奥塔哥每日时报社论艺术家奥斯汀米尔恩和前紧急服务记者奥斯卡弗朗西斯有故事。些,Alistair Tanetoa Parata出生在楼下6月14日,1917年。些的父亲,佳能Hoani Parata,西部作为随军牧师在第一次世界大战。先生Parata后遗症的芥子气的余生,在些10岁时就去世了。之后,全家搬到了达尼丁。 Tane attended Maori Hill School, then Te Aute College in Hawkes Bay, where he was dux and a member of the first XV. He was studying divinity at the University of Otago When WW2 broke out in September 1939. He dropped his studies to enlist immediately. Tane trained as a pilot at Taieri. In April 1942 he was promoted and recognised as the most outstanding pilot on the course. The next month he announced his engagement to Shelia Farquharson, of Christchurch. 2 years later, in 1944, he was assigned to No.4 Squadron and sent to Fiji. 26 days later Midnight, June 27, 1944 Tane and his crew took off on a mission with orders to intercept an enemy submarine believed to be stalking an Allied supply ship. Known as Tane, Alistair Tanetoa Parata was born in Riverton on June 14, 1917. Tane's father, Canon Hoani Parata, served as a padre on the Western Front in World War 1. Mr Parata suffered the after-effects of mustard gas for the rest of his life and died when Tane was 10. Afterwards, the family moved to Dunedin. Tane attended Maori Hill School, then Te Aute College in Hawkes Bay, where he was dux and a member of the first XV. He was studying divinity at the University of Otago When WW2 broke out in September 1939. He dropped his studies to enlist immediately. Tane trained as a pilot at Taieri. In April 1942 he was promoted and recognised as the most outstanding pilot on the course. The next month he announced his engagement to Shelia Farquharson, of Christchurch. 2 years later, in 1944, he was assigned to No.4 Squadron and sent to Fiji. 26 days later Midnight, June 27, 1944 Tane and his crew took off on a mission with orders to intercept an enemy submarine believed to be stalking an Allied supply ship. Sheila Farquarson married but kept up a friendship with Mrs Parata for the rest of her life. No trace of the aircraft has ever been found. About 7000 New Zealanders trained as airmen during WW2. The country had a population of 1.6 million people in 1940. Of those, roughly 140,000 served overseas. 11,625 New Zealanders did not return, the highest percentage of any country in the Commonwealth. Acknowledgements: Cockpit dialogue adapted from the play He Waka Rererangi Whawhai (A War Plane) by Professor John Broughton CNZM with kind permission. A special thanks to Major (retired) Richard Parata MBE, nephew of Alastair Tanetoa Parata. Sheila Farquarson married but kept up a friendship with Mrs Parata for the rest of her life. No trace of the aircraft has ever been found. About 7000 New Zealanders trained as airmen during WW2. The country had a population of 1.6 million people in 1940. Of those, roughly 140,000 served overseas. 11,625 New Zealanders did not return, the highest percentage of any country in the Commonwealth.