Lindsey, Ivan.

In the heavens above : British Commonwealth Air Training Plan : RNZAF aircrew training Canada 1940-1945, / Ivan and Lorna Lindsey. - Christchurch, N.Z. : Willsonscott Pub., 2012. - 647 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 617) and index.

Foreword / J. L. Munro -- Introduction -- 1. British Commonwealth Air Training Plan overview -- 2. Entry into the RNZAF -- 3. Progress to Leading Air Craftsman -- 4. Shipping - Embarkations - Voyages - Shipping lists -- 5. Air training in Canada -- 6. Leave opportunities - Canadian and United States hosts -- 7. Training programs and leave entitlement -- 8. Graduations and embarkation points -- 9. Our leader [Winston Churchill] speaks -- 10. Airmen's reminiscences (Selection of short stories ; Stories by airmen who left New Zealand in 1940-41 ; Stories by airmen who left New Zealand in 1942 ; Stories by airmen who left New Zealand in 1943 ; Stories by airmen who left New Zealand in 1944 ; Two special stories of pilots on operations ; Stories of war service in the Pacfic and West Africa ; Stories of crashes on sea and land, parachute landings, escape or capture) -- 11. Kiwis on the Alaskan Highway -- 12. More airmen's reminiscences (Late wartime stories of those sent to Canada just as the BTACP was having to disband some courses ; A post-war story) -- 13. Incidents, tales and information -- 14. Anzac Day commemorations in Canada and New York -- 15. Memorials -- 16. Special acknowledgements - Ivan Lindsey, author and comiler - Abbreviations - Ranks in RNZAF WWII - Bibliography -- Appendices (1: Ship photos and information ; 2: Aircraft types used in Canada ; 3: Graduation book covers and crossing line certificates).

9781877427381 (pbk.)


British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force --Airmen.


Aeronautics, Military--Study and teaching--History.--Canada
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, New Zealand.
New Zealand. Royal New Zealand Air Force Airmen.
Aeronautics, Military Study and teaching Canada History.