The Wings Over New Zealand Show

Guest: David Duxbury Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 27th of May 2017 Released: 30th of May 2017 Duration: 31 minutes 1 second In a special and rather impromptu episode the Wings Over New Zealand Show marks 75 years to the day since the first “1000 Bomber Raid” was mounted by the Royal Air Force. The target [...]

Guest: George Barclay Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 6th of June 2010 Released: 26th of May 2017 Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 59 seconds George Barclay joined the Territorial Army early in 1939 as a 15 year old, having put his age up to 19. When the war broke out he and his unit were mobilised [...]

Guest: James Callister ‘Jim’ Richmond (10 January 1915 – 8 September 2013) Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 3rd of June 2010 Released: 19th of May 2017 Duration: 32 minutes 15 seconds Jim Richmond was a Meteorologist in the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War Two. He served at RNZAF Station Waipapakauri, with No. 7 [...]

Guest: Paul Brennan Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 11th of May 2017 Released: 12th of May 2017 Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 40 seconds Paul Brennan is a professional broadcaster, cameraman and media personality, who has taken on the task to run the “Bring Our Birds Home” campaign. This is an ambitious but doable plan to [...]

Guest: Barrie “Irv” Irvine Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 25th of September 2016 Released: 28th of April 2017 Duration: 45 minutes 25 seconds In this episode, which was recorded live at the Te Atatu RSA Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet at Auckland in September 2016, we hear from former RNZAF Sunderland and Orion pilot Barrie [...]

Guests: Squadron Leader Brett Clayton RNZAF (Falcon 1) Flight Lieutenant Dan Pezaro RNZAF (Falcon 2) Squadron Leader Hayden Sheard RNZAF (Falcon 4) Flight Lieutenant Mike Williams RNZAF (Falcon 6) Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 14th of April 2017 Released: 20th of April 2017 Duration: 15 minutes 50 seconds In this episode Dave managed to grab a [...]

Guest: Derrick Hubbard Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 28th of October 2016 Released: 6th of April 2017 Duration: 57 minutes 40 seconds Derrick was born in England, and as a young man he joined the Royal Air Force as an engineer during WWII. He trained at RAF Halton and worked in the RAF for 10 years. [...]

Guests: Peter Mason, Peter Lewis, Warwick Jones, Cliff Hawley and Norm Sanson Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 25th of September 2016 Released: 29th of March 2017 Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 29 seconds In this episode we hear some of the speakers who appeared at the WONZ Forum Meet at Te Atatu Memorial RSA, in Te [...]

Guest: Captain Michael Cater senior (retired) Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 17th of February 2017 Released: 23rd of March 2017 Duration: 2 hours 33 minutes 48 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with his good friend Captain Mike Cater, who served as a pilot in the Royal Air Force and then flew as an airline [...]

Guests: Julie Bubb, Neroli Henwood and Judy Costello Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 18th of March 2017 Released: 19th of March 2017 Duration: 34 minutes 05 seconds In this episode, recorded in the open air at Te Kowhai Aerodrome, Hamilton, Dave Homewood talks with three ladies at a Fly In of the New Zealand Association of [...]

Guest: Edith Josephine “Josie” Miller (nee McGovern) Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: July 2012 Released: 8th of March 2017 Duration: 1 hour 06 minutes 37 seconds In this episode Dave delves into the archives to present this great interview with Josie Miller, who was a member of New Zealand’s Womans Auxiliary Air Force during WWII. She [...]

Guest: Flight Lieutenant Alwynne ‘Bud’ Rose Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 25th of September 2016 Released: 2nd of March 2017 Duration: 40 minutes 35 seconds In this episode, which was recorded live during the Te Atatu RSA WONZ Forum Meet, former RNZAF engineer and flight engineer Bud Rose talks about his career. He worked on the [...]

Guest: Frederic ‘Ric’ Martini Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 6th of March 2016 Released: 22nd of February 2017 Duration: 46 minutes 29 seconds In this episode, which was recorded live during the March 2016 WONZ Forum Meet at the New Zealand Warbirds Association hangar at Ardmore, guest speaker Ric Martini tells the story of his father, [...]

Guest: Jack Marshall DFC (pff) Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 27th of October 2016 Released: 17th of February 2017 Duration: 40 minutes 8 seconds Jack Marshall was born in London in 1920, and moved to Napier, New Zealand in 1937, at the age of 17. He worked as a steward in a Gentleman’s Club, but when [...]

Guest: Don Simms Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 30th of October 2016 Released: 7th of February 2017 Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 52 seconds RNZAF Skyhawk historian and author Don Simms gave a fascinating presentation at the Wings Over New Zealand Forum Meet held on the 30th of October 2016 at the Air Force Museum of [...]

Guest: Vic Jay Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 24th of January 2017 Released: 2nd of February 2017 Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 7 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood talks with Vic Jay, via Skype from England. Vic has recently released his book “The Mallon Crew” detailing his late father Bob Jay, an RAF Flight Engineer, [...]

Guest: Ron Reid (Warrant Officer Ronald James Reid NZ402821, RNZAF Pilot – 30/01/1918 to 02/03/2014) Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 25th of November 2010 Released: 26th of January 2017 Duration: 59 minutes 37 seconds In this episode Dave Homewood interviewed the late WWII Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot Ron Reid, at his home in Tauranga [...]

Guest: Ross Brodie Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 30th of October 2016 Released: 19th of January 2017 Duration: 41 minutes 13 seconds Ross Brodie is an inspirational young aviator who is a fourth generation pilot, and grew up with aviation not only in his blood but all around him. He lives on the famous Brodie family [...]

Guest: Andrew Gormlie Hosts: Dave Homewood Recorded: 13th of January 2017 Duration: 25 minutes 13 seconds With the first big New Zealand airshow of the year coming up, Dave talks with Andrew Gormlie of Classic Flyers Museum in Tauranga about their “Classics To The Sky 2017” airshow. This year’s event is subtitled “Strikemasters At Sunset” [...]

Guests: Bruce Cooke, Matt Austin and James Kightly Host: Dave Homewood Recorded: 12th of December 2016 Published: 18th of December 2016 Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 27 seconds In this special Dave and his guests Bruce, Matt and James celebrate both the Christmas season and the Wings Over New Zealand Show’s 5th Birthday. This episode [...]