Interestingly, both these world wars happened with a 25 year gap of each other.
Events in WWII mainly involving the use of aircraft
Battle of Britain (German Luftwaffe vs British RAF)
Pearl Harbour (Japanese Kamikaze bombers vs USAF)
Aircraft used in WWII (Some aircraft are still operating today) by New Zealand as they fought for Britain
Supermarine Spitfire
Brewster F2A Buffalo
Curtiss P40 Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk
Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Tempest
Vaught F4U/FG Corsair
De Havilland Mosquito
Bristol Beaufort
Lockheed Hudson
Lockheed PV Ventura/B34 Lexington/PV-2 Harpoon
Fairey Gordon
Hawker Hind
Vickers Vildebeest
Douglas SBD Dauntless/A24 Banshee
Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger
Saro Cutty Sark
Short Empire
Short Sunderland
Short Singapore
Supermarine Walrus
Douglas C47 Skytrain/Dakota
Lockheed 18/C60 Lodestar
Beechcraft 17 Staggerwing/UC43 Traveller
De Havilland Dragon
De Havilland Express
De Havilland Fox Moth
De Havilland Moth Minor
De Havilland Puss Moth
Foster Wikner Wicko
Miles Whitney Straight
Percival Gull
Percival Vega Gull
Porterfield 35
Rearwin Sportster
Waco UC72
Avro 626
De Havilland Tiger Moth
De Havilland DH60 Moth
Miles Hawk
North American T6/SNJTexan/Harvard
Airspeed Oxford
Though, maybe some of your parents/grandparents who are war veterans might have flown one of these aircraft during the war or had fought on land for this country.
Many innocent lives were taken as a result of this war and Hitler's force. New Zealanders were among the innocent lives taken.
We live in a peaceful, calm, prestige country with no warfare, no hardship, freedom, hope, glory and our almighty strength as a small country, in the Oceania Continent, and in Earth.
My condolences to those who lost your loved ones 75 years ago.
God Defend New Zealand.
