RNZAF’s deployment of two Hercules and 60 aircrew to the Gulf War, and how aircrew’s own stories differ from the portrayal of this deployment in New Zealand media and history.
Presented by Dr Nina Harding, Lecturer in Social Anthropology, Massey University.
Co- hosted by RNZE CT/ECMC and Palmerston North City Library.
Donations to the RNZE Charitable Trust would be appreciated.
Image: RNZAF Official. (1991). Operation Fresco. No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7003 on the tarmac with a New Zealand flag flying from the cockpit hatch. Believed to be at King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, [Photograph]. PD29-10-91, Air Force Museum or New Zealand
