Side 1 label details: With The New Zealanders in Britain.
Part of a report by New Zealand Associated Press war correspondent Alan Mitchell on New Zealanders he has interviewed, who have been involved in action in France during the week since the D-Day landings (06 Jun 1944):
Wing Commander Bill Compton [65500] of Auckland who led the Fighting French Wing and shot down a Junkers 88, bringing his total to 17.5.
Two New Zealand squadron leaders who had been fighting in North Africa and Italy are Gerry Westenra of Dunsandel and Nipper Joyce of Hamilton. Both are now leading squadrons of Mustangs in France and have shot down nine German aircraft each.
New Zealanders who are at sea and went ashore in landing craft have had an unpleasantly long trip to France due to bad weather. The German reception committee sank the landing craft lead by one New Zealander.
The Māori people have also been represented in this invasion. One Alan Mitchell met is Flying Officer M.A. Milich of Kaitaia [NZ429666] who has been flying a rocket-firing Typhoon near Caen and firing on German tanks and armoured cars.
Several New Zealand boys have returned to Britain after being shot down over France: Sub-Lt Sam Laing and R. Foxley of the Fleet Air Arm and Flying Officer Norman Gall. Alan Mitchell reports on the welcome Norman received on his return to his airfield in Britain.
13/06/1944, Part 2 -- Side 2 label details: Radio Newsreel, Part 2.
Reports on Allied advances in France this week (since the D-Day landings of 06 Jun 1944. Poor shortwave audio quality.)
A report from a new Allied landing strip which has just been established in Normandy and is now a welcome sight for Allied pilots.
General Eisenhower and General Marshall spent four hours touring liberated areas in France yesterday. Red Muller, American war correspondent, reports on his visit and describes the rural landscape in Normandy.
Chester Wilmot, a correspondent in France, sums up his impressions of the past week, describing it as 'nerve-wracking fighting in infested country.'