Seagrove Airfield – Franklin’s WW2 secret air force base
Almost eighty years ago, during WW2 airspace above Waiau Pa was filled with Dauntless dive bombers. At its busiest, the district’s air force base was home to 27 aircraft. In 1942, soon after Japan came into the war, New Zealand constructed an aerodrome at Seagrove for the RNZAF as a fighter station for the… Read More »Seagrove Airfield – Franklin’s WW2 secret air force base