The late John Smith’s collection of World War II aircraft originated in the early 1950s when he towed surplus warplanes to his farm in Mapua, near Nelson. Many others sold in tenders by the Government Stores Board ended up as melted down scrap metal.
Smith grew up in England during the war at
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