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FOR YOUR TOMORROW
A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF
and Allied Air Services since 1915
by Errol W Martyn

The only comprehensive account of its kind
“Remembering those who died, that you might live”

VOLUME ONE: FATES 1915-1942 (304 pages - fates of 1900 casualties described)
VOLUME TWO: FATES 1943-1998 (448 pages - fates of 2900 casualties described)

Size 170 x 240mm - quality printing + sewn binding + name Index
Soft Cover - also a Special Hard Cover Limited Edition of 300 (hand-numbered and signed)

Contents Volume One

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Explanatory notes
• Aircraft manufacturers’ names
• Abbreviations & Glossary
• Bibliography
• First to fall - The Great War (1914-1918)
• First to Fall - supplementary entries
• Death Between the Wars (1918-1939)
• Death Between the Wars - supplementary entries
• Sacrifice of the Citizen Air Force - the Second World War (1939-1945), Part I

            1939-1940
            1941
            1942
• Afterword
• Appendix
• Index to personnel

Contents Volume Two
 

• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Explanatory notes
• Aircraft manufacturers’ names
• Abbreviations & Glossary
• Bibliography
• Sacrifice of the Citizen Air Force - the Second World War (1939-1945), Part II
    1943
    1944
    1945
• Sacrifice of the Citizen Air Force - supplementary entries
• Death in Peacetime - the Post-war Years (1945-1998)
• Death in Peacetime - supplementary entries
• Afterword
• Appendix
• Additions and corrections to Volume One
• Amendments to Volume One
• Index to personnel

• Operation or duty
• Unit & base
• Aircraft type & serial
• Description of final sortie or event and circumstances of loss
• Crash site and fate of crew
• Full names of New Zealanders who died, with service number, age, and crew role
• Number of hours and operations flown (where known)
• Brothers who died are cross referenced

Coverage is comprehensive, not only are operational losses described but also those resulting from accidents, or natural or other causes. In addition to those of the RNZAF, nearly 700 New Zealanders who died belonged to the AFC, FAA, RAAF, RAF, RCAF, RFC, RNAS, USAAF, etc, or were civilians fully employed in wartime military aviation.

The result of over 8000 hours of research, For Your Tomorrow brings together for the first time tens of thousands of facts from a wide range of sources not readily accessible to the general public. Extensive cross-checking has resulted in the identification of omissions and the correction of numerous errors that appear in previously published material and in contemporary official records. For Your Tomorrow serves not only as an impressive memorial, but is an indispensable reference for families and ex-servicemen and women, who until now were often unaware as to the fate which befell their friends and loved ones. The completed trilogy will be an essential source for those wishing to undertake further research, whether it be family tree or scholarly study.
 

What readers say

“...what a splendid book, a fine memorial, so beautifully written. I do admire the way you have set out all the information, and what a wealth of information...a fine example of how such a book should be arranged...similar books do not come near to your standard...” (Ron Pankhurst, ex-Fleet Air Arm)

“...painstakingly researched...these books are destined to become a basic source of information for researchers...”  (Philip Jarrett, Aeroplane)

“...a book of immense dedication to New Zealand airmen who answered the call to fight tyranny and paid the ultimate price for doing so...” (W R ‘Bill’ Chorley, author of the six-volume work, Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses)

‘...the author has undertaken immense research and brings to light much new information...”  (Bill Hopper, RSA Review)