Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection.Unknown man sitting on top of RNZAF Antarctic Flight Beaver NZ6001, while being assembled on the deck of HMNZS Endeavour. McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.Birdlings Flat publicity. Personnel shopping(?) in the back of a van, number plate ‘Govt8.53?’. Birdlings Flat Aerodrome.Fuselage of Canberra WT346 in the technical workshop being prepared for transportation. Air Force Museum of New Zealand.Side view of No. 14 Squadron Canberra NZ6105. RNZAF Station Ohakea.A B-52 Stratofortress from Minot Air Force Base, ND, arrives June 2, 2016, at Andersen AFB, Guam. The aircraft is deployed in support of U.S. Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence operations. This forward deployed presence demonstrates continuing U.S. commitment to stability and security in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The U.S. military has maintained a deployed strategic bomber presence in the Pacific since March 2004, which has contributed significantly to regional security and stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexa Ann Henderson/Released)Airman Pilot Frank Murphy (then aged 24) enlisted (no. 411928) on 23 March 1941 for his initial 6 week training with Flight 3B, RNZAF Squadron 1 at Levin, some 95km north of Wellington. Frank is fifth from the left in the second row.Frank Murphy was promoted to Sergeant Pilot on graduating from RNZAF Blenheim (Woodbourne) on 26 July, 1941No 9 Flight Training Course, Wigram, South Island, New Zealand, September 1940
Stan is standing, sixth from left; and Desmond Scott (later W/C) is standing sixth from the rightline up of Harvards at RNZAF Station Ohakea.smartView of the wreckage of No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3904 at Taupo airfield, after a nearby tarpaulin was taken into the main rotor.Airman painting a scorpion on the fin of No. 41 Squadron Bristol Freighter NZ5903. Korat airfield, Thailand. Circa 1961RNZAF Kittyhawk, sporting a spurious colour scheme, on display at the Waikato Winter Show, in Hamilton.The youngest serving member at RNZAF Base Wigram, Aircraftman D Birkett and the Base Commander, Group Captain GL Wood, cutting the commemorative cake during the formal Ball to mark the closure of RNZAF Base Wigram.Operation Frescoe, Gulf War 1.
Group. Crew of No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7003. Believed to be at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Detachment Commander and aircraft captain, Wing Commander Robert Henderson, back right.
Four of these are armed with rifles.Image from the RF Killick personal collection.
Side view of Mustang NZ2423 on a private property in the Upper Moutere area.Air Training Corps cadets prepare to go for a flight in a No. 2 Operational Training Unit Vincent or Vildebeest. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Note the drogue towing winch mounted behind rear cockpit.Trial ‘Kiwi’ roundel on No. 42 Squadron Dakota NZ3553. RNZAF Base Ohakea.Trial ‘Kiwi’ roundel on No. 42 Squadron Dakota NZ3553. RNZAF Base Ohakea.Chief of Air Force (CAF) Air Vice Marshall Peter Stockwell AFC is presented with the Bomber Command Memorial Trophy by Mr Ron Mahill DFC, President of the Bomber Command Association at a presntation in the Officers Mess at RNZAF Whenuapai on November 7thHobsonville Officers versus Sergeants rugby match at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
Officers team being driven to the field, wrapped up in paper on the back of a Queen Mary transporter.
Sunderland in a hangar behind.Group of Fire Section personnel pose with Unipower fire tenders ’04’ and ’06’ and a Dakota fuselage during the commissioning of the Dakota as a crash fire training facility. RNZAF Base Ohakea.Unipower fire tender ’06’ spraying water on a Dakota fuselage during the commissioning of the Dakota as a crash fire training facility. RNZAF Base Ohakea.
Unipower fire tender ’04 in the background.Two airmen working on the starboard engine of No. 42 Squadron Devon NZ1802. RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Negative deteriorating but conserved by floating the emulsion onto a new support.Two airmen working on the port engine of a No. 42 Squadron Devon. RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Negative deteriorating but conserved by floating the emulsion onto a new support.Two airmen working on the starboard engine of No. 42 Squadron Devon NZ1802. RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Negative deteriorating but conserved by floating the emulsion onto a new support.Two airmen refuelling Devon NZ1818 at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Negative deteriorating but conserved by floating the emulsion onto a new support.No. 14 Squadron pilots running to their Kittyhawks. Presumed to be at RNZAF Station, Whenuapai.Two men working on the port engine of a No. 42 Squadron Devon. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
NB. Deteriorating vinegar syndrome negative, conserved and put onto polyester base.Exercise Pacific Concord in Australia.
Public air show and display at RAAF Base Richmond.
No. 14 Squadron pilot letting a young lady with a dog, wear his flying helmet with a Kiwi painted on it, in front of Canberra NZ6105.Harvard of No. 2 Operational Training Unit on the tarmac with a petrol tanker camouflaged as a hay cart. RNZAF Station Ohakea.The Base Commander, Group Captain DA Bamfield, arriving at his final parade by ‘Iroquois’. RNZAF Base Woodbourne.The Base Commander, Group Captain DA Bamfield, arriving at his final parade by ‘Iroquois’. RNZAF Base Woodbourne.Image from the GH Berry personal album collection.
line up of No. 16 Squadron Kittyhawks at RNZAF Station Gisborne.Side view of USAAF B17e 412667 (Texas Tornado), with some RNZAF personnel looking on. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Whenuapai as this aircraft crashed on takeoff on the night of 9/6/42 killing all on board.davdav23811-1 7.tif23811-1.tif22028.tifOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAInter Services Winter tournament at RNZAF Station Wigram. Group. Air Force soccer team.Group. Soccer team at RNZAF Station Taieri.Group. Soccer team at RNZAF Station Taieri.Group. Number 4/58 Airwoman Recruit course. Royal New Zealand Air Force Station Taieri.
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Front; Berland, Barrott, instructor, instructor, Shelford, Robbins, Whenuaroa. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMy beautiful pictureMy beautiful picture
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485 Squadron Association reunion. Ken Lee (ex Spitfire pilot) recreates a historical photo from 1943 of himself standing on a Spitfire wing. Control Tower and airfield, RNZAF Base Auckland.
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