Image from the VLV Crawshay album collection.
Fuselage of No. 10 Servicing Unit, No. 1 Squadron, Ventura NZ4517 on the back of a truck after the aircraft crashed on takeoff. Base Depot Workshop Detachment at Guadalcanal.
Note the Disney Jiminy Cricket nose art on the fuselage.
No. 1 Squadron Venturas in their dispersal area on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.
Aircraft on charge to No. 10 Servicing Unit.
NZ4521 in foreground.
Joins with PR2242 to form a panorama.
Group of No. 10 Servicing Unit armourers prepare to load a bomb onto Ventura NZ4507. Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.
Nose art: "Patua Te Ra". The Maori god Maui is brandishing a club at the rising sun, which he has caught in a net.
Groundcrew 'bombing-up' a line-up of No. 10 Servicing Unit Venturas. Emirau.
Ventura NZ4608 in the background and bomb hoist MT2655 towing bomb train in view.
Ground crew 'bombing-up' No. 10 Servicing Unit Ventura NZ4558. Emirau. Bomb train is being towed by bomb hoist truck MT2655.
Handwritten caption on the reverse of a print in the Simpson personal album collection (2007/174.69) states: "NZ4558 "Perce" being bombed up in preparation for strike. Emirau 1945. Taken July 1st. [the] day Andy Tye, Alec Baxter, Jack Torkington, Arthur Lambie were killed."
NB. The above crew were No. 4 Squadron, so it's assumed that this Ventura, NZ4558, is also No. 4 Squadron.