Ground crew replacing the engine on an RNZAF Kittyhawk. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit at Espiritu Santo.
See Contact Magazine, May 1944, page 22.
Airman relaxing in a deckchair under a tree. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.
In the background is a Hudson (partly obscured) and Kittyhawks lined-up on runway
Group of RNZAF ground crew watch the sky for returning aircraft. Presumed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit at Espiritu Santo.
See Contact Magazine, May 1944, page 20.
Kittyhawks being serviced at No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit aircraft repair depot. Espiritu Santo.
Jeep MT1047 in the left foreground. Nearest aircraft is a USAAF machine.
Informal portrait of No. 16 Squadron pilot, Flight Sergeant JE Miller. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.
Miller was awarded the DFC (US) on 15 September 1943.
RNZAF personnel receive copies of the 'NZ Truth' newspaper from a member of the YMCA in the YMCA canteen. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.
Headline reads: "Air Artillery In Full Blast, Unparalled Devastation In The Ruhr."
Image from the Maxwell Moore Skilton personal collection.
Group of personnel with an Avro 626 at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Original caption reads "M.M. Skilton & fellow cadets with Avro 626 at Wigram, 1937"