• MUS060248
    Image from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. No. 18 Squadron pilot AF Tony Hough sitting on a bomb, part of a train of bombs on trolleys, with Corsairs in the background. Unknown Pacific location.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Hough
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    No. 18 Squadron
    18 Sqn
    weapons
    bomb
  • ALB952622029
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Leslie Gower Rose personal photo album. Ron Hermanns standing with a 250lb bomb at RNZAF Station Woodbourne. Handwritten under the print in album "Ron Hermanns Woodie" and handwritten on the page "Woodbourne 2nd Echelon".
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Rose
    Hermanns
    Woodbourne
    bomb
  • 2022-062.7
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Geoffrey Davis Newlands personal collection. Captured German V1 flying bomb on a Queen Mary trailer at RNZAF Station Wigram.
    RNZAF
    Newlands
    Wigram
    V1
    flying bomb
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    Queen Mary
  • PR538
    RNZAF
    Flight Lieutenant AFH Tye DFC checks a bomb fuse with WAAF driver. No. 1 Operational Training Unit, RNZAF Station Ohakea.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Tye
    Women
    WAAF
    No. 1 Operational Training Unit
    1OTU
    Ohakea
    bomb
    weapons
  • PR4867
    RNZAF
    Mosquito crew (?) pose on a bomb trolley in front of a Mosquito. Believed to be in Burma. Flying Officer on the left is RNZAF and the Flight Lieutenant on the right is RAAF.
    RNZAF
    RAF
    RAAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Burma
    Myanmar
    Mosquito
    bomb
    weapons
  • 2014-068.8
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Ayrton personal collection. Stored bombs and trolleys with bombs at Piva, Bougainville. Handwritten on the reverse "Bomb Dump Piva airstrip | Bougainville."
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Ayrton
    Piva
    Bougainville
    bomb
  • ALB0232217i006
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the No. 14 Squadron album collection. High view of bomb truck MT2067 being lifted onto the flight deck of HMS Glory. In the background are: fuel tanker MT3445 and MT2668, bomb truck MT3452.
    RNZAF
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Navy
    HMS Glory
    aircraft carrier
    Auckland
    fuel
    bomb truck
    MT3445
    MT2668
    MT3452
    MT2067
  • OhG778-83
    RNZAF
    Unknown armourer loading practice bombs onto a No. 14 Squadron Strikemaster at Kaitaia Airport, during Exercise Falcons Roost 17.
    RNZAF
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Strikemaster
    weapons
    bomb
    Kaitaia
    exercise
    Falcons Roost
  • PR5991
    RNZAF
    Group of pilots gathered around a bomb trolley to discuss a strike. Unknown location. Aircraft presumed to be on charge to No. 31 Servicing Unit.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    bomb
    weapons
    No. 31 Servicing Unit
    31SU
    Corsair
  • ALB933373026
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the RW Russell personal album collection. "Refueling and Bombing Up. Tanker Carries 2,500 Gallons, Weighs 22 Tons. Bomb load Here 1 - 4,000 LB "Cookie", 10 - 500 LB General Purpose, 4 - 250 LB General Purpose. Normal All Up Weight of Lancaster 65,000 Lbs. Full Tanks Hold 2,154 Gallons Fuel". DUMBO painted above windscreen of fuel tanker, ROBBIE painted on back of leather jerkin being worn by the airman in foreground pushing the "Cookie" under the No. 75 Squadron Lancaster.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    Russell
    No. 75 Squadron
    75 Sqn
    Lancaster
    fuel
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    bomb
    weapons
  • MUS9500229a
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Three armourers pushing a trolley of bombs under a Wellington. Unknown date of location. Nose art below cockpit window "Akyem Abuakwa"
    nose art
    bomb
    Wellington
    WW2
    World War Two
    RAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
  • MUS990887
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Armourers loading a 250lb bomb into a Wellington. Unknown date or location.
    bomb
    Wellington
    WW2
    World War Two
    RAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
  • MUS990624
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    3/4 rear view of DeHavilland DH9a, E8765, possibly of No. 74 Squadron, Royal Air Force, with some bombs in the foreground. Believed to be North Russia.
    RAF
    WW1
    World War One
    Dh9a
    E8765
    bomb
    Russia
  • PR257
    RNZAF
    No. 2 Squadron armourers setting the charges in 10lb practice bombs. RNZAF Station Nelson. Doug Farr (left).
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    bomb
    No. 2 Squadron
    2 Sqn
    Nelson
    Farr
  • PR6660
    RNZAF
    Air to air view of two Venturas in formation dropping bombs on Rabaul. Neg 6/681 No.4. See IF43 for information of the crews.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    air to air
    formation
    Ventura
    Rabaul
    bomb
  • PR5057
    RNZAF
    No. 2 Servicing Unit personnel loading a bomb onto a trolley from the back of bomb truck MT1871. Unknown location. Leading Aircraftman Harvey M Cornwall (left holding trolley)
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 2 Servicing Unit
    2 SU
    MT1871
    bomb
    Corsair
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    Cornwall
  • PR3239
    RNZAF
    Ground crew bombing-up RNZAF Avenger NZ2523. Piva, Bougainville.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Avenger
    Piva
    Bougainville
    bomb
    NZ2523
    volcano
  • PR5290
    RNZAF
    Ground crew attach a 1,000 pound bomb onto a No. 2 Squadron Ventura before a raid on Rabaul. Green Island.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 2 Squadron
    2 Sqn
    bomb
    Ventura
    Green Island
  • Oh53-91
    RNZAF
    Front view of No. 75 Squadron Skyhawk NZ6214 on the tarmac with weapons arrayed in front. RNZAF Base Ohakea.
    RNZAF
    No. 75 Squadron
    75 Sqn
    Skyhawk
    Ohakea
    weapons
    bomb
    NZ6214
  • MUS060235
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. No. 18 Squadron pilot Ray Archibald crouched under a Kittyhawk armed with a 250(?) pound bomb. Unknown Pacific location.
    bomb
    Archibald
    Kittyhawk
    18 Sqn
    No. 18 Squadron
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Hough
  • PR4088
    RNZAF
    Mother and child beside a bomb trolley during an open day at RNZAF Station, Whenuapai. Oxford in the background.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Open Day
    Whenuapai
    Women
    children
    Oxford
    bomb
  • PR2066
    RNZAF
    Armourer loading practice bombs under the wing of a Harvard. Believed to be No. 2 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station, Woodbourne.
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    2 SFTS
    Woodbourne
    Harvard
    bomb
    training
  • PR1372
    RNZAF
    Unknown airman using a 'cactus stove', made from a kerosene tin and the tail section of an aerial bomb. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    bomb
    Cactus Stove
    Espiritu Santo
    New Hebrides
    Vanuatu
    camp
  • PR5992
    RNZAF
    Group of pilots gathered around a bomb on a trolley to discuss air strike. Unknown location. Corsairs in the background believed to be on charge to No. 31 Servicing Unit.
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    bomb
    Corsair
    No. 31 Servicing Unit
    31 SU
  • PR168b
    RNZAF
    Two Air Training Corps cadets carrying small practice bombs. RNZAF Station Ohakea.
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Training Corps
    ATC
    bomb
    Ohakea