Arrival of the first three No. 40 Squadron Hercules at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
The Whenuapai Station Commander, Group Captain AL Parlane AFC, greeting the arriving crews.
Arrival of the first three No. 40 Squadron Hercules at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
The Whenuapai Station Commander, Group Captain AL Parlane AFC, greeting the arriving crews.
Graves markers at Espiritu Santo.
L-R: FF Kingsler, USN, RH Kaspar, RNZAF, CW Chinander, US Army [?].
Leading Aircraftman Reuben Henry Kaspar, NZ401191, received severe burns on 21 June, after the Flight Store tent was set alight when a blow-lamp he was lighting exploded. He died 25 June 1943. Later reinterred at Bourail, New Caledonia.