• OhG1414-53
    RNZAF
    Force landing of No. 4 Squadron, Territorial Air Force, Mustang NZ2429 on Rangitikei Beach. The pilot, Flying Officer TC Beech, was from No. 1 Squadron, Territorial Air Force.
    RNZAF
    accident
    damage
    Mustang
    NZ2429
    Territorial Air Force
    TAF
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    No. 4 Squadron
    4 Sqn
    Beech
    Rangitikei Beach
  • OhG1415-53
    RNZAF
    Force landing of No. 4 Squadron, Territorial Air Force, Mustang NZ2429 on Rangitikei Beach. The pilot, Flying Officer TC Beech, was from No. 1 Squadron, Territorial Air Force.
    Beech
    4 Sqn
    No. 4 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    No. 1 Squadron
    TAF
    Territorial Air Force
    NZ2429
    Mustang
    damage
    accident
    RNZAF
    Rangitikei Beach
  • PR2664
    RNZAF
    Group of No. 1 Squadron air crew. Unknown location. L-R: Flight Sergeant GE Hannah DFM, Flying Officer DF Ayson DFC, Warrant Officer WN Williams DFC DFM.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Hannah
    Ayson
    Williams
  • PR2667
    RNZAF
    Group of No. 1 Squadron air crew. Unknown location. L-R: Flight Sergeant GE Hannah DFM, Flying Officer DF Ayson DFC, Warrant Officer WN Williams DFC DFM.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Hannah
    Ayson
    Williams
  • PR2668
    RNZAF
    Group of No. 1 Squadron air crew. Unknown location. L-R: Flying Officer DF Ayson DFC, Flight Sergeant GE Hannah DFM, Warrant Officer WN Williams DFC DFM.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Hannah
    Ayson
    Williams
  • PR2669
    RNZAF
    Group of No. 1 Squadron air crew. Unknown location. L-R: Flying Officer DF Ayson DFC, Flight Sergeant GE Hannah DFM, Warrant Officer WN Williams DFC DFM.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Hannah
    Ayson
    Williams
  • PR2252
    RNZAF
    RNZAF personnel in the Operations Room. Believed to be Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. The men on left appear to be receiving cans of grapefruit juice. At centre is Bill Edhouse, Air Gunner with No. 1 Squadron.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Guadalcanal
    Henderson Field
    food
    Edhouse
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
  • PR2242
    RNZAF
    View of the RNZAF camp at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. No. 1 Squadron (No. 10 Servicing Unit) Ventura NZ4521 in foreground. Joins with PR2243 to form a panorama.
    Ventura
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Henderson Field
    Guadalcanal
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    No. 10 Servicing Unit
    10 SU
    NZ4521
  • PR2228
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader HC Walker (left) and Air Commodore MW Buckley having a conversation on the tarmac in front of a Hudson. Guadalcanal.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Guadalcanal
    Walker
    Buckley
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Hudson
  • PR2229
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader HC Walker (right) and an unknown Flight Lieutenant sitting at a desk. Guadalcanal.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Guadalcanal
    Walker
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
  • DM257-52
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron (?), Territorial Air Force, Mustang NZ2411, taxies out to the runway to prepare for flight tests. RNZAF Station Whenuapai. Aircraft still retains its USAAF serial number (4)5-11501.
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Territorial Air Force
    TAF
    Mustang
    NZ2411
    45-11501
    Whenuapai
  • 1988-012.29
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the MG Rudd personal collection. Aerial oblique view of aircraft wreckage near the end of the runway at RNZAF Station Waipapakauri. Handwritten on the reverse "Waipap. 1943. Hudson Bomber. Blew up from take off at six o'clock in mangrove marshes." This is believed to be No. 1 Squadron Hudson NZ2064 which crashed on take off from Waipapakauri.
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    oblique
    Waipapakauri
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Hudson
    NZ2064
    accident
    damage
  • PR6666
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron air crew standing beside a Ventura. Emirau. Nose art (on side of fuselage) depicts a sailor trying to avoid the advances of a woman on a couch.
    Emirau
    Papua New Guinea
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Ventura
    nose art
  • PR6661
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron air crew in the canteen, prior to strike airstrike on Rabaul. Emirau. Wing Commander AAN Breckon, Commanding Officer of No. 1 Squadron, is first on the left. Man at right has a binoculars case with "4582", Possibly Ventura NZ4582.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Papua New Guinea
    Emirau
    Breckon
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    food
  • PR6665
    RNZAF
    Group. No. 1 Squadron personnel in front of a Ventura. Emirau.
    Emirau
    Papua New Guinea
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Ventura
  • PR6668
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron pilots, with Jeep MT2519, in front of Ventura NZ4607. Emirau. Standing L-R: Flight Lieutenant Stubbs, Flight Lieutenant MJ Milliner, Squadron Leader IA Ewen (B Flight Commander), Squadron Leader FD Bethwaite (A Flight Commander). Wing Commander AAN Breckon (Commanding Officer) is sitting in the Jeep.
    Emirau
    Papua New Guinea
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Ventura
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    Jeep
    MT2519
    NZ4607
  • PR6664
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron personnel in dispersal area before a strike on Rabual. Emirau. Wing Commander AAN Breckon (Commanding Officer)(centre) in conversation with two officers.
    Emirau
    Papua New Guinea
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Breckon
  • PR6662
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron air crew waiting in dispersal area before a strike on Rabaul. Emirau. RNZAF Ensign on the flag pole. Wing Commander AAN Breckon, Commanding Officer of No. 1 Squadron, is fifth from the right. Taxiway Jeep MT2501 at left.
    Emirau
    Papua New Guinea
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    Jeep
    MT2501
    flag
    Ensign
  • PR6663
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron air crew waiting in dispersal area before a strike on Rabaul. Emirau. RNZAF Ensign on the flag pole.
    Emirau
    Papua New Guinea
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    flag
    Ensign
  • PR2058
    RNZAF
    The New Zealand Governor General, Sir Cyril Newall, meeting No. 1 Squadron personnel. Believed to be at Munda, New Georgia.
    Ventura
    Newall
    Governor General
    Munda
    New Georgia
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
  • PR2053
    RNZAF
    The New Zealand Governor General, Sir Cyril Newall, talking with No. 1 Squadron personnel beneath the wing of a Ventura. Munda, New Georgia.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Georgia
    Munda
    Governor General
    Newall
    Ventura
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
  • PR2052
    RNZAF
    Senior officers speaking with No. 1 Squadron Commanding Officer at Munda, New Georgia. L-R: Air Commodore S Wallingford (Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Islands Group), Squadron Leader HC Walker (Commanding Officer No. 1 Squadron), Air Commodore MW Buckley (later Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Islands Group).
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    New Georgia
    Munda
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Wallingford
    Walker
    Buckley
    Hudson
  • ALB920382A043
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Keith Logan Caldwell personal album collection. Air to air view of a formation of DH60 Moths in flight over Auckland. Aircraft ZK-AAL, ZK-AAK and ZK-AAR. Original caption reads "Moths of No.1 Squadron, 1934".
    Caldwell
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    DH60
    Moth
    ZK-AAL
    ZK-AAK
    ZK-AAR
    air to air
    formation
    Auckland
  • PR2037
    RNZAF
    The New Zealand Governor General, Marshal of the RAF Sir Cyril Newall, greeting Squadron Leader HC Walker, Commanding Officer of No. 1 Squadron. Munda, New Georgia. Air Commodore MW Buckley (far right).
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Georgia
    Munda
    Governor General
    Newall
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Walker
    Buckley
  • PR2032
    RNZAF
    The New Zealand Governor General, Marshal of the RAF Sir Cyril Newall, with a group of No. 1 Squadron personnel. Munda, New Georgia.
    Ventura
    Newall
    Governor General
    Munda
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Georgia
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn