Group of No. 16 Squadron pilots with flying gear. Believed to be Espiritu Santo.
L-R: Flight Lieutenant RL Spurdle, Flying Officer MT Vanderpump, Flight Sergeant CA McDonald, Flight Lieutenant TM de Denne.
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.
Group. No. 16 Squadron pilots. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
L-R: Back; AL Rieper, RW Albrecht, CO Brady, SE Smith, AL Slater, ET Lang, BB Cox, AS Tie, JP Hunt.
Middle; JK Bell, NJ Reeve, DI Gray, KS Harpin, LS Bates, GC Howie, LH Brown, PCC Sheppard, Codlin, G Randell.
Front; C Derby, LJ Lyons, ER Reynolds, Tucker, PS Green, EL Avery, RA McDonald, WG Newfield, JW Middleton.
RNZAF Kittyhawks on the airfield. Presumed to be No. 16 Squadron, on charge to No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, at Espiritu Santo.
Hudsons in the background, presumed to be No. 9 Squadron.
No. 16 Squadron personnel in front of a Kittyhawk. Espiritu Santo.
L-R: Flight Lieutenant JR Day, Squadron Leader JS Nelson, Flight Lieutenant RL Spurdle.
No. 16 Squadron pilot, Sergeant LW Williams sitting on a Kittyhawk. Presumed to be Espiritu Santo.
Williams was listed as missing 31 July 1943, flying from Guadalcanal.