Parade of personnel of No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit for the investiture of the US DFC to No. 16 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer MT Vanderpump. Espiritu Santo.

Investiture of the US DFC to No. 16 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer MT Vanderpump. Espiritu Santo.

Group of officers at the investiture of the US DFC to No. 16 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer MT Vanderpump. Espiritu Santo. Air Commodore S Wallingford second from the left.

Group of officers at the investiture of the US DFC to No. 16 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer MT Vanderpump (left). Espiritu Santo.

Parade of personnel of No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit for the investiture of the US DFC to No. 16 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer MT Vanderpump. Espiritu Santo.

Investiture of the US DFC to No. 16 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer MT Vanderpump. Espiritu Santo.

Group of officers arriving by car on the occasion of the investiture of the US DFC to No. 16 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer MT Vanderpump. Espiritu Santo.

Investiture of the US DFC to No. 16 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer MT Vanderpump. Espiritu Santo.

Investiture of the US DFC to No. 16 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer MT Vanderpump. Espiritu Santo.

Investiture of the US DFC to No. 16 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer MT Vanderpump. Espiritu Santo.

No. 16 Squadron pilots, Flight Sergeant JE Miller (left) and Flying Officer MT Vanderpump (right), during investiture of the US DFC. Espiritu Santo.

Image from the Rowan Alexander Blair log book. Air to air view of a No. 16 Squadron Kittyhawk in flight. Printed from a frame of gun camera footage.

Original grave marker for Flying Officer Greville Randell, NZ427230, New Zealand cemetery at Bourail, New Caledonia. Pilot with No. 16 Squadron died 15 January 1945.

Original grave marker for Flight Sergeant Alec Wallace Teschner, NZ439269, New Zealand cemetery at Bourail, New Caledonia. Killed in an aircraft accident while serving with No. 16 Squadron, 20 September 1945.

Image from the Peter Charles Croxton Sheppard personal collection. No. 16 Squadron pilot, Bill Zeisler, sitting in the cockpit of his Corsair at Jacquinot Bay, New Britain.

Image from the Peter Charles Croxton Sheppard personal collection. No. 16 Squadron pilots getting out of truck, MT1167, after an operation. Piva, Bougainville. L-R; DJ McAulay, LS Bates, KA Mitchell. Handwritten under the original print "After a strike [including the names, initials added by cataloguer.]

Image from the Peter Charles Croxton Sheppard personal collection. No. 16 Squadron pilot, Don Moore, sitting in the cockpit of his Corsair at Jacquinot Bay, New Britain.

Image from the Peter Charles Croxton Sheppard personal collection. No. 16 Squadron pilots climbing into truck, MT1167, on the way to their aircraft. Piva, Bougainville. Handwritten under the original print "Going out on a bombing strike."

Image from the Peter Charles Croxton Sheppard personal collection. Informal group of No. 16 Squadron pilots relaxing inside a tent. Piva, Bougainville. L-R: AL Slater, AL Reiper, CO Brady, DJ McAulay, KH Harpin. Names handwritten under the print. Initials added from squadron diary.

Image from the Peter Charles Croxton Sheppard personal collection. Informal "Squadron Insignia." Believed to be at RNZAF Station Ardmore.

Image from the Peter Charles Croxton Sheppard personal collection. Group of No. 16 Squadron pilots eating paw paw at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. Handwritten at top of the album page "At Espiritu Santo (2nd Tour)." [Actually the squadron's 6th tour of duty] Handwritten under the print "Eating Paw-paw. / Bryan Cox, Vic Bargh, Steve St., Al Lang, PS, Norm Reeve." BB Cox, CV Bargh, [could this be LP Stephenson?], ET Lang, PCC Sheppard, NJ Reeve.

Image from the Peter Charles Croxton Sheppard personal collection. No. 16 Squadron Pilot, Flight Lieutenant Graham Cargill Howie, writing a letter in his tent. Piva, Bougainville. Handwritten at the top of the album page "At Bougainville (2nd tour)." [Actually the squadron's 6th tour of duty.] Handwritten under the print "Graham Howie in hut at night (later killed) . Crashed on takeoff."

Image from the Peter Charles Croxton Sheppard personal collection. Pilot Officer PCC Sheppard in the cockpit of his No. 16 Squadron Corsair NZ5522 at Westport Aerodrome. Handwritten on the original album page "Photos taken at Westport the day after Curly Barstow was lost." (Pilot Officer DK Barstow lost without trace on the West Coast.) An handwritten beside the print "Self."

Image from the Peter Charles Croxton Sheppard personal collection. No. 16 Squadron "Black Section" in front of a Corsair at Green Island. L-R: WG Newfield, PCC Sheppard, LS Bates, G Randell. Handwritten on the album page "At Green Island (1st Tour)" [actually the squadron's 5th tour] Handwritten above and below the original print "Black Section. / Bill Newfield, self, Leo Bates, Graeme Randell."

Image from the Peter Charles Croxton Sheppard personal collection. Informal group of five No. 16 Squadron pilots at Auckland zoo, Auckland. L-R: Back; self [PCC Sheppard], Phil Hunt, Ron Albrecht. Front; Smithy, Cully. Names handwritten under print in original album and "At Auckland Zoo."