No. 19 Squadron Kittyhawk NZ3267, after taxiing and hitting a truck and tipping onto it's nose at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Truck at left with number plate "H25.974"
Original RNZAF negative missing, this file taken from a print.
Ground collision between No. 19 Squadron Kittyhawk NZ3274 (left) and No. 4 Operational Training Unit Kittyhawk NZ3164 (right) at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Original RNZAF negative missing, this file taken from a print.
No. 19 Squadron Corsair NZ5526, on its back after colliding with Corsair NZ5542 and flipping on the runway at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Original RNZAF negative missing, this file taken from a print.
Four pilots from Yellow Section, No. 19 Squadron sitting on the starboard wing of Kittyhawk 'A' "Taurangaruru". Unknown location.
L-R: Sergeant Calder, Flying Officer Veint, Flying Officer Gifford, Sergeant Palmer.
Group. No. 19 Squadron personnel in front of a Corsair, during their second tour of duty. Torokina, Bougainville.
L-R: Back; PL Jones, CJ Berryman, GJ Ronayne, G George, RW Henderson, A Cunningham, NL Kiddle, JM Calder.
Middle; KW Wright, JM Knight, RF Garnham, RW Smith, RH Armstrong, CR Carnachan, RB Johnson, JF Green, GT Watt, PS
Freyberg.
Front; AAD Bills, DA Youngs, PD Gifford, JRC Kilian, DE Hogan, JE Sanders, AM Hollings (Intelligence Officer).
Written on bomb in foreground: "blunt end" (left) "15/8/44, 19 FIGHTER SQDN (centre) and "sharp end" (right).
Image from the Des White personal collection.
Side view of 19 Squadron Corsair NZ5262 after crashing off the end of the runway and burning at Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. Aircraft on charge to 30 Servicing Unit.
Image from the Des White personal collection.
3/4 front view of No. 19 Squadron Kittyhawk NZ3237 'Esma Lee' taxiing, Guadalcanal.
Believed to be Pilot Officer AA Watson in the cockpit.
Group of No. 19 Squadron personnel, newly arrived at RNZAF Station, Whenuapai. See PR3015 for more information.
L-R: James Ralph Court, Noel Pirie, Colin Tappin, Robbie Smith, John Sanders, Denny Hogan, Campbell White, Don Hutton, Doug Youngs, George Bertram, Robin Patterson and Colin Palmer.
Names supplied by C Palmer.
No. 19 Squadron pilot, Flight Lieutenant James Ralph Court DFC, in the cockpit of a Kittyhawk. Believed to be at RNZAF Station, Whenuapai.
This image is presumed to have been taken during a brief stop-off, at the time of the Squadron ferrying their 'tired' aircraft from Guadalcanal, back to RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Group of No. 19 Squadron Section Leaders and Flight Commanders in front of the 'Club Kiwi' tent. Torokina, Bougainville.
L-R: Back; Flying Officer CC White (White Section), Flying Officer DE Hogan DFC (Black Section), Flying Officer PD Gifford (Yellow Section).
Front; Flight Lieutenant PS Green (Green Section and 'B' Flight Commander), Squadron Leader HR Wigley (Red Section and Commanding Officer), Flight Lieutenant JR Court (Blue Section and 'A' Flight Commander).
No. 19 Squadron arrives at RNZAF Station Waipapakauri.
Image taken during a brief stop-off, at the time of the Squadron ferrying their 'tired' aircraft from Guadalcanal, back to RNZAF Station, Ardmore.
Joins with PR3022 to form a panorama.
Tractor MT444 in the foreground.
No. 19 Squadron arrives at RNZAF Station Waipapakauri.
Image taken during a brief stop-off, at the time of the Squadron ferrying their 'tired' aircraft from Guadalcanal, back to RNZAF Station, Ardmore.
Joins with PR3021 to form a panorama.
FIGHTER COMMAND - No.19 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer FA Brinsden lying on his bunk, reading a book, with 'Rangy' the spaniel curled up beside him. Believed to be during the Battle of Britain.
Brinsden was later a founding member of No. 485 Squadron and Prisoner of War.
Imperial War Museum caption: Flying Officer Frank Brinsden of No. 19 Squadron lays on his bed in the pilots' quarters at Fowlmere, September 1940. CH1466
FIGHTER COMMAND - Group of pilots from No. 19 Squadron and No. 616 Squadron pose with two mascot dogs and a Spitfire, believed to be at RAF Station Duxford. CH 1400
L-R: On wing; Brian Lane, 'Flash' the Alsatian, 'Grumpy' Unwin, 'Rangy' the Spaniel, Francis Brinsden (NZ). Standing; Bernard Jennings, Colin MacFie, Billy Burton, Philip Lackrone (American volunteer)
