Group of airmen with rifles and kit about to board No. 40 Squadron Dakota NZ3517. Believed to be RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Group of airmen with rifles and kit about to board No. 40 Squadron Dakota NZ3517. Believed to be RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Group of airmen with rifles and kit boarding No. 40 Squadron Dakota NZ3517. Believed to be RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Reporters obtaining details of No. 40 Squadron operations and destinations [?]. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron personnel packing mail [?] bags. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron airman clerk writing details on the squadron departure board. RNZAF Station Whenuapai. Aircraft serial numbers and destinations written on the board, including the aircraft captain names: Williams, Arnott, Brookbanks, Bradshaw, Winefield, Lawrie.

No. 40 Squadron Dakotas NZ3504 and NZ3501 on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. Also two Lodestars, two Hudsons and another Dakotas.

No. 40 Squadron Lodestars on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron Hudson and Dakota taxiing at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron ground staff pose in front of trucks and transports. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron personnel remove a Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp engine from its packaging. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Commanding Officer of No. 40 Squadron, Wing Commander J Adams DFC AFC, at his desk. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron Commanding Officer, Wing Commander J Adams DFC AFC, looking at an artwork representing the nose art on squadron Dakotas. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron Commanding Officer, Wing Commander J Adams DFC AFC, looking at an artwork representing the nose art on squadron Dakotas. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron Commanding Officer, Wing Commander J Adams DFC AFC (left) and an unknown Wing Commander in front of Dakota NZ3504 at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron Commanding Officer, Wing Commander J Adams DFC AFC (left) and an unknown Wing Commander in front of Dakota NZ3504 at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron Dakota at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Group of No. 40 Squadron air crew in front of a Lodestar and a Jeep. Unknown Pacific location.

Image from the David Andrew Dunn personal collection. No. 40 Squadron Lodestar NZ3515 after brake failure and swinging off the runway at Norfolk Island. Associated document describes: "A Lodestar of No. 40 sqdn. after a very embarrassed(!) pilot had retracted his undercarriage instead of flaps while taxying along the coral strip." Unsure which of these two descriptions is correct.

3/4 front view of No. 40 Squadron Dakota NZ3505 with 'Popeye' nose art. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

New Wayne runway sweeper on an International chassis, number plate HA9261, arriving in No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7002. RNZAF Station Ohakea. Original negative unavailable. This file taken from contact sheet resulting in poor image quality.

New Wayne runway sweeper on an International chassis, number plate HA9261, arriving in No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7002. RNZAF Station Ohakea. Original negative unavailable. This file taken from contact sheet resulting in poor image quality.

New Wayne runway sweeper on an International chassis, number plate HA9261, arriving in No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7002. RNZAF Station Ohakea. Original negative unavailable. This file taken from contact sheet resulting in poor image quality.

New Wayne runway sweeper on an International chassis, number plate HA9261, arriving in No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7002. RNZAF Station Ohakea. Original negative unavailable. This file taken from contact sheet resulting in poor image quality.

New Wayne runway sweeper on an International chassis, number plate HA9261, arriving in No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7002. RNZAF Station Ohakea. Original negative unavailable. This file taken from contact sheet resulting in poor image quality.