Image from the Maurice William Desmond Robinson personal collection.
No. 5 Squadron air crew on their way to their Sunderland KN-G. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
Image from the Maurice William Desmond Robinson personal collection.
Ground to air view of No. 5 Squadron Sunderland NZ4112 KN-L. Believed to be flying over Evans Bay, Wellington.
Image from the Maurice William Desmond Robinson personal collection.
3/4 front view of No. 5 Squadron Sunderland NZ4112 KN-L. Believed to be in Evans Bay, Wellington.
Image from the Maurice William Desmond Robinson personal collection.
No. 5 Squadron Sunderland NZ4112 KN-L taking off. Believed to be in Evans Bay, Wellington.
Image from the Maurice William Desmond Robinson personal collection.
3/4 front view of No. 5 Squadron Sunderland NZ4112 KN-L. Believed to be in Evans Bay, Wellington.
Image from the Maurice William Desmond Robinson personal collection.
No. 5 Squadron Sunderland NZ4112 KN-L taking off. Believed to be in Evans Bay, Wellington.
Image from the Maurice William Desmond Robinson personal collection.
3/4 front view of No. 5 Squadron Sunderland NZ4112 KN-L. Believed to be in Evans Bay, Wellington.
Group Captain BJ O'Connor AFC presenting Flight Lieutenant Ritchie (?) with an Orion model before Flight Lieutenant Ritchie left for Canada to compete in the Fincastle Trophy competition. Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland.
Unknown No. 5 Squadron Navigator briefing senior officers on a flight across the Pacific to compete in the Fincastle Trophy competition in Canada. Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland.
Group Captain BJ O'Connor AFC presenting Flight Lieutenant Ritchie (?) with an Orion model before Flight Lieutenant Ritchie left for Canada to compete in the Fincastle Trophy competition. Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland.
Sunderlands from Maritime Operational Conversion Unit and No. 5 Squadron with Marine Craft W311 moored near RNZAF Station Hobsonville as part of Exercise Astrolabe, which included the RNZN, RAN and RAAF.
L-R: XX-B, KN-F, NZ4106 KN-G.
Parade to mark the 50th Anniversary of the RNZAF at RNZAF Base Wigram.
The Reviewing Officer, The Governor General, Sir Paul Reeves, and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal P Neville, reviewing the parade from the back of a Toyota Land Cruiser.
