Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Corsairs and a Mustang, doused in propellant, waiting to be set alight. Bofu, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu." Copy negative MUS951135.

Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Corsairs being doused with propellant before being set alight. Bofu, Japan. Aircraft L-R: NZ5625, NZ5653, NZ5652. Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu." Copy negative MUS951136.

Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Corsairs being doused with propellant before being set alight. Bofu, Japan. NZ5625 at top. Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."

Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Corsairs being doused with propellant before being set alight. Bofu, Japan. Chevrolet truck, MT3622 or MT3822 at right. Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."

Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Side view of Cletrac crawler tractor MT3768. Bofu, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."

Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Corsairs waiting to be set alight, as tins are filled with propellant from the back of a Chevrolet truck. Bofu, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."

Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Pile of burning aircraft at Bofu, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu." Fuselage of RAAF Mustang at right, possibly A68-805.

Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Pile of burning aircraft at Bofu, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu." Fuselage of RAAF Mustang at right, possibly A68-805. Copy negative MUS951147.

Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Pile of burning aircraft at Bofu, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu." Fuselage of RAAF Mustang at right, possibly A68-805.

Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Pile of burning aircraft at Bofu, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu." Fuselage of RAAF Mustang at right, possibly A68-805.

Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Pile of burning aircraft at Bofu, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu." Corsair and a No. 77 Squadron RAAF Mustang in view.

Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Portrait of an unknown Japanese actress(?). Japan.

Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Portrait of a Japanese actor(?) wearing traditional clothing. Japan.

Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection. No. 14 Squadron personnel pose for the camera on an ornamental bridge at Iwakuni, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "The Kintai Bridge in Miniature."

Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection. Local man with a bullock cart. Unknown location in Japan. Handwritten on the album page "Modern Transport."

Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection. Local houses on a road side. Unknown location in Japan. Handwritten on the album page "Just Ordinary Housing."

Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection. No. 14 Squadron personnel on parade having their shoes polished. Iwakuni, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "Shoe Shine Please." Original caption from MUS22003 "15587. R.N.Z.A.F. In Japan. Iwakuni. Final show shine for the admiral's guard of honour. LAC's G.C. Sciascia of Levin, and G.R. Barltrop of Hokitika, smile as Japanese [workers] give their boots a last minute shine before the arrival of the Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet, Vice Admiral Sir Dennis Boyd, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., when he visited Iwakinu."

Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection. No. 14 Squadron personnel with a turtle. Iwakuni, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "Painting Myrtle the Turtle."

Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection. Two No. 14 Squadron personnel in a local market area. Unknown location in Japan. Handwritten on the album page "In The Market."

Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection. Shore-side cemetery. Unknown location in Japan. Handwritten on the album page "A Cemetery."

Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection. No. 14 Squadron ground crew and pilots having a cup of tea on the tarmac in front of a line up of Corsairs. Iwakuni, Japan. Bomb truck, MT3452, at right. Handwritten on the album page 'Morning Tea Time."

Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection. No. 14 Squadron personnel having a running race. Iwakuni, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "What a Race!"

Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection. Torii at the entrance of a Japanese temple. Unknown location in Japan. Handwritten on the album page "A Temple Entrance."

Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection. Two Japanese women wearing Kimono, outside a house. Unknown location in Japan. Handwritten on the album page "Mother and Daughter."

Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection. Parade of No. 14 Squadron personnel in front of seven Corsairs with stripped hangars behind. Iwakuni, Japan. The hangars have been stripped of corrugated iron to help build temporary housing for the victims of the atomic bomb at nearby Hiroshima. Handwritten on the album page "A Squadron Parade."