Image from the Robert James Prentice personal collection.
Group of pilots. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Could this be a Fighter Leader School course or No. 17 Squadron?
Group. No. 16 Squadron pilots. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
L-R: Back; AL Rieper, RW Albrecht, CO Brady, SE Smith, AL Slater, ET Lang, BB Cox, AS Tie, JP Hunt.
Middle; JK Bell, NJ Reeve, DI Gray, KS Harpin, LS Bates, GC Howie, LH Brown, PCC Sheppard, Codlin, G Randell.
Front; C Derby, LJ Lyons, ER Reynolds, Tucker, PS Green, EL Avery, RA McDonald, WG Newfield, JW Middleton.
Image from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection.
Group. No. 18 Squadron pilots in front of a Kittyhawk, before leaving for their third tour of duty. RNZAF Station Ardmore. L-R: Back; HA Sime, JL Doggett, VC Duckmanton, AT Proffit, RN Carter, RW King, LW Murray, FM Thomson, KC. Gibson.
Middle; IG Field, AF Hough, DW Kidd, FA Donaldson, GS Bayley, MA Nagel, RA Mackinder, RJN Archibald, KTP Chapman.
Front; JW Gerrard, MH Hancox, JA McBride, BL Hoskin, RH Balfour, ESP Burke, GH Corbett, AR Walker, M Scannell.
McBride is the Intelligence Officer.
Kittyhawk NZ3058, from No. 4 Operational Training Unit, after a landing accident at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Original RNZAF negative missing, this file taken from a print.
No. 15 Squadron Kittyhawk NZ3274, on it's nose after braking heavily and hitting the Checkers control truck MT2750 at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Original RNZAF negative missing, this file taken from a print.
Corsair NZ5564, from the
Corsair Conversion Unit, upside down on the runway at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Original RNZAF negative missing, this file taken from a print.
No. 15 Squadron Corsair NZ5527 overturned on the runway after the brakes seized at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Original RNZAF negative missing, this file taken from a print.
Corsair NZ5564, from the Corsair Conversion Unit, upside down on the runway at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Original RNZAF negative missing, this file taken from a print.
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.
No. 15 Squadron Corsair NZ5527 on its back after flipping over after the brakes siezed on the runway at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
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.
Corsair (believed to be NZ5535) from the Corsair Conversion Unit on its back on the runway at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Original RNZAF negative missing, this file taken from a print.
Skid marks on the runway with a Corsair on its back in the background at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Believed to be Corsair NZ5543, from the Corsair Conversion Flight.
Original RNZAF negative missing, this file taken from a print.
Image from the Andrew Edward Coutts personal collection.
Informal group of Air Force personnel on the steps of a building. Believed to be at RAF Station Ardmore.
LH Trent VC front right.
Handwritten on the reverse "To Mrs Andrew Coutts / Compliments of Don Church ? Ardmore."
Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal album.
Group. No. 22 Squadron in front of a Corsair at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
L-R: Back; AT Proffitt, JK Codlin, PD Reid, JR Holland, FE Sargent, HW Walker, SC Ferrick.
Middle; PS Thompson, JF Morgan, CS Symons, RS Bennett, RJ Ashton, RH Bull, DW Barr, RW Paterson, KWJ Busch, AS Mills.
Front; FC Tomlinson, W Heslop, DR Loan, GT Kent (Intelligence Officer), DM Hutton, BH Thomson (Commanding Officer), LA Rayner, BV Le Pine, OJ Marshall, AA Watson, AB Shaw.
Labelled on the album page "No. 22 (F) Squadron pilots - third tour | 1944"
All names handwritten on the reverse and also broken down by Flight and Section. "22 Fighter Squadron R.N.Z.A.F. (Ardmore - 26/7/44)"
Original RNZAF negative number PR4825.
Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal album.
Line up of No. 18 Squadron Kittyhawks at RNZAF Station Ardmore before the ferry flight to the forward area.
Labelled on the album page "No. 18 (F) Squadron Ferry | Whenuapai - Waipapakauri"
Handwritten on the reverse "Nine of the ten P40s we ferried. Taken at Ardmore 6/1/44 about 1100."
Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal album.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal LM Isitt (2nd from left) speaking with No. 14 Squadron pilots at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Labelled on the album page "No. 14 (F) Squadron pilots with the Chief of Air Staff - Ardmore - N.Z."
Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal album.
No. 14 Squadron Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader JJ de Willimoff (centre) and his Flight Commanders. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Ardmore.
Labelled on the album page "Officer Commanding and Flight Commanders of No. 14 (F) Squadron."
