USAF Flying Fortress 44-8992 leaving RNZAF Station Ohakea for Nausori, Fiji.
The Ohakea Unit History lists the crew as: Captain Zerdecki, Captain Engel, First Lieutenant Beeke, Second Lieutenant Martizen, and the passengers as: Brigadier General Loper, Colonel Berry, Colonel Brown and Lieutenant Colonel Edwards.
Image from the Richard Percy Warham personal collection.
3/4 front view of USAAF B17 Flying Fortress 4124430, RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
Original RNZAF negative number WhG349-42.
3/4 rear view of USAAF B17e, 412434 at RNZAF Station Ohakea. No. 16 Squadron Kittyhawk in background.
This aircraft arrived at Ohakea from RAAF Bankstown on 15 July and departed for Sydney on 20 July. The aircraft was lost near Australia on 16 August 1942.
Image from the WR Chappel personal album collection.
Side view of USAF B17 [4]0-3798, from Headquarters of the Far East Air Logistics Force (FEALF). Unknown location.
Flying Fortress 41-24430 alongside a line up of Harvards and Kittyhawks at RNZAF Station, Whenuapai.
The first Harvard in line is No. 15 Squadron (or possibly No. 17 Squadron) aircraft JZ-S.
See PR357 for explanation of JZ unit codes.
Side view of USAAF B17e 412667 (Texas Tornado), with some RNZAF personnel looking on. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Whenuapai as this aircraft crashed on takeoff on the night of 9/6/42 killing all on board.