Arrival of General John Northcote, General Officer Commanding British Occupational Forces in Japan, by RAAF Liberator A72-193, at RNZAF Station Ohakea. General Northcote (2nd from left) speaking with the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal LM Isitt (3rd from left).

Arrival of General John Northcote, General Officer Commanding British Occupational Forces in Japan, by RAAF Liberator A72-193, at RNZAF Station Ohakea. General Northcote (left) speaking with the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal LM Isitt (back turned).

RAAF Mustang flying low over Bofu airstrip, spraying DDT insecticide [to control mosquitos?]. Japan.

Aerial oblique view of Bofu camp, Japan, with the airfield in the background.

No. 14 Squadron pilot, Flight Lieutenant Shaw, taxiing Corsair NZ5659 at either Iwakuni or Bofu, Japan.

Line up of Occupation Forces aircraft at Bofu Aerodrome, Japan. L-R: RAF Harvard (used by No. 14 Squadron for dual training), RAAF Mustang A68-702, No. 14 Squadron Corsair, RAAF Mustang.

Corsairs lined up at RNZAF Station Hobsonville , ready to be sent to Japan with No. 14 Squadron. Serial numbers from front: NZ5660, NZ5654, NZ5651, NZ5656. Back: NZ5637, NZ5653, NZ5615.

Corsairs lined up at RNZAF Station Hobsonville , ready to be sent to Japan with No. 14 Squadron.

Corsairs lined up at RNZAF Station Hobsonville , ready to be sent to Japan with No. 14 Squadron.

Image from the Robert Redvers Pearson personal collection. No. 14 Squadron personnel on parade at Iwakuni airfield, Japan. Handwritten on the reverse of the original "Ceremony of Review by 14 (Fighter) Squadron. R.N.Z.A.F. Iwakuni. Japan. | 22nd November 1946. | Taken prior to the first occasion that the R.N.Z.A.F. Ensign was raised in Japan. | dad [RR Pearson] was guard commander."

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. No. 14 Squadron Corsairs being burned at Bofu airfield, Japan.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. Sign on the side of the Allied Forces troop train from Kure to Tokyo. "Allied Forces, Invercargill". Each carriage had a different New Zealand province on it.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. A small crowd looking at the pile of No. 14 Squadron Corsairs being prepared for burning at Bofu airfield, Japan.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. No. 14 Squadron Corsairs being at Bofu airfield, Japan.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. No. 14 Squadron Corsair NZ5652 taxiing at Iwakuni airfield, Japan.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. No. 14 Squadron Corsairs being burned at Bofu airfield, Japan.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. No. 14 Squadron Corsairs being burned at Bofu airfield, Japan.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. No. 14 Squadron Corsairs being burned at Bofu airfield, Japan.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. No. 14 Squadron Corsairs being burned at Bofu airfield, Japan.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. No. 14 Squadron Corsairs being prepared to be burned at Bofu airfield, Japan.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. No. 14 Squadron Corsairs ready to be burned at Bofu airfield, Japan. At bottom is an RAAF Mustang.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. No. 14 Squadron Corsairs being prepared to be burned at Bofu airfield, Japan. Visible serial numbers: NZ5626, NZ5628, NZ5660.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. Corsair NZ 5655 after a crash landing at Iwakuni airfield, Japan. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Highet walked away.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. Corsair NZ 5655 after a crash landing at Iwakuni airfield, Japan. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Highet walked away.

Image from the Ian Martin personal collection. Corsair NZ 5655 after a crash landing at Iwakuni airfield, Japan. The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Highet walked away.