Air to air view of Number 3 Squadron Tactical Transport Flight Bristol Freighter, NZ5906, in flight over the Whenuapai aera. This is the colour scheme worn before the Bristol Freighters were camouflaged in 1968.
Image from the No. 141 Flight collection.
Original paper caption reads "RNZAF News Photo. No. 41 Squadron aircraft operate in remote areas. Residents of a Nepal Village crowd around a Royal New Zealand Air Force Bristol Freighter [NZ5904] of No. 41 Squadron. The Squadron's Bristol Freighters were a frequent sight to the people of Nepal as the aircraft flew to remote airfields throughout the country airlifting supplies."
Image from the J Martin personal collection.
"Hardstanding, 41 Sqn Changi"
Two No. 41 Squadron Bristol Freighters, NZ5911 (left) and NZ5903 (right) at RAF Station Changi.
NB: Just visible on the fin of NZ5903 is a painted scorpion, representing Operation Scorpion in Thailand.
No. 41 Squadron exercise at RMAF Base Kuantan, Malaysia.
Aerial oblique view of the tented camp with Iroquois NZ3803 and Bristol Freighter NZ5911 in front.
No. 41 Squadron in Thailand, believed to be at Korat.
US Marines Sikorsky HUS-1 helicopter, 148765, on the ground with No. 41 Squadron Bristol Freighter NZ5903 in the background.
Note the Australian zap on the USN fuselage star.
No. 41 Squadron in Thailand, believed to be at Korat.
Pilots in the cockpit of No. 41 Squadron Bristol (believed to be) NZ5903, preparing toextract the aircraft from soft soil it became bogged in.
No. 41 Squadron in Thailand, believed to be at Korat.
New Zealand soldiers watching RNZAF air crew digging No. 41 Squadron Bristol Freighter NZ5903 port wheel stuck which is in the soft soil.
Wing Commander Owen Staple (standing at back right) and Squadron Leader Bruce Wood (crouching at back of the three).
No. 41 Squadron in Thailand, believed to be at Korat.
Local people looking at No. 41 Squadron Bristol Freighter NZ5903 with the port wheel stuck in the soft soil.
A No. 5 Squadron Orion, flown by Squadron Leader Tom Enright, flies low over Bonriki airfield with No. 41 Squadron Bristol Freighter NZ5911 on the ground. Tarawa Island.
This aircraft was dropping a spare part for an unservicable non-return valve in the oil system of the Bristol Freighter.
Practice excersise of a civil Metroliner crash at RNZAF Base Woodbourne.
Fire crew and ambulance officers tending to patients after removing them from an old Safe Air Bristol Freighter.
Practice exercise of a civil Metroliner crash at RNZAF Base Woodbourne.
Fire crew spraying foam, from Dodge fire tender '16', onto an old Safe Air Bristol Freighter.
Local people help lift the tail plane of No. 41 Squadron Bristol Freighter NZ5903 after it became bogged in soft ground. Thailand. Believed to be Korat.
