Portrait of Wing Commander David Manson Crooks, C300083, after the award of his MBE at Government house, Wellington.

Group. No. 26 Staff course. Command and Staff College, Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland. L-R: Back; Sommer, Barnes, Campbell, Gill, Hitchings, Beddie, Wong Kok Leong (Malaysia), Spriggens, Pongpan Tepsuporn (Thailand). Middle; Davies, Crang, Reilly, Young, Wiklund, Wootton, Forrest, Blue, Brandon. Front; Hardie, Kirkwood, Bamfield, Gillingham, Crofskey, Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks (Chief of Air Staff), Brunton, Gardiner, Anker, Ballance, Barnard.

Group. No. 25 Staff course. Command and Staff College, Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland. L-R: Back; Faulkner, Kirkwood, Watson, Ellis, Ferguson, Cornor, Murdoch, Provan, Sutherland, King. Middle; Gratton, Hughes, Tasia (Papua New Guinea), Rawlings, MacKenzie, Ranjit Singh Gill (Malaysia), Clark, Bowler, Wong (Fiji), Beaman. Front; Millar, Ballance, Gillingham, Lorigan, Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks (Chief of Air Staff), Brausch, Gardiner, Cutler, Walsh.

Group. No. 24 Staff course. Command and Staff College, Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland. L-R: Back; Holmes, Anker, Medcalf, Wood (Police), Butler, Clark, Rhys, Mortlock. Middle; Ross, Mosby, Kanawi (Papua New Guinea), Sharp, Thornton, Somchai (Thailand), Cordova (Philippines), Barrett. Stockwell, Brunton, Ballance, Gillingham, Lorigan, Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks (Chief of Air Staff), Barclay, Carran, Cutler, Thompson.

Portrait of Pilot Officer David Manson Crooks with the Lawson Trophy for aerobatics while a member of No. 15 Instructors course. RNZAF Station Wigram.

Pilot Officer David Manson Crooks receiving the Lawson Trophy from a Group Captain. RNZAF Station Wigram.

Portrait of Wing Commander David Manson Crooks OBE. Commanding officer of RNZAF Base Ohakea.

Portrait of Wing Commander David Manson Crooks OBE. Commanding officer of RNZAF Base Ohakea.

Exercise Falcons Roost 11 at Queenstown Airport. Air Commodore DM Crooks (2nd from right) speaking with officers in front of a tent.

Image from the Sir Richard Bruce Bolt personal collection. Group in front of the almost completed Air Force Museum building. L-R: Sir RB Bolt (Chairman of the Museum Trust Board), Air Commodore AE Thomson, unknown, unknown, unknown, Air Marshal DM Crooks (Chief of Defence Staff), Group Captain WR Donaldson (Wigram Base Commander), Air Vice Marshal P Neville (Chief of Air Staff), Air Commodore PR Adamson, unknown. Original RNZAF negative number WgG1028-9-86.

Visit to RNZAF Base Wigram by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Prince Charles inspecting the parade, flanked by (L-R) Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks (Chief of Air Staff), Flight Lieutenant PJ Stockwell (Chief of Air Force 2011 - 2014), Flight Lieutenant GB Lintott (Chief of Air Force 2006 - 2011).

Parade for the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles (4th from right) to RNZAF Base Wigram. L-R: His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Chief of the Air Force Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks, Flight Lieutenant (Later Air Vice Marshal) PJ Stockwell Guard Commander, Flight Lieutenant (Later Air Vice Marshal) G Lintott.

Parade for the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, to RNZAF Base Wigram. L-R: Chief of the Air Force Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks, His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Flight Lieutenant (Later Air Vice Marshal) G Lintott, Flight Lieutenant (Later Air Vice Marshal) PJ Stockwell, Guard Commander.

Parade for the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, to RNZAF Base Wigram. L-R: Chief of the Air Force Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks, His Royal Highness Prince Charles, Flight Lieutenant (Later Air Vice Marshal) G Lintott, Flight Lieutenant (Later Air Vice Marshal) PJ Stockwell, Guard Commander.

The visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to RNZAF Base Wigram. L-R: Princess Diana, Group Captain Colin Rudd AFC (Base Commander), Prince Charles, Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks OBE (Chief of Air Staff).

The visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to RNZAF Base Wigram. L-R: Princess Diana, Group Captain Colin Rudd AFC (Base Commander), Prince Charles, Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks OBE (Chief of Air Staff).

Chief of Air Force, Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks, presenting a netball trophy to an unknown woman. RNZAF Base Wigram.

Chief of Air Force, Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks, presenting a rugby trophy to an unknown man. RNZAF Base Wigram.

Chief of Air Force, Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks, presenting a netball trophy to an unknown woman. RNZAF Base Wigram.

Chief of Air Force, Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks, presenting a rugby trophy to an unknown man. RNZAF Base Wigram.

Chief of Air Force, Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks, presenting a rugby trophy to an unknown man. RNZAF Base Wigram.

Chief of Air Force, Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks, presenting a netball trophy to an unknown woman. RNZAF Base Wigram.

Chief of Air Force, Air Vice Marshal DM Crooks, presenting a rugby trophy to an unknown man. RNZAF Base Wigram.

Inter base Rugby presentation to Sergeant Tony Katting by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal David Crooks, in the Base Institute at RNZAF Base Ohakea.

Interbase Rugby presentation by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal David Crooks, in the Base Institute at RNZAF Base Ohakea.