Group. Air Training Corps cadets in front of a Dakota. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

3/4 front view of No. 40 Squadron Dakota NZ3505 with 'Popeye' nose art. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Image from the David Eric Geddes personal collection. 3/4 front view of US Navy R4D 99853, from VX-6, at Harewood Airport, Christchurch. Handwritten on the reverse "R4D Saw in plane. Richard Anderson in crew. Saw spectacular JATO 16th Oct 1961."

Image from the David Eric Geddes personal collection. 3/4 front view of US Navy R4D 99853, from VX-6, at Harewood Airport, Christchurch. Handwritten on the reverse "R4D 16 Oct 1961 / All autographs Took off and arrived safely."

Image from the David Eric Geddes personal collection. Side view of US Navy R4D 17219, from VX-6, at Harewood Airport. Handwritten on the reverse "Four autographs - nice crew. Left 12 Oct 61. JATO failed. Saw over plane. Jim Weeks & Jerrie Weeks R4D."

Open Day at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. No. 41 Squadron Dakota NZ3553 on static display with the public sheltering from the sun underneath.

Open Day at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. Line up of three No. 41 Squadron Dakotas on the airfield. From front: NZ3544, NZ3546, NZ3545.

Open Day at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. Ground to air view of three No. 41 Squadron Dakotas in formation dropping dummies over the airfield. From front: NZ3547, NZ3544, NZ3546.

Open Day at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. No. 41 Squadron Dakotas taxiing to the runway for their flying display.

Open Day at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. Four No. 41 Squadron Dakotas taking off in formation for their flying display. NZ3546 (3rd), NZ3547 (4th.

Open Day at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. No. 41 Squadron Dakota NZ3544 leading other Dakotas as they taxi on the tarmac.

Open Day at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. Three No. 41 Squadron Dakotas preparing for a formation take off before their flying display. L-R: NZ3544, NZ3546, NZ3547.

Group. School of Administration and Training in front of No. 41 Squadron Dakota NZ3551. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

View of the crowded tarmac during an open day at RNZAF Station Rukuhia.

Image from the Ewan Brooking personal album collection. RAF Dakota taking off from RAF Station Magwe, Burma. Handwritten on the album page "Magwe." and "The 'drome."

Dakota NZ3504 taxis out before take-off. Believed to be Bougainville.

Airmen prepare to board Dakota NZ3504 before returning to New Zealand(?). Presumed to be Bougainville. Dodge Weapons Carrier at left.

No. 42 Squadron Dakota NZ3553 taxiing at RNZAF Base Ohakea.

Air to air view of No. 42 Squadron Dakota NZ3546 towing a drogue over a Frigate. Unknown location in New Zealand.

Image from the Norman Alfred Thomas Clark personal collection. 3/4 front view of National Airways Corporation Dakota ZK-AYK 'Parekareka'. Unknown location in New Zealand.

Image from the Norman Alfred Thomas Clark personal collection. Front view of Thai Air Force Dakota 8993. Unknown location in Thailand.

Image from the Douglas Graeme Sutherland personal collection. Stan Moyle standing in front of an RAF Transport Command Dakota. Handwritten on the reverse "Camden. Aus[tralia]. Stan Moyle."

Image from the Douglas Graeme Sutherland personal collection. Informal group of the crew of RAF Transport Command Dakota KN340 'Spirit of Middlesex' at Parafield Airport, Adelaide, Australia. Handwritten on the reverse "Right to left. F/Lt McLean. F/Lt Hay. F/O Sutherland. F/O Whitehead. | Taken by Press Photographer - Adelaide Aus[tralia]. on return from Japan." NB. This was the first British aircraft to land in Japan after World War Two.

Image from the Douglas Graeme Sutherland personal collection. Informal group of the crew of RAF Transport Command Dakota KN340 'Spirit of Middlesex' at Parafield Airport, Adelaide, Australia. Handwritten on the reverse "F/O G. Whitehead. co/pt [co-pilot]. F/Lt McLean. Cpt [Captain]. F/Lt T. Hay. Nav. F/O D.G. Sutherland. (WOP.)[Right to left] | Taken at Parafield Airdrome Adelaide Australia on our return from Japan - after the Peace Treaty was signed." NB. This was the first British aircraft to land in Japan after World War Two.

Image from the Douglas Graeme Sutherland personal collection. 3/4 front view of RAF Transport Command Dakota KN340 'Spirit of Middlesex' at Parafield Airport, Adelaide, Australia. Handwritten on the reverse "Dakota KN340 at Para Field. First RAF a/c to land in Japan 18/9/45." NB. Although this is the date on the print, Sutherland's log book records that he stopped in Adelaide for a few hours on the 10th.