No. 75 Squadron Exercise Hardtack at Kaitaia airfield. Personnel unloading a fuel drum handling cart into a No. 41 Squadron Dakota.

No. 75 Squadron Exercise Hardtack at Kaitaia airfield. RNZAF personnel with weapons preparing to board a No. 41 Squadron Dakota to go to Kaitaia. RNZAF Station Ohakea.

Image from the Andrew Philip Henry Lee personal collection. Side view of No. 42 Squadron Dakota NZ3551. Unknown location.

Image from the Thomas Alexander McLeod Morgan personal collection. Side view of No. 10 Squadron Dakota KN644. Unknown location in India.

Image from the Pat Ford personal collection. No. 41 Squadron Dakota NZ3549 after landing in the Waitemata Harbour near RNZAF Station Whenuapai during a training flight.

Image from the Pat Ford personal collection. Unknown WAAF inside a Dakota. Unknown location.

Image from the Pat Ford personal collection. Ground to air view of a Dakota in flight. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Wigram.

Image from the Pat Ford personal collection. Dakota landing at RNZAF Station Wigram.

Two service men working on a No. 42 Squadron Dakota. Unknown location. This PRS series was found without a register or other information. Some detail has been gleaned from some of the negative sleeves or where the picture has been published. This series post-dates the DM series and pre-dates the post-war PR series (beginning in 1956).

Two service men working on a No. 42 Squadron Dakota. Unknown location. This PRS series was found without a register or other information. Some detail has been gleaned from some of the negative sleeves or where the picture has been published. This series post-dates the DM series and pre-dates the post-war PR series (beginning in 1956).

RAAF Dakota A65-75. Unknown location. This PRS series was found without a register or other information. Some detail has been gleaned from some of the negative sleeves or where the picture has been published. This series post-dates the DM series and pre-dates the post-war PR series (beginning in 1956).

Queen Elizabeth disembarking from No. 42 Squadron Dakota NZ3551 at Paraparaumu airport. This PRS series was found without a register or other information. Some detail has been gleaned from some of the negative sleeves or where the picture has been published. This series post-dates the DM series and pre-dates the post-war PR series (beginning in 1956).

No. 41 Squadron Hastings NZ5804 on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. GMC tractor truck MT1398 at left. This PRS series was found without a register or other information. Some detail has been gleaned from some of the negative sleeves or where the picture has been published. This series post-dates the DM series and pre-dates the post-war PR series (beginning in 1956).

Jeep being loaded/unloaded into/from a Dakota. Believed to be in Burma

Group of airmen with rifles and kit about to board No. 40 Squadron Dakota NZ3517. Believed to be RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Group of airmen with rifles and kit about to board No. 40 Squadron Dakota NZ3517. Believed to be RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Group of airmen with rifles and kit boarding No. 40 Squadron Dakota NZ3517. Believed to be RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron Dakotas NZ3504 and NZ3501 on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. Also two Lodestars, two Hudsons and another Dakotas.

No. 40 Squadron Hudson and Dakota taxiing at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron Commanding Officer, Wing Commander J Adams DFC AFC (left) and an unknown Wing Commander in front of Dakota NZ3504 at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron Commanding Officer, Wing Commander J Adams DFC AFC (left) and an unknown Wing Commander in front of Dakota NZ3504 at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 40 Squadron Dakota at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

No. 42 Squadron Dakota NZ3551 taxiing past NZ3542 at RNZAF Base Ohakea. Original RNZAF negative deteriorating resulting in poor image quality.

3/4 rear view of No. 42 Squadron Dakota NZ3551 taxiing at RNZAF Base Ohakea. Original RNZAF negative deteriorating resulting in poor image quality.

No. 42 Squadron Dakota NZ3551 being marshalled to a stop on it's final visit to RNZAF Base Wigram. This aircraft was subsequently added to the collection of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand.