Group of No. 18 Squadron personnel playing cards inside a Dakota while in flight between Guadalcanal and Espiritu Santo.

Group of No. 18 Squadron airmen on board a Dakota on their way to New Zealand from Guadalcanal. Sergeant Pilot AF Hough is far right (asleep).

Exercise Fitrac/Cartif at Rotorua airport. Camp area with No. 75 Squadron Vampires (including NZ5754) in the foreground. In the background is a Dakota, Bristol Freighter, Harvard NZ1015, an Auster and many vehicles..

Air to air view of a formation of No. 42 Squadron aircraft. From front; Mustang NZ2420 flown by Sergeant Brown, Devon NZ1818 flown by Flight Lieutenant Garrett, Dakota NZ3553 flown by Squadron Leader Sawyer, Avenger NZ2527 flown by Flying Officer Wood, Harvard NZ1098 flown by Flying Officer Ford. Pilots names taken from the No. 42 Squadron Unit History.

Air to air view of a formation of No. 42 Squadron aircraft. From front; Mustang NZ2420 flown by Sergeant Brown, Devon NZ1818 flown by Flight Lieutenant Garrett, Dakota NZ3553 flown by Squadron Leader Sawyer, Avenger NZ2527 flown by Flying Officer Wood, Harvard NZ1098 flown by Flying Officer Ford. Pilots names taken from the No. 42 Squadron Unit History.

Air to air view of a formation of No. 42 Squadron aircraft. From front; Mustang NZ2420 flown by Sergeant Brown, Devon NZ1818 flown by Flight Lieutenant Garrett, Dakota NZ3553 flown by Squadron Leader Sawyer, Avenger NZ2527 flown by Flying Officer Wood, Harvard NZ1098 flown by Flying Officer Ford. Pilots names taken from the No. 42 Squadron Unit History.

Air to air view of a formation of No. 42 Squadron aircraft. From front; Mustang NZ2420 flown by Sergeant Brown, Devon NZ1818 flown by Flight Lieutenant Garrett, Dakota NZ3553 flown by Squadron Leader Sawyer, Avenger NZ2527 flown by Flying Officer Wood, Harvard NZ1098 flown by Flying Officer Ford. Pilots names taken from the No. 42 Squadron Unit History.

Image from the Maurice William Desmond Robinson personal collection. RNZAF(?) Dakota flying low past a small group of adults and children, with dogs and a Land Rover. Unknown location.

No. 41 Squadron Hastings and Dakota NZ3551 on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Open Day at RNZAF Station Wigram. Ground to air view of a supply drop being made from Dakota NZ3543.

Open Day at RNZAF Station Wigram. The Chief of Air Staff arriving on Devon NZ1802 as Dakota NZ3543 comes in to land behind. Ambulances and fire vehicles in the foreground.

Group of Air Movements Section personnel beside Chevrolet truck MT3307 and Dakota NZ3527. Emirau.

Negative from the Walter P Murray personal collection. No. 40 Squadron Dakota with nose art "Anything Anywhere Anytime" shows a stork carrying a package. Believed to be at Bougainville.

Negative from the Walter P Murray personal collection. 3/4 rear view of a USAAF Dakota "VHCFI", appears to be stuck in soft ground. Believed to be at Bougainville.

Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection. Interior view of a No. 41 Squadron Dakota showing passengers. Handwritten on the album page "Ohakea Airlift 3rd Camp. 24th Feb 1952. Cabin During Trip." Presumably taking No. 3 Squadron Territorial Air Force personnel to Ohakea for an Annual Camp.

Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection. Air to air view of No. 41 Squadron Dakota NZ3545 over Christchurch. Handwritten on the album page "Ohakea Airlift 3rd Camp. 24th Feb 1952. Over Christchurch." Presumably taking No. 3 Squadron Territorial Air Force personnel to Ohakea for an Annual Camp.

Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection. Air to air view of No. 41 Squadron Dakota NZ3545. Handwritten on the album page "Ohakea Airlift 3rd Camp. 24th Feb 1952. Over Christchurch." Presumably taking No. 3 Squadron Territorial Air Force personnel to Ohakea for an Annual Camp.

Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection. Air to air view of No. 41 Squadron Dakota NZ3545 over Christchurch. Handwritten on the album page "Ohakea Airlift 3rd Camp. 24th Feb 1952. Over Christchurch." Presumably taking No. 3 Squadron Territorial Air Force personnel to Ohakea for an Annual Camp.

Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection. Two No. 41 Squadron Dakotas on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Wigram. NZ3544 at right. Handwritten on the album page "Ohakea Airlift 3rd Camp. 24th Feb 1952. C-47's - No 41Sqd." Presumably taking No. 3 Squadron Territorial Air Force personnel to Ohakea for an Annual Camp.

Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection. 3/4 front view of NAC Dakota ZK-APB 'Popotea' at Harewood airport, Christchurch. Handwritten on the album page "Wigram 1951. N.A.C. Douglas. Hwd."

Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection. Close up of the nose of a Dakota. Unknown location. Handwritten on the album page "40 Squad. C-47." [NB this doesn't look like an RNZAF aircraft with numbers in that location.]

Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection. US Navy Operation Deep Freeze aircraft lined up on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Wigram. L-R: Albatross, Dakota, Neptune, Skymaster. Handwritten on the album page "1955. Operation Deep Freeze Wigram. Various Aircraft."

Arrival of the United States President, Lyndon B Johnson, from Wellington in transit to Australia. RNZAF Base Ohakea. The President's aircraft, VC137 62-6000 on the tarmac ready for departure. The tails of No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7001 (left) and No. 42 Squadron Dakota NZ3542 (right).

Radio panel above the windscreen in a Dakota cockpit. RNZAF Base Ohakea.

No. 14 Squadron sports teams beside RAF Dakota KN422, from the BCOF Communications Flight. Unknown location in Japan. Original album caption reads "Squadron Baseball and Basketball team before emplaning for United States Army Air Base, Fukuoka."