The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal DV Carnegie CB CBE (left), speaking with Air Chief Marshal Sir William Dickson GCB KBE DSO AFC during a visit to RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal DV Carnegie CB CBE (left), speaking with Air Chief Marshal Sir William Dickson GCB KBE DSO AFC during a visit to RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Visit of Air Chief Marshal Sir William Dickson GCB KBE DSO AFC to RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Visit of Air Chief Marshal Sir William Dickson GCB KBE DSO AFC to RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Visit of Air Chief Marshal Sir William Dickson GCB KBE DSO AFC to RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Portrait of Flying Officer DJ Dickson from The Weekly News issue 27 June 1945, page 26.

Image from the Woods personal collection. Full length portrait of Russell Dickson wearing full flying clothing and a parachute. Unknown location.

Maurice Buckley (right) and Harrington (left) in a Canterbury Aviation Company's Avro 504k, before flying to drop confetti on Captain Euan Dickson's wedding at St. Barnabas Church, Christchurch. Sockburn Aerodrome.

Three men involved with the first aerial crossing of Cook Strait on 25 August 1920. L-R: Euan Dickson (Chief Pilot), C.H. Hewlett (Deputy Chairman), J.E. Moore (Chief Mechanic).

Three men involved with the first aerial crossing of Cook Strait on 25 August 1920. L-R: Euan Dickson (Chief Pilot), C.H. Hewlett (Deputy Chairman), J.E. Moore (Chief Mechanic).

Three men involved with the first aerial crossing of Cook Strait on 25 August 1920. All three men were part of the Canterbury Aviation Company. This photo was taken when the Company's assets were handed over to the New Zealand Permanent Air Force at Sockburn Aerodrome. L-R: Euan Dickson (Chief Pilot), CH Hewlett (Deputy Chairman), JE Moore (Chief Mechanic).