Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
3/4 front view of Grebe NZ501 at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the album page "R.N.Z.A.F. Aircraft. 1938."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
RW Gair (?)(left) with another serviceman standing in front of Tomtit 51 at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the album page "R.N.Z.A.F. Aircraft. 1938."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
3/4 front view of Vildebeest NZ109 with engine running at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the album page "R.N.Z.A.F. Aircraft. 1938."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
Group of pilots(?) lying in the bacl of a flat-deck truck. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the album page "Gas Course."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
Informal group of pilots wearing gas masks at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the album page "Gas Course."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
Aerial oblique view of the centre of Christchurch.
Handwritten on the album page "Cathedral Sq. Christchurch."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
Air to air view of Vildebeest NZ109 'B1', from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, in flight over the Canterbury Plains.
Handwritten on the album page " "Vildebeests" over Canterbury Plains."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
Air to air view of Vildebeest NZ107 'B4', from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, over the Canterbury Plains.
Handwritten on the album page " "Vildebeests" over Canterbury Plains."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
Air to air view of Vildebeest NZ109 'B1', from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, in flight over the Canterbury Plains.
Handwritten on the album page " "Vildebeests" over Canterbury Plains."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
No. 217 Squadron(?) pilots with a side-car motorcycle and a car at RAF Station Carew Cheriton.
Handwritten on the album page "Officers' Mess Carew-Cheriton."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
Accommodation block at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the album page "Views of Wigram 1938" and "Junior Term's Rooms."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
Informal group of members of pilots course 3 at RNZAF Station Wigram.
L-R: Back; WF Dawson, LH Higgins, PD Smith, HW Lamond, SG Quill,
BI Clifford-Jones.
Front; JB Murphy, WS Rea, RW Gair, TJ MacLean de Lange, Gill, LGW Lilley.
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
No. 217 Squadron(?) pilots relaxing in the sun outside a building at RAF Station Carew Cheriton.
Handwritten on the album page "Officers' Mess Carew-Cheriton."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
High view of accommodation buildings at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Block 7 far left.
Handwritten on the album page "Views of Wigram 1938" and "Officers Quarters."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
High view of a tent pitched on the grass on the Commanding Officer's house. RNZAF Station Wigram.
Top right is Block 7.
Handwritten on the album page "Views of Wigram 1938" and "Temporary Quarters."
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
Aerial oblique view of RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the album page "Views of Wigram 1938" and "Wigram Aerodrome"
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
RAF pilot and his wife leaving the church after getting married.
This is believed to be Wing Commander Samuel McCaughey Boal DFC, Commanding Officer of No. 217 Squadron in February 1942, getting married to Joy.
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
Aerial oblique view of RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the album page "Views of Wigram 1938" and "Wigram Aerodrome"
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
Group. No. 3 pilots course with instructors in front of Vildebeest NZ107 at RNZAF Station Wigram.
L-R: Back; TJ McLean deLange, HW Lamond, PD Smith, LH Higgins, WF Dawson, LGW Lilley, RW Gair, JB Murphy, BI Clifford-Jones, WS Rea, DA Rankin, SG Quill.
Front; Flying Officer Willis, Flying Officer Kilian, Flying Officer Moen, Flight Lieutenant Kay, Flight Lieutenant Cohen, Flying Officer Waters, Flying Officer Lewis, Pilot Officer Dive, Pilot Officer Johnstone.
Handwritten on the album page "NO.3. Course and instructors | Sept 1938. | F.T.S. Wigram N.Z."
Original RNZAF negative number WgF62.
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
RAF Servicemen around a car after the wedding of one of their colleagues.
This is believed to be the wedding of (later) Wing Commander Samuel McCaughey Boal DFC, Commanding Officer of No. 217 Squadron in February 1942, getting married to Joy.
Image from the Ronald William Gair personal collection.
RAF Servicemen leading a car after the wedding of one of their colleagues.
This is believed to be the wedding of (later) Wing Commander Samuel McCaughey Boal DFC, Commanding Officer of No. 217 Squadron in February 1942, getting married to Joy.
