Exercise Wise Owl 46 at New Plymouth Airport. Flight Lieutenant Hamilton planning for a flight with maps.

Exercise Wise Owl 46 at New Plymouth Airport. Pilots and trainee pilots planning for a flight with maps. Cadet Pilot Goebel (left), Flight Lieutenant Hamilton (middle).

Exercise Wise Owl 46 at New Plymouth Airport. Pilots and trainee pilots planning for a flight with maps. Cadet Pilot Goebel (middle), Flight Lieutenant Hamilton (right).

Exercise Wise Owl 46 at New Plymouth Airport. Pilots and trainee pilots planning for a flight with maps. Cadet Pilot Goebel (left), Flight Lieutenant Hamilton (right).

Exercise Wise Owl 46 at New Plymouth Airport. Pilots and trainee pilots planning for a flight with maps. Cadet Pilot Goebel (left), Flight Lieutenant Hamilton (middle).

Exercise Wise Owl 46 at New Plymouth Airport. Pilots and trainee pilots planning for a flight with maps. Cadet Pilot Goebel (left), Flight Lieutenant Hamilton (middle).

Image from the Ronald Burns Bannerman personal album collection. Three pilots standing in front of a Dolphin. Unknown location. Handwritten on the reverse "Hamilton, Snyder, Bannerman."

Image from the Ronald Burns Bannerman personal album collection. Informal portrait of a pilot. Unknown location. Handwritten on the reverse "PDP Hamilton."

Image from the Ronald Burns Bannerman personal album collection. Informal portrait of an RAF pilot. Unknown location. Handwritten on the reverse "PDP Hamilton."

Image from the Ronald Burns Bannerman personal album collection. Portrait of an RAF pilot. Unknown location. Handwritten on the reverse "Hamilton."

Negative from the Ronald Burns Bannerman personal album collection. Pilot standing beside a Sopwith Dolphin C4235. Believed to be at No. 4 Training Depot Station. Unknown location in England. Handwritten on the reverse of a duplicate print "Hamilton."

Parade in Hamilton to mark the closure of RNZAF Base Te Rapa. Parade Commander, Flight Lieutenant BE Joblin MVO (right).

Parade in Hamilton to mark the closure of RNZAF Base Te Rapa.

Parade in Hamilton to mark the closure of RNZAF Base Te Rapa. Leading the parade is Flight Lieutenant BE Joblin MVO.

The Mayor of Hamilton, Margaret Evans, inspecting the ranks during a parade in Hamilton to mark the closure of RNZAF Base Te Rapa. Parade Commander, Flight Lieutenant BE Joblin MVO (2nd from left).

The Mayor of Hamilton, Margaret Evans, inspecting the ranks during a parade in Hamilton to mark the closure of RNZAF Base Te Rapa. Parade Commander, Flight Lieutenant BE Joblin MVO (right of the Mayor).

Parade in Hamilton to mark the closure of RNZAF Base Te Rapa.

Image from the Albert Edward Lander personal collection. Portrait of AE Lander. Hamilton

Image from the Catherine Frances Bryers personal collection. Portrait of a Woman Corporal (CF Bryers?). Hamilton.

Portrait of Sergeant Pilot RAS Hamilton, from The Weekly News issue 29 April 1942, page 22.

Portrait of Flight Sergeant GE Hamilton, from the Weekly News issue 7 June 1944, page 24.

Portrait of Sergeant Pilot RA Hamilton, from the Weekly News issue 11 March 1942.

Group. RNZAF North Island rugby team. Hamilton. L-R: Back; K Farey, DK Vasey, JF Wills, GH Terry, GF Henderson, H Frazer, GH Lloyd, TH Bowler. Middle; Corporal L Petty (Attendant), GW Delamore, RJ Kemp, Flight Lieutenant JG Dunstan (Manager), OW Knight (Captain), Flying Officer D Worker (Selector), GF Harvey (Vice-Captain), JF Ransfield, Flying Officer WF Ingram (Selector). Front; Reid, JG Fraser, GA Sherlock, W Muir, OC Jacobs. Insets; Pilot Officer FL Pearson, Flying Officer D Armstrong.

Aerial oblique view of the Wise Owl 17 camp at Hamilton airport.

Aerial oblique view of the Wise Owl 17 camp at Hamilton airport.