Baffin NZ171 on the airfield being refueled at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

New barrack block at RNZAF Station Hobsonville with Ford V8 fire tender MT10 in the foreground.

Group. No. 1 Technical Training School staff. RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Mechanical Transport workshop garage at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Station Mechanical Transport vehicles, with drives beside their vehicles, lined up on the airfield at RNZAF Station Hobsonville. Nearest car is MT7. See HbH186, HbH187 and HbH188 for a view from the other end of the line up.

Mechanical Transport workshop garage at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Station Mechanical Transport vehicles lined up on the airfield at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Station Mechanical Transport vehicles, with drives beside their vehicles, lined up on the airfield at RNZAF Station Hobsonville. Nearest car is MT7. See HbH186, HbH187 and HbH188 for a view from the other end of the line up.

Station Mechanical Transport vehicles, with drives beside their vehicles, lined up on the airfield at RNZAF Station Hobsonville. See HbH189 and HbH191 for a view from the other end of the line up.

Station Mechanical Transport vehicles, with drives beside their vehicles, lined up on the airfield at RNZAF Station Hobsonville. See HbH189 and HbH191 for a view from the other end of the line up.

Side view of a Marine Craft on the water at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Marine Craft W1 under power on the Waitemata Harbour near RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Small Marine Craft under power on the water near RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Group of Personnel at Hobsonville Aerodrome. L-R: Back; Farrow(?), NA Vear, Palmer. Middle; AG Andrews, Mayhill (RL Maynell?), unknown, AT Giles, DW Jackson, unknown, Hunter, Barton. Front; FW Sorrell, BA Noble, LM Isitt, S Wallingford, Mahoney (J Moroney?), HH Smith. Names from 1980-587.1

"Original Staff, Hobsonville" Group of officers and other ranks standing in front of Fairey IIIf float plane at Hobsonville Aerodrome. L-R: Warrant Officer Noble, Aircraftman Smith, Mayhill, Partlow, Vear, unknown, Giles, Bert, Russell, Barton, Hunter, unknown, Corporal Smith, Abrahams, Sorrell, G Wallingford, Leonard Isitt. Two other copies of this image at 1991-157.10 and MUS0701638.

Air to air view of a Fairey IIIf floatplane in flight over RNZAF Station Hobsonville. See MUS9406710a for a slightly better copy of this image.

3/4 front view of Ford V8 fire tender, number plate Govt3.448, at RNZAF Station Hobsonville. Handwritten on the reverse of a donated print "Ford V8 85 hp 1938 Fire Tender. Built by Colonial Motors Ltd. Ebor St. Wellington. Delivery taken by W/O D. Jackson 1939. This machine replaced the Model T Ford which had been in service at Hobsonville since 1929. (prior to that it was at Featherston Military Camp. Aussie Blakeway has a photo of it. Ted."

Sunderland NZ4102 'Tokomaru' on the hard at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Sunderland NZ4102 'Tokomaru' on the hard at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

No. 5 Squadron Catalina, NZ4042 PA-N, on the airfield at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Aerial oblique view of domestic accommodation buildings at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Aerial oblique view of YMCA under construction at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Aerial oblique view of part of RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Image from the John Brasier personal collection. Aerial oblique view of a Vincent(?) on the airfield at RNZAF Station Hobsonville. Handwritten on the reverse "Hobsonville from the air."

Image from the Mrs Hawkins personal collection. Children's Christmas party. Band playing with a decorated Jeep and children riding on a fire tender on the hardstanding at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.