Image from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
JA Houlton (right?) with another airman. Unknown location.
Handwritten on the reverse "Taken at home just before we left."
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
Five No. 485 Squadron pilots in front of one of their Spitfires. RAF Station Hornchurch.
L-R: CP Ashworth (visiting from [possibly] No. 32 Squadron), JA Houlton, IDS Strachan, JFP Yeatman, AB Stead
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
Pilot(?) standing beside a grave in the yard of a battle-damaged building. Unknown location.
Image from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
Four No. 485 Squadron pilots relaxing on the ground. Unknown location.
Names from handwriting on the reverse.
L-R: JA Houlton, F Transom, RH De Tourret, AJ Downer.
Image from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
Two No. 485 Squadron pilots walking away from the airfield at RAF Station Llandbedr, Wales.
Handwritten on the reverse "John Houlton [left] & Terry Kearns [right] | Llandbedr | Wales | 1944"
Image from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
Captured German Schwimmwagen with an RAF roundel parked in a battle-damaged street. Unknown location, believed to be in France.
Handwritten on the reverse "German Jeep"
Image from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
Informal group of No. 485 Squadron personnel (pilots and ground crew) on, and in front of the Squadron Leader's Spitfire. A New Zealand flag is on a pole at right.
Handwritten on the reverse "485 Sqn & Ground Crew."
No. 485 Squadron moved to landing ground B17 at Carpiquet, near Caen in August 1944.
Image from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
No. 485 Squadron pilots eating a meal inside a Mess tent. Unknown location.
The Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader JB Niven, sitting at left on the middle table.
No. 485 Squadron moved to landing ground B17 at Carpiquet, near Caen in August 1944.
Handwritten on the reverse "Officers Mess I guess | 485 Sqn"
Image from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
No. 485 Squadron pilots standing with the Commanding Officer's Spitfire.
No. 485 Squadron moved to landing ground B17 at Carpiquet, near Caen in August 1944.
Handwritten on the reverse "485 Sqn (Ready for Action) in Mae Wests."
The Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader JR Niven, middle, just below the Squadron Leader's pennant on the engine cowl.
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
New Zealand pilot, Sergeant Gray Stenberg, standing in front of a Harvard. Unknown location in Canada.
This was published in Houlton's autobiography 'Spitfire Strikes. A New Zealand Fighter Pilot's Story', published 1985 by John Murray Ltd. London.
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
No. 485 Squadron pilots with one of their Spitfires. Believed to be at RAF Station Hornchurch.
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
Side view of No. 485 Squadron Spitfire PT532 OU-Q after belly-landing. Unknown location.
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
3/4 front view of No. 485 Squadron Spitfire PT532 OU-Q after belly-landing. Unknown location.
Appears to be JA Houlton sitting on the wing.
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
Group of No. 485 Squadron pilots in front of a Spitfire with the New Zealand High Commissioner WJ Jordan at RAF Station Biggin Hill.
L-R: On wing; 3x unknown ground crew, LSM White, MG Sutherland, M Metcalfe, IPJ Maskill, JA Ainge, HS Tucker.
Standing; R Barnett, Travis (USAAF), F Transom, JA Houlton, NE Frehner, CP Ashworth (visitor), PH Gaskin, LP Griffith, MRD Hume, De la Torre (Intelligence Officer), WJ Jordan, JM Checketts (Commanding Officer), AG Malan (Station Commander), AC Deere (Wing Commander Flying), JD Rae, BE Gibbs.
This was published in Houlton's autobiography 'Spitfire Strikes. A New Zealand Fighter Pilot's Story', published 1985 by John Murray Ltd. London.
Names taken from 'An Illustrated History of the New Zealand Spitfire Squadron' by Kevin W Wells, published 1984 by Hutchinson, New Zealand.
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
No. 485 Squadron personnel in front of a Spitfire. RAF Station Selsey.
L-R: Back; unknown (Adjutant's assistant), DF Clarke, LSM White, JFP Yeatman, AB Stead, HWB Patterson, LS Black (Flight Commander), JB Niven (Commanding Officer), OL Hardy (Flight Commander), F Transom, TSF Kearins, DX O'Halloran, Roberts, KJ Macdonald, C McInnes, MA Collett.
Front; EG Atkins, AJ Downer, WA Newenham, RH De Tourret, JA Houlton, JN King, unknown (Adjutant), G Taylor, Robinson, Ralph, MC Mayston, RM Clarke.
This was published in Houlton's autobiography 'Spitfire Strikes. A New Zealand Fighter Pilot's Story', published 1985 by John Murray Ltd. London.
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
RAAF pilot Paul Brennan (left) with New Zealander Ray Hesselyn (right) at RAF Station Ta Kali, Malta.
This was published in Houlton's autobiography 'Spitfire Strikes. A New Zealand Fighter Pilot's Story', published 1985 by John Murray Ltd. London.
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
Members of the ground crew examining a burned out No. 485 Squadron Spitfire after it was attacked and destroyed by the Luftwaffe at RAF Station Maldegem, Belgium.
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
Unknown officer standing across the airfield from a number of burning No. 485 Squadron Spitfires after they were attacked and destroyed by the Luftwaffe at RAF Station Maldegem, Belgium.
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
No. 485 Squadron, Sergeant JD Rae, crouching on snowy ground. Unknown location in England.
This was published in Houlton's autobiography 'Spitfire Strikes. A New Zealand Fighter Pilot's Story', published 1985 by John Murray Ltd. London.
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
Copy of a letter from General Dwight Eisenhower to allied forces regarding the invasion of Europe.
Copy negative from the John Arthur Houlton personal collection.
Portrait of No. 485 Squadron pilot Flying Officer Ian Allan Charles Grant, NZ391351. Killed in action February 1942.
This was published in Houlton's autobiography 'Spitfire Strikes. A New Zealand Fighter Pilot's Story', published 1985 by John Murray Ltd. London.
