Image from the Alfred Edwin Severn personal collection.
No. 14 Squadron Corsair inside a hangar at Iwakuni airfield, Japan.
Handwritten on the reverse "Corsair in uncovered hangar. 14 Sqn Iwakuni."
The cladding was stripped from the hangars behind to provide shelter for survivors of the atomic bomb.
Image from the Alfred Edwin Severn personal collection.
Parade of No. 14 Squadron personnel in front of hangars for the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Sir AdeT Nevill. Iwakuni, Japan.
Handwritten on the reverse "Inspection of Guard of Honour by the C.A.S. 14 Sqn Iwakuni."
The cladding was stripped from the hangars behind to provide shelter for survivors of the atomic bomb.
Image from the Alfred Edwin Severn personal collection.
High view of barrack buildings and the airfield at Iwakuni, Japan.
Handwritten on the reverse "14 Sqdn. Barracks at Iwakuni."
Image from the Alfred Edwin Severn personal collection.
High view of the airfield and buildings at Iwakuni airfield, Japan.
Handwritten on the reverse "14 Sqdn. Looking out to air-strip from officers mess Iwakuni."
Image from the Alfred Edwin Severn personal collection.
Hangars used by No. 14 Squadron. Iwakuni, Japan.
Handwritten on the reverse "Hangars partly covered. 14 Sqn Iwakuni."
The cladding was stripped from the hangars to provide shelter for survivors of the atomic bomb.
Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal collection.
Handwritten on the reverse "Cherry blossom on the river walk near Kintai Bridge, Iwakuni Japan. April 1946."
Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal collection.
Handwritten on the reverse "River walk near Kintai Bridge, Iwakuni, Japan. April 1946."
Image from the Robert Redvers Pearson personal collection.
No. 14 Squadron personnel on parade at Iwakuni airfield, Japan.
Handwritten on the reverse of the original "Ceremony of Review by 14 (Fighter) Squadron. R.N.Z.A.F. Iwakuni. Japan. | 22nd November 1946. | Taken prior to the first occasion that the R.N.Z.A.F. Ensign was raised in Japan. | dad [RR Pearson] was guard commander."
Image from the Ian Martin personal collection.
Corsair NZ 5655 after a crash landing at Iwakuni airfield, Japan.
The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Highet walked away.
Image from the Ian Martin personal collection.
Corsair NZ 5655 after a crash landing at Iwakuni airfield, Japan.
The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Highet walked away.
Image from the Ian Martin personal collection.
Corsair NZ 5655 after a crash landing at Iwakuni airfield, Japan.
The pilot, Flight Lieutenant Highet walked away.
Image from the Ian Martin personal collection.
Ian Martin (left) and a Japanese worker outside the battery room, believed to be at Iwakuni airfield, Japan.
Image from the Ian Martin personal collection.
The only RNZAF Corsair to survive the burning at Bofu. NZ5615 at Iwakuni airfield with the Liberator of the Commander-in-Chief, BCOF, Lieutenant General Robertson, and RAAF Mustangs the background.
No. 14 Squadron personnel on parade at Iwakuni airfield, Japan.
Original caption on the reverse reads "15587. R.N.Z.A.F. In Japan. Iwakuni. Final show shine for the admiral's guard of honour. LAC's G.C. Sciascia of Levin, and G.R. Barltrop of Hokitika, smile as Japanese [workers] give their boots a last minute shine before the arrival of the Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet, Vice Admiral Sir Dennis Boyd, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., when he visited Iwakinu."
Image from the William Ford personal album collection.
Military personnel and Japanese labourers push an RAAF Dakota away from a fuel dump fire. Believed to be at Iwakuni airfield, Japan.
Image from the William Ford personal album collection.
Military personnel and Japanese labourers roll drums of fuel away from a fuel dump fire [?]. Believed to be Iwakuni airfield, Japan.