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.
Image from the Douglas Graeme Sutherland personal collection.
Tarmac and hangars at Iwakuni airfield.
Handwritten on the reverse "Airstrip - Tarmac & burnt out hangars [sic]. Iwakuni (Japan) May 1946."
NB. The hangars were stripped of their iron cladding to supply shelter for survivors of nearby Hiroshima.
Image from the Clarence James Berryman personal collection.
Turning over No. 14 Squadron Corsair NZ5655 after it flipped over during a failed take off at Iwakuni, Japan.
Flight Lieutenant GRB Highet survived unhurt.
