• ALB844621c300
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Aircraft landing, believed to be at Bofu, Japan.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    BCOF
    J Force
    Japan
    RNZAF
    Ranston
    Bofu
  • ALB844621c301
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Cinema with movie advertising poster in front. Believed to be in Bofu, Japan.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    BCOF
    J Force
    Japan
    RNZAF
    Ranston
    Bofu
    sightseeing
    recreation
  • ALB844621c302
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Barrack building with snow, believed to be at Bofu, Japan.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    BCOF
    J Force
    Japan
    RNZAF
    Ranston
    Bofu
  • ALB844621c303
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Snow-covered base. Believed to be Bofu, Japan.
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Bofu
  • ALB844621c304
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Snow-covered rural fields. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    sightseeing
  • ALB844621c305
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Snow-covered base. Believed to be Bofu, Japan.
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Bofu
  • ALB844621c306
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Rice fields. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    sightseeing
  • ALB844621c307
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Street scene. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    sightseeing
  • ALB844621c308
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Local shrine buildings on a small hillside. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    sightseeing
    religion
  • ALB844621c309
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Residential house on a street corner. Believed to be in Bofu, Japan.
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    sightseeing
  • ALB844621c310
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Rural crop fields. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    sightseeing
  • ALB844621c311
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Member of No. 14 Squadron sitting on a table at an accommodation house(?). Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    sightseeing
  • ALB844621c312
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Formal garden and pond. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    sightseeing
  • ALB844621C313
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. No. 14 Squadron personnel in the back of truck MT3922 in a small village. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    sightseeing
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    MT3922
  • ALB844621c314
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. No. 14 Squadron personnel in the back of truck MT3922 in a small village. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
    sightseeing
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    BCOF
    J Force
    Japan
    RNZAF
    Ranston
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    MT3922
  • ALB844621c315
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. No. 14 Squadron personnel in the back of truck MT3922 in a small village. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
    sightseeing
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    BCOF
    J Force
    Japan
    RNZAF
    Ranston
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    MT3922
  • ALB844621c316
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Member of No. 14 Squadron poses for the camera with a stone lion. Believed to be near Bofu, Japan.
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    sightseeing
  • ALB844621c317
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Members of No. 14 Squadron in front of a hangar door at Bofu, Japan.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    BCOF
    J Force
    Japan
    RNZAF
    Ranston
    Bofu
  • ALB844621c117
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. View from the barge ramp towards the landing beach for 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is." and "Nearing the beach."
    14 Sqn
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    BCOF
    J Force
    Japan
    No. 14 Squadron
    Operation Platypus
    RNZAF
    Ranston
    Shikoku Island
  • ALB844621c118
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. No. 14 Squadron personnel on the transport barges heading for 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is." and "A few miles off."
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Operation Platypus
    No. 14 Squadron
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    14 Sqn
    Shikoku Island
  • ALB844621c119
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. No. 14 Squadron personnel on the transport barges heading for 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is." and "Snow [Rowe]."
    Rowe
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Operation Platypus
    No. 14 Squadron
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    14 Sqn
    Shikoku Island
  • ALB844621c120
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Barges on the beach with No. 14 Squadron personnel and equipment for 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is." and "Beaching."
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Operation Platypus
    No. 14 Squadron
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    14 Sqn
    Shikoku Island
  • ALB844621c121
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. No. 14 Squadron personnel in a truck on the way to 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is." and "14 Squadron on the way "120 miles". "
    MT
    Mechanical Transport
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Operation Platypus
    No. 14 Squadron
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    14 Sqn
    Shikoku Island
  • Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. Local town scene on the way to 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is."
    Operation Platypus
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    BCOF
    J Force
    Japan
    RNZAF
    Ranston
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Shikoku Island
  • ALB844621C123
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection. No. 14 Squadron personnel stop for a break with their Jeep, MT3864?, on their way to 'Operation Platypus' on Shikoku Island, Japan. Handwritten on the album page "Operation Platypus. Shikoku Is." and "Chow on the way."
    Shikoku Island
    14 Sqn
    No. 14 Squadron
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Operation Platypus
    MT
    Mechanical Transport
    Jeep
    MT3864