Image from the Murray Dayman personal collection. No. 2 Squadron Ventura NZ4540 with a broken wing after swinging on take off and coming to rest beside the runway at Munda, New Georgia. Handwritten on the reverse "In the Pacific Islands, Ventura plane (New Georgia) | (I didn't do this)(but I was in it)" Dayman's log book records "Looked like the end of '40' "

Image from the Murray Dayman personal collection. Servicemen looking at No. 2 Squadron Ventura NZ4540 after swinging on take off and coming to rest beside the runway at Munda, New Georgia. Dayman's log book records "Looked like the end of '40' "

Image from the Murray Dayman personal collection. Front view of No. 2 Squadron Ventura NZ4540 after swinging on take off and coming to rest beside the runway at Munda, New Georgia. Handwritten on the reverse "In the Pacific Islands, Ventura plane (New Georgia) 1944 | Another one of my nine lives." Dayman's log book records "Looked like the end of '40' "

Image from the Douglas Hegh personal album collection. "One of our PV1's that ground-looped at Munda." Five men standing beside No. 2 Squadron Ventura NZ4540 after a take-off accident at Munda airstrip, New Georgia. The crew of this aircraft was MH McFarlane, M Dayman, RW Rogers, JW Reid, RJ Lawrence. Two were slightly injured. Aircraft was on charge to No. 10 Servicing Unit.

Image from the WM Golden personal album collection. "Crashed on take off." Lockheed PV-1 Ventura NZ4540 from No. 2 Squadron, after swinging on takeoff for an operational sortie. Munda, Guadalcanal. The crew of this aircraft were: Flight Lieutenant MH McFarlane, Flying Officer M Dayman, Flight Sergeant RW Rogers, Flight Sergeant JW Reid and Sergeant RJ Lawrence. USAAF B-24 Liberators in the background.