Image from the Robert James Prentice personal collection. The New Zealand Fighter Wing scoreboard. Believed to be at Ondonga, New Georgia.

Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. No. 18 Squadron pilot Barney Williams carrying his parachute, leaving the ready tent. Believed to be at Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon Islands.

Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. No. 18 Squadron Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader JA Oldfield (front) carrying his parachute, leaving the ready tent with other pilots. Believed to be at Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon Islands.

Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. No. 18 Squadron pilots, Harold Souter (left) and the Commanding Officer Squadron Leader JA Oldfield (right) with a USAAF Lightning behind. Believed to be at Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon Islands.

Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. No. 18 Squadron accommodation tents. Believed to be at Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon Islands.

Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. No. 18 Squadron accommodation tents. Believed to be at Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon Islands.

Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. Fuel tanker parked in front of a No. 18 Squadron Kittyhawk. Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon Islands. Original negative deteriorating resulting in poor image quality.

Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. Servicing area for No. 18 Squadron Kittyhawks. Believed to be Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon Islands.

Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. No. 18 Squadron pilot Charlie Wood, standing on the wing of his Kittyhawk 'J'. Believed to be at Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon Islands.

Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. Servicing area in front of trees with the tails of No. 18 Squadron Kittyhawks at right. Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon Islands.

Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. Line up of No. 18 Squadron Kittyhawks. Believed to be at Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon Islands. Near aircraft's rudder has been damaged (by enemy fire?)

Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. Two American servicemen, one holding a rifle, with No. 18 Squadron Kittyhawks in the background. Believed to be at Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon Islands.

Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal album. No. 18 Squadron pilot, Squadron Leader JA Oldfield, sitting on the cockpit of a Kittyhawk. Ondonga, New Georgia. Labelled on the album page "No. 18 (F) Squadron Pilots - First Tour | 1943" Original RNZAF negative number PR2358.

Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal album. Group. No. 18 Squadron personnel in front of a Kittyhawk at Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon islands. Label on the album page reads "No. 18 (F) Squadron R.N.Z.A.F. | Ondongo [sic] - New Georgia - Solomon Islands" Handwritten on the reverse of the print "No. 18 Fighter Squadron R.N.Z.A.F. | Warhawks of the Pacific | First Tour [obscured]/9/43 to 30/11/43 | (Taken at Ondonga, New Georgia Group. | Front Row: F/O Rishworth (killed), F/O Rayner, F/L Balfour, S/L JA Oldfield "O.C", (P/O McBride I.O.), F/O Archibald, F/O Bew (killed), F/O Hoskin. Absent: F/L Bertram (returned sick), F/O Hutton (killed), P/O Scannell (returned to NZ), F/O Lumsden (returned to NZ), Sgt. Hill (killed). [also key showing those killed, missing, returned etc shown in brackets]." NB. Back row names are missing possibly trimmed off the print when mounted in the album. See MUS06019 for complete list of names.

Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal album. Group. No. 18 Squadron personnel on the wings of a Kittyhawk at Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon islands. Label on the album page reads "No. 18 (F) Squadron R.N.Z.A.F. | Ondongo [sic] - New Georgia - Solomon Islands" Handwritten on the reverse " L to R Sgt Chapman, P/O McBride (I.O.), S/L JA Oldfield (O.C.), [obscured], [obscured], Sgt Hough, Sgt Nagel, F/O Hoskin, F/O Souter, Sgt King...[obscured], F/O Walker, P/O Bremner, P/O Williams, F/O Highet, F/Sgt mac...[obscured], F/O Rishworth, F/L Balfour, F/O Archibald (standing in front). Absent: F/L Bertram, F/O Lumsden, P/O Scannell [all returned to N.Z. for sickness], F/O Hutton, Sgt Hill [both killed]." NB. Some names removed by trimming the print for mounting in the album.

RNZAF Kittyhawk 'P' taxiing and being marshalled after a strike on Rabaul. Ondonga, New Georgia. United States Navy Official photograph.

Group. 17 Squadron Pilots involved in the first bomber assault on Rabaul. Ondonga, New Georgia. L-R: Pat Bradley, Ian Speedy, Doug Jones, Don Williams, Peter Worsp, Johnny Mills, Guy Newton, Alex George (partly obscured), Bruce Thomson, R.H. Covic, Jack Edwards, B.A. McHardie.

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. USAAF Liberators lined up on the airfield at Munda, New Georgia. Hand written on the reverse "New Georgia. Western Pacific."

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' "

View of Kittyhawk NZ3066 after crash landing in shallow water on the approach to Munda airstrip, New Georgia. This aircraft was flown by No. 17 Squadron pilot Sergeant Donald A Williams. (pilot was too slow in selecting a new fuel tank). Aircraft on charge to No. 1 Servicing Unit.

RNZAF camp scene, including the Airmen's Mess. Ondonga, New Georgia. Joins with PR2028 to form a panorama. See PR2018-PR2028 for the two images joined together.

RNZAF camp scene, including the Airmen's Mess. Ondonga, New Georgia. Joins with PR2018 to form a panorama. See PR2018-PR2028 for the two images joined together.

Two joined images of personnel outside the Airman's Mess at Ondonga, New Georgia. Montage of PR2018 and PR2028