• 2025-180.26
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Leslie John Coxhead personal collection. Group. (possibly) Pilots course 47A after graduation in front of an Oxford. No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. LJ Coxhead, back row 2nd from left.
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Coxhead
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1 SFTS
    group
    training
    Oxford
  • 2021-068.13
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Brian William Feely personal collection. Group. Newly graduated pilots of Course 1a at No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. Signatures in image area. Names identified on the reverse. L-R: Back; 4th DE Fair, 5th EC Cox, 7th MK McHugh. Middle; 1st FS Hobden, 2nd CH Robson, 3rd DC Joyce, 7th CN Didsbury, 9th DS Gibb. Front; 5th P McMullan, 6th RN Allen, 7th BW Feely, 8th DS McGregor, 9th AD Carlaw.
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Feely
    group
    training
  • 2021-068.14
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Brian William Feely personal collection. Informal group of trainees from Pilots course 1a in front of a Gordon at No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram.
    Feely
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    training
    Gordon
  • 2021-068.17
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Brian William Feely personal collection. Informal group of members of Pilots course 1a in front of an Oxford at No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. BW Feely crouching 2nd from left.
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Feely
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Oxford
    training
  • 2021-068.18
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Brian William Feely personal collection. Informal group of members of Pilots course 1a in front of an Oxford at No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. BW Feely far right.
    Feely
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Oxford
    training
  • OhG1196-82
    RNZAF
    Side view of Harvard NZ994, from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, which crash landed at Brightwater, near Nelson, at RNZAF Station Nelson.
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Harvard
    NZ994
    damage
    Nelson
  • OhG1197-82
    RNZAF
    Close up of the engine and propeller of Harvard NZ994, from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, which crash landed at Brightwater, near Nelson, at RNZAF Station Nelson.
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Harvard
    NZ994
    damage
    Nelson
  • OhG1194-82
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Composite group. Graduates of pilots course No. 59a, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. L-R: Top; HP McAuley, ET Carroll, DB Shakes, IS Paul, WK Mackrell, EH Andrews, A Whitten-Hannah, EWP Adams, DM Riddle, GJ McElroy, SH Shearer, RW Cullen. Middle; EJ Trappit, CG Grainger, JR Nelson, RE Limm, D Gunn, IG Elgar, KW Thomson, AM Cassie, LL Smith, L Cheyne, RM Penniket, EB Kirk. Bottom; TW Smart, HL Armstrong, RM Shaw, GN Dods, EG Nankies, RJ Laurent, HWG Paull, RW Cumpstone, RM Miller, AJ Healy, LF Charlton, JDO Ellis.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    training
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
  • OhG1195-82
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Composite group of Pilots course No. 55a, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. L-R: Top; EM Henderson, AL Robertson, LR Mitchell, A Ormandy, AL Liddall, L Dickison, DJ Cotton, GR Gray, B Howells, RS Bastion. Middle; GB Campbell, JF Kelly, JB Muir, DW Davidson, C Head, RT Gudgeon, NB Grant, HA Richards, JB McKendry. Absent; WLO Maria. Bottom; AA Muir, OK Judkins, PW Hay, VA Davey, CS Grey, JB Nelson, WE Owen, SF Gibson, WS Sharpe, R Botherway.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    training
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
  • WgG4074-44
    RNZAF
    Group. 'C' squad of Pilots course 54a, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. L-R: Back; Oliver, Pearson, Page, Peet, Purdom, Segcombe, FJ Smith, MM Smith, Streeter. Front; Tanner, Thiele, A Thomas, JT Thomas, Todd, Tully, Wratten.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Wigram
    group
    training
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
  • WgG4073-44
    RNZAF
    Group. 'B' squad of Pilots course 54a, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. L-R: Back; Holwell, Kay, King, Lauren, Law, Lird, Lynch, McDonald. Front; Macleary, Meads, Mathews, Michie, Miller, Morris, Moss, Scott.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Wigram
    group
    training
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
  • WgG4072-44
    RNZAF
    Group. 'A' squad of Pilots course 54a, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. L-R: Back; Fish, Ballard, Batstone, Bennett, Bowers, Brown, Buttolph, Cardno, Carlyle. Front; Clinton, Doree, East, Forrest, Glenn, Hamilton, Harrington, Henderson.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Wigram
    group
    training
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
  • WgG3856-44
    RNZAF
    Group. Pilots course 54a, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. See WgG3694-44 and WgG3695-44 for named flight groups.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Wigram
    group
    training
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Army
  • WgG3695-44
    RNZAF
    Group. 'B' squad of Pilots course 54a, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. L-R: Back; Meads, Miller, Moss, Pearson, Purdom, Scanlon. 3rd row; FJM Smith, MMcD Smith, Streeter, Tanner, Thiele, Todd. 2nd row; Tully, Lane, McKenzie, Madgwick, Moyle, Scolon. Front; Sinton, Thomas, Vear, White, Williamson, Wilson.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Wigram
    group
    training
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Army
  • 2019-193.24
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Vivian Leonard Victor Crawshay personal collection. Gordon K4002 (later NZ612), from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, after overshooting and ending up in a ditch. RNZAF Station Wigram. Handwritten on the reverse "Fairey Gordon incident Wigram 1939."
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Crawshay
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Gordon
    accident
    damage
    K4002
    NZ612
    World War Two
    WW2
  • ALB10344119001
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Kenneth Francis Bruce Petrie log book. 3/4 front view of a Master at No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RAF Station Netheravon.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Petrie
    World War Two
    WW2
    Fleet Air Arm
    FAA
    Navy
    RN
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Master
    Netheravon
  • ALB10344117005
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Kenneth Francis Bruce Petrie personal album collection. Group. Fleet Air Arm pilots. Believed to be a graduation group at No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RAF Station Netheravon, England.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Petrie
    RN
    Navy
    Fleet Air Arm
    FAA
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Netheravon
    group
    training
  • WgF603
    RNZAF
    Group. half of Pilots course 11, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. L-R: Back; C Raymond, JM Cave, HW Morgan, JVM Kean. Front; CE Langdon, ES Topp, WS Shann, AV Fisher, CdeV Halkett.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Wigram
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    group
    training
  • WgF577
    RNZAF
    Group. No. 8 Pilots course, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Wigram
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    group
    training
  • WgF538
    RNZAF
    Group. No. 7 pilots course, Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. See WgF539 for a named group that includes instructors.
    Oxford
    1SFTS
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    Wigram
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    group
    training
    hangar
  • WgF539
    RNZAF
    Group. No. 7 pilots course and instructors, Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. L-R: Back; FH Denton, MEF Barnett, AGL Humphreys, HA Outram, CA Pownall, DH McArthur, ECJ Cameron, JS Shorthouse, MH MacFarlane, DM Rolph-Smith, CN Parker, RCE Scott, JH Arkwright. Front; LD Loasby, J Duigan, EV Best, RM McKay, Pilot Officer Blundell, Flying Officer Dive, Squadron Leader Calder, Flight Lieutenant Willis, Flying Officer Smith, Flying Officer MacLean de Lange, JES Morton, CR Brabyn, PGH Newton.
    hangar
    Oxford
    training
    1SFTS
    group
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Wigram
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
  • WgG3896-44
    RNZAF
    Group. 'B' Squad, Pilots course 55A, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. L-R: Back; JJ Hall, PW Hay, C Head, BHR Howell, OK Judkins, JE Kelly, AL Liddall. Middle; JB McKendry, LB Mitchell, CS Grey, AA Muir, JH Nairn, AC Ormandy, JB Nelson. Front; WE Owen, HR Richards, RL Robertson, WS Sharpe, RN Swaney, CAR Wilson.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    group
    training
    Wigram
  • WgG3895-44
    RNZAF
    Group. 'A' Squad, Pilots course 55A, No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. L-R: Back; KJ Ashcroft, PG Ashmore, RS Bastion, RS Botherway, SL Brace, JP Brien, GD Campbell. Middle; HR Cattell, DJ Cotton, VA Davey, JB Muir, L Dickenson, DW Davidson, SF Gibson. Front; AI Gillies, NB Grant, CR Gray, RT Gudgeon, EA Hagen, FMH Henderson. Original glass negative broken resulting in poor image quality.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    group
    training
    Wigram
  • WgG5690-45
    RNZAF
    3/4 front view of Harvard NZ954, from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, on a snow-covered airfield at RNZAF Station Wigram.
    RNZAF
    Wigram
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Harvard
    NZ954
  • 2011-407.18
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Francis David Colin Brown personal collection. Four airmen pilots under training at No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram. FD Colin Brown second from left.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Brown
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Wigram
    training