Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection. Ground to air view of a No. 40 Squadron Hastings flying low over RNZAF Base Ohakea with both starboard propellers feathered. Part of the flying display during the RNZAF 21st Anniversary air show.

Open day at RNZAF Base Wigram to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of flying at Wigram. Visiting aircraft from front: Canberra NZ6151, No. 42 Squadron Dakota NZ3538, No. 41 Squadron Bristol Freighter NZ5911, No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7001.

Exercise Wise Owl 46 at New Plymouth Airport. No. 40 Squadron Hercules flying low over the camp.

Exercise Wise Owl 46 at New Plymouth Airport. No. 40 Squadron Hercules flying low over the camp.

Exercise Wise Owl 46 at New Plymouth Airport. Personnel watching a No. 40 Squadron Hercules flying low over the camp site.

Exercise Wise Owl 46 at New Plymouth Airport. Personnel watching a No. 40 Squadron Hercules flying low over the camp site.

Exercise Wise Owl 46 at New Plymouth Airport. Personnel watching a No. 40 Squadron Hercules flying low over the camp site.

Exercise Wise Owl 46 at New Plymouth Airport. Personnel watching a No. 40 Squadron Hercules flying low over the camp site.

Parade to mark the 50th Anniversary of the RNZAF at RNZAF Base Wigram.

No. 40 Squadron pilot, Flight Lieutenant LH Parry (centre), with his Wireless Operator (left) and Navigator (right). Believed to be Espiritu Santo.

Unloading supplies from a No. 40 Squadron Dakota into a pair of RNZAF Chevrolet trucks. Espiritu Santo. Trucks are MT636 (left) and MT1569.

New Zealand Army personnel disembarking from a No. 40 Squadron Hercules at Bamiyan, Afghanistan.

Civilian people waiting to board No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7004 at Williams Field, Antarctica.

Last Flight celebrations of No. 40 Squadron pilot, Flight Lieutenant Blakey. Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland. Commanding Officer, Wing Commander Peter Stockwell, second from right.

Last Flight washdown of No. 40 Squadron pilot, Flight Lieutenant Blakey. Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Whenuapai. No. 40 Squadron Commanding Officer, Wing Commander Peter Stockwell (left) enjoying a glass of champagne with Flight Lieutenant Blakey (right).

Last Flight celebrations of No. 40 Squadron pilot, Flight Lieutenant Blakey. Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Whenuapai. Group gathered in front of a Boeing 727, including the Commanding Officer, Wing Commander Peter Stockwell (far right).

Last Flight celebrations of No. 40 Squadron pilot, Flight Lieutenant Blakey. Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Whenuapai. Group gathered in front of a Boeing 727, including the Commanding Officer, Wing Commander Peter Stockwell (far right).

Last Flight washdown of No. 40 Squadron pilot, Flight Lieutenant Blakey. Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland.

Last Flight washdown of No. 40 Squadron pilot, Flight Lieutenant Blakey. Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Whenuapai. No. 40 Squadron Commanding Officer, Wing Commander Peter Stockwell (left) enjoying a glass of champagne with Flight Lieutenant Blakey (right).

No. 40 Squadron Hercules NZ7002, undergoing major inspection in a hangar at Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland.

Image from the Keith Logan Caldwell personal album collection. Two German pilots in front of a No. 40 Squadron (?) Nieuport. Douai, France. Names handwritten in image area. Handwritten on the reverse "Grashoff & Udet, Jasta 37. / K.C. At Moncheaux near Douai. Sometime between August 1st and Sept 27th 1917. machine believed by me (not positive) to have been a 40 Sqn Nieuport. Probably Cullen or Pender who were downed on August 15, 1917. / Grashoff was the Jastafuhrer until Sept. 26, 1917. After that, Ernst Udet took over and the unit went to Flanders in December. Udet Joined Richthofen in Jasta 11 & 16 from here - in March, 1918. Finished the War with 62 Vic."

Warriors at Wigram 2010. No. 40 Squadron Hercules doing a flying display.

Warriors at Wigram 2010. No. 40 Squadron Hercules doing a flying display.

Warriors at Wigram 2010. Members of the public watching a No. 40 Squadron Hercules doing a flying display.

Warriors at Wigram 2010. No. 40 Squadron Hercules Flying past Airtrainer NZ1948.