RNZAF airman using an oxy-acetylene welding outfit. Presumed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit or Base Depot Workshops. Espiritu Santo.
See Contact Magazine, May 1944, page 21.
Ground crew replacing the engine on an RNZAF Kittyhawk. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit at Espiritu Santo.
See Contact Magazine, May 1944, page 22.
Group of RNZAF ground crew watch the sky for returning aircraft. Presumed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit at Espiritu Santo.
See Contact Magazine, May 1944, page 20.
Kittyhawks being serviced at No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit aircraft repair depot. Espiritu Santo.
Jeep MT1047 in the left foreground. Nearest aircraft is a USAAF machine.
RNZAF Kittyhawks on the airfield. Presumed to be No. 16 Squadron, on charge to No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, at Espiritu Santo.
Hudsons in the background, presumed to be No. 9 Squadron.
A member of the ground crew at work on the wing of a Kittyhawk. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit at Espiritu Santo.
See Contact Magazine, May 1944, page 24.
Groundcrew servicing RNZAF Kittyhawk NZ3094. Presumed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, Espiritu Santo.
Jack Ducket - far right holding propeller. 'Horse' Morse - standing on the wing. Richard Harrington - crouching on wing. Names identified by Richard Harrington.