Air Training Corps cadets read the art painted on the fuselage of a Ventura. Believed to be RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Art reads: (Mickey Mouse) "M. Mouse Loans. "The Axis Is Living On Borrowed Time An- We're Gonna Foreclose."
Line-up of No. 1 Squadron Venturas at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
First aircraft in line-up is presumed to be NZ4502.
Note 'Snifter' cartoon character on the near aircraft.
No. 1 Squadron aircrew standing in front of a Ventura. RNZAF Station, Whenuapai.
L-R: Sergeant HB Newell (Wireless Operator, Air Gunner), Flying Officer J Coom (Pilot), Flight Lieutenant J McKenzie (Navigator).
Nose art "Tonawhai" which was the name of the pilot's home farm near Masterton.
No. 1 Squadron aircrew standing in front of a Ventura. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
L-R: Sergeant HB Newell (Wireless Operator, Air Gunner), Flying Officer J Coom (Pilot), Flight Lieutenant J McKenzie (Navigator).
Nose art "Tonawhai" which was the name of the Pilot's home farm, near Masterton.
No. 1 Squadron crew standing in front of a Ventura with nose art "Slippery Sam". RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
Presumed to be Flight Sergeant IM Page and his crew.
No. 1 Squadron crew standing in front of a Ventura with nose art "Slippery Sam". RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
Presumed to be Flight Sergeant IM Page and his crew.
No. 1 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer J Coom. RNZAF Station, Whenuapai.
Nose art "Tonawhai" painted on Ventura in background. Tonawhai was the name of Coom's home farm near Masterton.
Line-up of No. 1 Squadron Venturas at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
'Snifter' nose art on first aircraft (presumed to be NZ4502). Second aircraft is NZ4504.
Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection.
No. 18 Squadron pilot, Len Rainer (Raynor?) sitting in the cockpit of Kittyhawk NZ3148 "Gloria Lyons". Unknown location.
Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection.
No. 18 Squadron pilot Charlie Wood, sitting on Kittyhawk NZ3148 "Gloria Lyons". Unknown location.
Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection.
No. 18 Squadron pilot and Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader RH Balfour, standing on a Kittyhawk with two victory flags below the windscreen. Unknown location.
Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection.
No. 18 Squadron pilot and Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader RH Balfour, standing on a Kittyhawk with two victory flags below the windscreen. Unknown location.
Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection.
No. 18 Squadron pilot, RJN Archibald, standing beside a Kittyhawk with two victory flags below the windscreen. Unknown location.
Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection.
Unknown No. 18 Squadron pilot standing beside a Kittyhawk with two victory flags below the windscreen. Unknown location.
Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection.
Unknown man (No. 18 Squadron pilot?) sitting on the wing of Kittyhawk 'Tutae-Wera'. Unknown location.
Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection.
No. 18 Squadron pilot RJN Archibald(?) sitting on the wing of a Kittyhawk 'Tutae-Wera'. Unknown location.
Image from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection.
No. 18 Squadron pilot, AF Tony Hough, sitting in the cockpit of Corsair 'E' at unknown Pacific location.
Nose art appears to be a flying devil holding a trident on a circle background.
Negative from the Herbert Judson Walden personal collection.
Side view of a captured German Fokker D VII F4446/18 with original paint and skull and crossbones. Unknown location.
Negative from the Herbert Judson Walden personal collection.
Unknown pilot about to climb into the cockpit of a No. 23 Squadron Sopwith Dolphin. Unknown location.
Negative from the David Hope-Cross personal collection.
Kittyhawk NZ3220 "Gloria Lyons", from No. 2 Operational Training Unit in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, for a Victory Loans display.
Negative from the David Hope-Cross personal collection.
Kittyhawk NZ3220 "Gloria Lyons", from No. 2 Operational Training Unit in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, for a Victory Loans display.
