Image from the George Ronald Simich personal collection.
Group of No. 75 Squadron pilots(?) standing in front of Mosquito NZ2324. RNZAF Station Ohakea.
L-R: Bill Shanahan, Bob Scott, unknown, CH Baigent, unknown, GR Simich, unknown, unknown.
Original RNZAF negative number OhOG4945-48
Image from the Murray Jackson Abel personal collection.
MJ Abel, wearing flying gear, walking away from a No. 75 Squadron Skyhawk at RNZAF Base Ohakea.
Image from the Murray Jackson Abel personal collection.
No. 75 Squadron personnel in front of three Vampires at RNZAF Base Ohakea.
Original RNZAF negative number OhG7538-66.
Image from the Murray Jackson Abel personal collection.
Group of Pilots and Navigators from the Strike Support Unit in front of a Canberra in a hangar at RNZAF Base Ohakea.
MJ Abel (back row second from left).
Original RNZAF negative number OhG9022-67.
Image from the Murray Jackson Abel personal collection.
MJ Abel "after Flying Harvard, Wigram to Ohakea".
Harvards NZ1060 and NZ1091 in the background.
Group on the tarmac beside a Vampire after the arrival of the first Vampires for No. 14 Squadron at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
L - R: Brian Walker (De Havilland Australia test pilot), LA Rayner DFC, Group Captain FR Dix OBE, Wing Commander JM Checketts DSO DFC, Wing Commander AP Gainsford DSO DFC AFC.
Group on the tarmac beside a Vampire after the arrival of the first Vampires for the RNZAF at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
L - R: Brian Walker (De Havilland Australia test pilot), LA Rayner DFC, Group Captain FR Dix OBE, Wing Commander JM Checketts DSO DFC, Wing Commander AP Gainsford DSO DFC AFC.
Arrival of the first Vampires at RNZAF Station Ohakea for No. 14 Squadron.
Wing Commander JM Checketts DSO DFC getting out of his flying overalls beside Vampire NZ5721 with the Station Commander Group Captain FR Dix OBE watching.
NB. JM Checketts' log book lists the aircraft serial number as "2721".
Arrival of the first Vampires at RNZAF Station Ohakea for No. 14 Squadron.
Wing Commander JM Checketts DSO DFC climbing out of Vampire NZ5721.
NB. JM Checketts' log book lists the aircraft serial number as "2721".
