Image from the Ford personal album collection.
No. 14 Squadron Fire tender MT3599 being unloaded from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Glory in Kure Harbour, Japan.
Hand written in image area "Tender going aboard barges".
Image from the Ian Heath Stuart Latter personal collection.
Group. No. 31 Pilots course at HMS St Vincent, Portsmouth, England.
Printed on the card mount "N.Z. Naval Airmen, 31st Pilots Course, "Rodney" Term / H.M.S. "St. Vincent", October 6th - November 29th 1941."
Image from the Ian Heath Stuart Latter personal collection.
Three New Zealanders on the deck of the troop ship QSMV Dominion Monarch on the way to England for pilot training with the Royal Navy.
Handwritten on the reverse "Will Warner, Bill Newton & Jim White / Dominion Monarch 1941."
Image from the Ian Heath Stuart Latter personal collection.
Two Naval pilots under training at No. 14 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, RAF Station Castle Bromwich, England.
L-R: Graham Finlayson, IHS Latter.
Handwritten on the reverse "2/1/42. This photo is of myself & Gordon Finlayson who worked in the National Bank of New Zealand. He is in the same Flight as me & is a very nice chap. The plane is a Tiger Moth which is the type of plane we learn to fly on. Note our nice Silver Fox fur collars. Aren't you jealous mum. Love. Ian S. latter. Leading Naval Airman."
The Tiger Moth behind is believed to be T8002 which IHS Latter flew several times on 2 January 1942.
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Image from the Ian Heath Stuart Latter personal collection.
Naval pilot trainee and ground crew on a No. 31 Service Flying Training School Harvard at RCAF Station Kingston, Canada.
Handwritten on the reverse "Graham Finlayson checks on his machine with his mechanic before taking off. / Harvard II at Kingston."
Image from the Ian Heath Stuart Latter personal collection.
Pilot trainee standing in front of a Harvard with ground crew attempting to salvage it. No. 31 Service Flying Training School Harvard at RCAF Station Kingston, Canada.
Handwritten on the reverse "Next morning after night flying. Gil Steven in front of Harvard. May 1942."
Image from the Ian Heath Stuart Latter personal collection.
Wreckage of a No. 31 Service Flying Training School Harvard after an accident at Gananoque airfield, near RCAF Station Kingston, Canada.
Handwritten on the reverse "Night flying accident at Gananoque Airfield near Kingston, Ontario."
Image from the Keith Milton Farquhar personal collection.
No. 65 Squadron Seafire landing accident on the aircraft carrier HMS Argus in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
Image from the Keith Milton Farquhar personal collection.
No. 65 Squadron Seafire on final approach for landing on the aircraft carrier HMS Argus in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
Image from the Keith Milton Farquhar personal collection.
No. 65 Squadron Seafire on final approach for landing on the aircraft carrier HMS Argus in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
Image from the Keith Milton Farquhar personal collection.
No. 65 Squadron Seafire on final approach for landing on the aircraft carrier HMS Argus in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland.
Image from the Pat Ford personal collection.
Forward fuselage of Royal Navy Walrus K8558. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
Enlargement from 1988-176.31a
Image from the D Dunwoodie personal collection.
3/4 front view of Royal Navy Firefly '294', from either HMS Venerable or HMS Indefatigable, at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
Image from the Norman Alfred Thomas Clark personal album collection.
Royal Navy Gannet XL480, from B Flight of No. 849 Squadron, from HMS Victorious, running up the engine. Believed to be at RAF Station Tengah, Singapore.
See also 2019-175.28
Image from the Norman Alfred Thomas Clark personal collection.
Royal Navy Gannet XL480, from B Flight of No. 849 Squadron, from HMS Victorious, running up the engine. Believed to be at RAF Station Tengah, Singapore.
See also ALB191751005
Image from the Norman Alfred Thomas Clark personal collection.
Aerial oblique view of a Royal Navy aircraft carrier with Sea Hawks on the deck. Unknown location.
Image from the D Dunwoodie personal collection.
Royal Navy Firefly '294' (behind) and Seafire (obscured at left), with wings folded, on a barge at the wharf at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
The Seafire came from No. 804 Squadron on board HMS Theseus, while the Firefly came from either HMS Venerable or HMS Indefatigable.
Image from the D Dunwoodie personal collection.
Royal Navy Firefly '294' (nearest) and Seafire (furthest), with wings folded, on a barge at the wharf at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
The Seafire came from No. 804 Squadron on board HMS Theseus, while the Firefly came from either HMS Venerable or HMS Indefatigable.
Image from the D Dunwoodie personal collection.
Royal Navy Firefly '294' (behind) and Seafire (front), with wings folded, on a barge at the wharf at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
The Seafire came from No. 804 Squadron on board HMS Theseus, while the Firefly came from either HMS Venerable or HMS Indefatigable.
Image from the Kenneth Francis Bruce Petrie log book.
Line up of No. 756 Squadron Proctors with air- and ground crew standing in front. RNAS Worthy Down, England.