Image from the Arnold Ewart William McDonald personal collection.
Informal portrait of JAW Ritchie, Canterbury Aviation Company graduate No. 69. Sockburn Aerodrome.
Handwritten on the reverse "Jim Ritchie."
Group Captain BJ O'Connor AFC presenting Flight Lieutenant Ritchie (?) with an Orion model before Flight Lieutenant Ritchie left for Canada to compete in the Fincastle Trophy competition. Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland.
Group Captain BJ O'Connor AFC presenting Flight Lieutenant Ritchie (?) with an Orion model before Flight Lieutenant Ritchie left for Canada to compete in the Fincastle Trophy competition. Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland.
Image from the James Campbell Ritchie personal collection.
Group of servicemen and civilians. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Levin.
JC Ritchie, 3rd from right, front row.
Could this be an Officer's training course?
Image from the James Campbell Ritchie personal collection.
Group of Unites States and RNZAF Officers. Unknown Pacific location.
JC Ritchie, centre front.
Flight Lieutenant Greig front right(?).
Image from the James Campbell Ritchie personal collection.
Group. RNZAF Station Wigram first grade rugby team. RNZAF Station Wigram.
L-R: Back; NA Svenson, FMB George, APH Lee, BI Clifford-Jones, WS Rea.
3rd Row; CA Caldicott, CN Whittington, DK Scriven, RW Gair, HL Homer, TS Cradock.
2nd Row; DJ Cunningham, JC Ritchie, Wing Commander GS Hodson AFC (Station Commanding Officer), FL Pearson (Captain), Mr. DJ Mackay (Coach), DA Rankin (Vice Captain), S Toon.
Front; CE Blee, J Hardy, HF Evans, CP Perrett.
Image from the Maggie Calvert personal collection.
Portrait of Flying Officer DA Ritchie, absent from "Advanced Training Squadron, Staff Pilots and Administration staff", RNZAF Station Wigram.
Crew of No. 41 Squadron Bristol Freighter NZ5910 pose for the camera while their aircraft is refueled. This was the last aircraft to take off from Gan Island, Maldives, before it officially became an RAF staging post.
L-R: unknown Maldive workman, Flying Officer IS Ritchie (Timaru) Second Pilot, Sergeant Signaller R Loader (Auckland), Flight Lieutenant GA Parkinson (Auckland) Navigator and Squadron Leader OD Staple (Rotorua) Officer Commanding No. 41 Squadron.