Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection.
Ground to air view of a US Navy Skymaster. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Original slide out of focus.
Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection.
Ground to air view of a US Navy Skymaster dropping parachutes. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection.
Ground to air view of a US Navy Skymaster dropping parachutes. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection.
Ground to air view of a US Navy Skymaster dropping parachutes. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection.
US Navy Deep Freeze aircraft at RNZAF Station Wigram.
L-R: Skymaster 56505 'Marilyn', Neptune 122465 'Boopsie', Dakota 12418 'Que Sera Sera', Dakota 17246 'Karoro'.
Image from the Ronald Joseph Cohen personal collection.
USAAF Skymaster being refueled at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Original RNZAF negative number OhOG2727-45
Image from the Norman Hubert Smith personal collection.
Lantern Slide of the type used in Station Cinemas or for training purposes.
Aircraft identification slide showing a Skymaster aircraft.
Image from the Murray Dayman personal collection.
RAF Skymaster landing at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Handwritten on the reverse "RAFTC Skymaster. Ohakea. June 1945."
RAF Transport Command used a small number of these aircraft in No. 232 Squadron and No. 246 Squadron.
Arrival of Rear Admiral DJ Dufek at Harewood airport.
The Wigram Station Commander, Group Captain TJ MacLean de Lange saluting the Rear Admiral as he alights from his aircraft.
Arrival of Rear Admiral DJ Dufek at Harewood airport.
The Parade Commander, Flight Lieutenant JLN Harris escorting the Rear Admiral, followed by the Wigram Station Commander, Group Captain TJ MacLean de Lange, to inspect the parade.
Arrival of Rear Admiral DJ Dufek at Harewood airport.
The Wigram Station Commander, Group Captain TJ MacLean de Lange greeting the Rear Admiral as he alights from his aircraft.
In June 1954 the USAF sent a goodwill mission to New Zealand, consisting of five aircraft; three B29s, a Globemaster and a Skymaster. On the tarmac at Ohakea the B29s dwarf the RNZAF Dakota in the background.
US Navy and US Marines R5D Skymasters and Bristol Freighters on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
Serial numbers visible, L-R: 50855, 56530, 50864.
