QANTAS Constellation VH-EAD 'Charles Kingsford Smith' arriving at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
The Ohakea Unit History records "...captained by R.J. Ritchie, arrived from Mascot, Sydney, at 1450 hours with 43 passengers, and departed the same evening at 1826 hours with 25 passengers."
The following day it arrived and departed again, with the Unit History adding "This aircraft was chartered by the Tasman Empire Airways from QANTAS Airways to assist in the Christmas air travel."
QANTAS Constellation VH-EAD 'Charles Kingsford Smith' arriving at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
The Ohakea Unit History records "...captained by R.J. Ritchie, arrived from Mascot, Sydney, at 1450 hours with 43 passengers, and departed the same evening at 1826 hours with 25 passengers."
The following day it arrived and departed again, with the Unit History adding "This aircraft was chartered by the Tasman Empire Airways from QANTAS Airways to assist in the Christmas air travel."
Image from the Jesse Kinzett personal collection.
Enlargement from composite group, Flight 11D, No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Canada.
Portrait of Leading Aircraftman HWJ Smith.
Original print is creased, resulting in poor image quality.
Function for the opening of the Wartime Family Exhibition.
Winifred Smith with her wedding dress, made from parachute silk, now in the collection of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Leading Aircraftman William Milner Smith, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Edmund Arthur Stehr. Member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Gwyn Rusbatch, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Howard James Moncur Morgan, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Harvey George Prins, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observers School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Geoffrey Furness Maxfield, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of John Henry Meyer, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Jack Edwin Hyde, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Brian Purdy Higginson, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Douglas Jonathan Hibbs, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Leo Frederick Harris, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Russell Tonson Garlick, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Bernard Frederick Edge, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of James Wilson Cruickshank, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Rex Frederick Cottrell, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.
Image from the William Milner Smith personal collection.
Portrait of Robert William Clark-Hall, member of Course 48 at No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada.