Image from the Arthur Phillip Stokes personal collection.
No. 5 Squadron Sunderland NZ4109 KN-C taking off. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
Image from the Arthur Phillip Stokes personal collection.
Side view of No. 2 Squadron, Territorial Air Force, Mustang NZ2422. Believed to be near Blenheim.
Image from the Arthur Phillip Stokes personal collection.
Personnel positioning Iroquois NZ3801 on the helipad in front of No. 1 Hangar at RNZAF Base Wigram.
Image from the Arthur Phillip Stokes personal collection.
No. 14 Squadron Canberra NZ6111 taxiing past two vampires at Invercargill Airport during the Royal New Zealand Aero Club Air Pageant .
Image from the Arthur Phillip Stokes personal collection.
Side view of No. 14 Squadron Vampire NZ5770, at momona Airport, Dunedin, during the farewell tour of Vampires.
Image from the Arthur Phillip Stokes personal collection.
Two boys pose for the camera in front of Aerovan NZ1751. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
Note the fertiliser hopper at right.
Image from the Arthur Phillip Stokes personal collection.
Aerial oblique view of RSAF Base Tengah.
Paper label on the reverse reads "Tengah Air Base, Singapore - Headquarters, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Singapore."
Image from the Lyn Stokes personal collection.
Informal group of aircraft finishers posing in front of a Harvard at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Captioned on reverse "Probably 1955 or early 56? [and a street address]".
Murray Stewart (standing 2nd from left) and Bill Fitzharding-Jones (far right).
Image from the Lyn Stokes personal collection.
Informal group of the team who worked on repairing Auster NZ1707 after it flipped upside down on Tasman Glacier in 1956. RNZAF Station.
Captioned on reverse "The team who worked on the plane | Rodger Waddington Les Luff | ? Monica Dunn | Lynn Duncan Rita Woodcock | Bill Fitzharding-Jones | Murray Stewart | 1957? (or 8?) [and a street address]".
Image from the Lyn Stokes personal collection.
3/4 front view of Auster NZ1707 outside a hangar, at RNZAF Station Wigram
Captioned on Post-it note (previously attached to reverse, now removed): "Auster | Repaired & painted E7C[?] after flipping upside down on Tasman Glacier 1956".
Image from the Lyn Stokes personal collection.
Interior view of the inside of the Aircraft Finishing Section in No. 6 Hangar at RNZAF Station Wigram
Captioned on reverse "Section 6 Hanger[sic] | sometime 1955-58 [and a street address]".
Captioned on Post-it note (previously attached to reverse, now removed): "Aircraft Finishing Section | Wigram - 1955-58".
Image from the Lyn Stokes personal collection.
Interior view of the Aircraft Finishing Section hangar with two Harvards inside at RNZAF Station Wigram.
NZ1018 in the background.
Image from the Lyn Stokes personal collection.
Murray Stewart working on a US Navy helicopter for Operation Deep Freeze in 1956. Believed to be at the Aircraft Finishing Section at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Captioned on reverse "Murray Stewart 1956 | Deep Freeze first helicopters being stripped & repaired after corosion[sic] on open decks on the boats to NZ. prior to going to the Pole. | [and a street address]".
Captioned on Post-it note (previously attached to reverse, now removed): "Deep Freeze 1956. | These Sikorsky helicopters were always deck cargo on the US Coastguard Icebreakers - hence the scraping & repairing".
Image from the Lyn Stokes personal collection.
3/4 front view of Beaver NZ6001 on the tarmac awaiting repairs at RNZAF Station Wigram in 1956.
Captioned on Post-it note (previously attached to reverse, now removed): "Beaver | Awaiting repair & repaint after a slight mishap | Wigram 1956".
Image from the Lyn Stokes personal collection.
Auster NZ1707 on the tarmac after being repaired at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Captioned on Post-it note (previously attached to reverse, now removed): "Auster being pushed out of hangar after repairs & repaint 1956 | Under R/H wing | Les Luff | At R/H tailplane | Roger Waddington".
Image from the Lyn Stokes personal collection.
Monica Dunn working on a Harvard at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Captioned on reverse "Monica Dunn. | in 6 Hanger.[sic] [and a street address]".
NB. this looks to be outside, not in a hangar.
Image from the Lyn Stokes personal collection.
Two Harvards inside the Aircraft Finishing Section hangar at RNZAF Station Wigram.
NZ1018 in the background.
Image from the Lyn Stokes personal collection.
Portrait of Murray Stewart, an aircraft finisher at RNZAF Station Wigram, at a social event in Christchurch.
Captioned on Post-it note (previously attached to reverse, now removed): "Murray Stewart (A/C Finisher)".
