Wreckage of No. 14 Squadron Vampire NZ5725 in the tidal mud flats near Mangere airfield, after it collided with Vampire NZ5729 during a formation exercise.
Both aircraft were destroyed but both pilots baled out and survived.
NZ5725 was flown by Flight Lieutenant RCC Nairn. NZ5729 was flown by Flight Sergeant GE Thompson.
Wreckage of No. 14 Squadron Vampire NZ5725 in the tidal mud flats near Mangere airfield, after it collided with Vampire NZ5729 during a formation exercise.
Both aircraft were destroyed but both pilots baled out and survived.
NZ5725 was flown by Flight Lieutenant RCC Nairn. NZ5729 was flown by Flight Sergeant GE Thompson.
Wreckage of No. 14 Squadron Vampire NZ5725 in the tidal mud flats near Mangere airfield, after it collided with Vampire NZ5729 during a formation exercise.
Both aircraft were destroyed but both pilots baled out and survived.
NZ5725 was flown by Flight Lieutenant RCC Nairn. NZ5729 was flown by Flight Sergeant GE Thompson.
Wreckage of No. 14 Squadron Vampire NZ5725 in the tidal mud flats near Mangere airfield, after it collided with Vampire NZ5729 during a formation exercise.
Both aircraft were destroyed but both pilots baled out and survived.
NZ5725 was flown by Flight Lieutenant RCC Nairn. NZ5729 was flown by Flight Sergeant GE Thompson.
Wreckage of No. 14 Squadron Vampire NZ5729 on farmland near Mangere airfield, after it collided with another Vampire during a formation exercise.
Both aircraft were destroyed but both pilots baled out and survived.
NZ5725 was flown by Flight Lieutenant RCC Nairn. NZ5729 was flown by Flight Sergeant GE Thompson.
Engine wreckage of No. 14 Squadron Vampire NZ5729 on farmland near Mangere airfield, after it collided with another Vampire during a formation exercise.
Both aircraft were destroyed but both pilots baled out and survived.
NZ5725 was flown by Flight Lieutenant RCC Nairn. NZ5729 was flown by Flight Sergeant GE Thompson.
Wreckage of No. 14 Squadron Vampire NZ5729 on farmland near Mangere airfield, after it collided with another Vampire during a formation exercise.
Both aircraft were destroyed but both pilots baled out and survived.
NZ5725 was flown by Flight Lieutenant RCC Nairn. NZ5729 was flown by Flight Sergeant GE Thompson.
Engine wreckage of No. 14 Squadron Vampire NZ5729 on farmland near Mangere airfield, after it collided with another Vampire during a formation exercise.
Both aircraft were destroyed but both pilots baled out and survived.
NZ5725 was flown by Flight Lieutenant RCC Nairn. NZ5729 was flown by Flight Sergeant GE Thompson.
Exercise Reflex 2 at Rangitaiki airfield and RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Lieutenant B Cudby, Ground Liaison Officer (left), and Flight Lieutenant G Thompson, Air Intelligence Officer, looking at a map at Rangitaiki airfield.
Exercise Wise Owl 19 at Nelson airport.
Group Captain IM Gillard OBE AFC (?) ducking under a laundry line between tents during an inspection of the camp.
Squadron Leader G Thompson MBE (?) behind.
Image from the William James Thompson personal collection.
Two servicemen standing on the top of a tall building looking over the ruined city of Hiroshima, Japan.
Image from the William James Thompson personal collection.
Souvenir print showing the main street in Hiroshima, Japan, before and after the atomic bomb.
Image from the William James Thompson personal collection.
Souvenir print showing Aioi Bridge in the centre of Hiroshima, Japan, before and after the atomic bomb.
Image from the William James Thompson personal collection.
Unknown serviceman standing in front of the Genbaku Dome in Hiroshima, Japan.
Handwritten on the reverse "Hiroshima."
Image from the Gwen Hamilton Bray personal collection.
Serviceman digging snow outside his hut at RNZAF Station Weedons.
Handwritten on the album page "Weedons 14th July 1945."
Handwritten under the print "Doug Thompson digging his way out of hut."
Flight Lieutenant Leonard James Thompson being awarded the Air Efficiency Award by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal MF Calder CB CBE. RNZAF Station Wigram.
Flight Lieutenant Leonard James Thompson being awarded the Air Efficiency Award by the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal MF Calder CB CBE. RNZAF Station Wigram.
Image from the Keith Logan Caldwell personal album collection.
No. 60 Squadron pilot sitting on a seated cow. Unknown location.
Handwritten beside the print in album "Thompson "60". Killed in collision".
