USAF Flying Fortress 44-8992 leaving RNZAF Station Ohakea for Nausori, Fiji.
The Ohakea Unit History lists the crew as: Captain Zerdecki, Captain Engel, First Lieutenant Beeke, Second Lieutenant Martizen, and the passengers as: Brigadier General Loper, Colonel Berry, Colonel Brown and Lieutenant Colonel Edwards.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
USAF Hercules flying low over the airfield, past two No. 75 Squadron Vampires parked on the tarmac. RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Part of the flying display during the RNZAF 21st Anniversary air show.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
Visiting USAF and RAF aircraft on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Part of the static display during the RNZAF 21st Anniversary air show.
From front: 2x F100 Super Sabres, RB66 Destroyer, and an RAF Valiant.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
USAF Boeing KC97 Stratotanker taking off past some No. 75 Squadron Vampires on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Ohakea. Part of the display during the RNZAF 21st Anniversary air show.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
Three visiting USAF aircraft on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Ohakea for the air show to celebrate the 21st Anniversary of the RNZAF.
In front is a Boeing KC97 Stratotanker 53-3126 and behind are two Globemasters.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
Line up of six USAF F105 Thunderchiefs on the tarmac, in front of a hangar, at RNZAF Station Ohakea. Part of the static display during the RNZAF Air Force Day air show.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
Informal group of USAF and RNZAF personnel in front of an F105 Thunderchief. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Ohakea for the RNZAF Air Force Day airshow.
The Thunderchief is from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, USAF. Note the Kiwi and Kangaroo 'zapping' on the fuselage. The pilot of this aircraft is Colonel Simler.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
Rear view of USAF F105 Thunderchief, 24247, at RNZAF Station Ohakea during the RNZAF Air Force Day air show.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
USAF F105 Thunderchief, 62-4224, taxiing past two No. 14 Squadron Camberras during the RNZAF Air Force Day Air Show at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
Ground to air view of four USAF Hercules from the 315th Air Division in formation during the air display for the RNZAF Air Force Day air show at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Image from the Bertram Marchant Hodge personal collection.
Large group of service-men and -women with USAF guests in the Sergeants Mess at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Handwritten on the reverse "US Airforce [sic] visit."
Image from the Bertram Marchant Hodge personal collection.
Large group of service-men and -women with USAF guests in the Sergeants Mess at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Handwritten on the reverse "1954. Ohakea Sergeant Mess US Air Force visit."
Image from the Allan Patrick McGrath personal collection.
3/4 rear view of USAF KB50 airborne refueling tanker at RNZAF Ohakea for the Air Display for the opening of Wellington Airport.
See OhG9339-59 for an RNZAF Official photo of this aircraft.
Handwritten under the original print "Solomons bombing raid 1943."Clearly this is incorrect.
Air Force Day open day at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Line up of F-105 Thunderchief aircraft from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing USAF on the tarmac.
L-R: 61-0212, 61-0171, 61-0215, 62-4269, 62-4224.
Air Force Day open day at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Ground to air view of a formation of three USAF F-105 Thunderchief aircraft, from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, flying in formation with a KB-50 aerial refueling tanker.
Air Force Day open day at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Ground to air view of a formation of three USAF F-105 Thunderchief aircraft, from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, flying over the airfield.
