Image from the Alan Crighton personal collection. Air to air view of Union Airways Dh86 ZK-AEG 'Karoro' in flight over Auckland.

Image from the Norman Alfred Thomas Clark personal collection. 3/4 rear view of a Union Airways Dh86 with passengers standing around. Believed to be at Milson Aerodrome, Palmerston North.

Image from the Vivian Leonard Victor Crawshay personal collection. 3/4 front view of Union Airways DH86 Express ZK-AEF "Kotuku" at the civil area of RNZAF Station Wigram. Handwritten on the reverse "Union Airways DH. 86 Wigram 1938."

Image from the Vivian Leonard Victor Crawshay personal collection. 3/4 front view of Union Airways Electra ZK-AFD "Kuaka" at the civil area of RNZAF Station Wigram. Handwritten on the reverse "Union Airways Electra Wigram 1938."

Image from the Desmond Lloyd Percy Tugby personal album collection. Side view of Union Airways Lodestar ZK-AIQ 'Kotuku' taxiing at Rongotai airfield.

Image from the Desmond Lloyd Percy Tugby personal album collection. Side view of Union Airways Lodestar ZK-AIQ 'Kotuku' at Rongotai airfield.

Image from the Desmond Lloyd Percy Tugby personal album collection. Christmas postcard "Season's Greetings from Rongotai" showing an RAF Oxford, L9651, and Union Airways Electra ZK-AFE 'Kereru' superimposed over an aerial oblique view of RNZAF Station Rongotai. Handwritten on the album page "R.N.Z.A.F. Station, Rongotai."

Image from the Desmond Lloyd Percy Tugby personal album collection. Union Airways Electra ZK-AFE 'Kereru' taking off from unknown location. Handwritten on the album page "Union Airways Ltd. Lockheed "Electra"." and "Taking off."

Image from the Desmond Lloyd Percy Tugby personal album collection. 3/4 front view of Union Airways Electra ZK-AGJ 'Kahu' at unknown location. Handwritten on the album page "Union Airways Ltd. Lockheed "Electra"." and "Unkloading."

Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection. Union Airways passenger aircraft in a hangar at RNZAF Station Ohakea. Dh86 ZK-AEH (left) and Dh89 ZK-AE? (right). Handwritten on the album page "R.N.Z.A.F. Ohakea 1939. Union Airways DH86 & 89."

Image from the Allan Mason Forbes Alexander personal album. Union Airways pilot signing paperwork. Unknown location.

Image from the Allan Mason Forbes Alexander personal album. Informal group of Union Airways personnel. Palmerston North. L-R: Back; D Chatfield, Singer, H Boyes, Bob Bryan, Bill Golder. Front; Singer, Ben New, Russ Orr. Names and " 'The Party Crew' in Palmerston North" handwritten under the print in the album

Image from the Allan Mason Forbes Alexander personal album. Union Airways pilots AMF Alexander (left) and Ron Walton (right) at the steps of their Electra ZK-AGJ at Nelson airport. Handwritten in the image area "Ron Walton & self / First civil flight / 1945 / Wellington - Nelson." Alexander's log book has his first civil flight with a different first pilot and from Palmerston North o 27 March 1945. More research required.

Union Airways Electra ZK-AGK 'Kaka' taxiing, possibly at Harewood airport.

Side view of Union Airways Dh86 ZK-AEG in a hangar at RNZAF Station Wigram. Believed to be after arrival in New Zealand from England.

Side view of Union Airways Dh86 ZK-AEG at RNZAF Station Wigram.

Union Airways Dh86 ZK-AEG 'Karoro' at RNZAF Station Wigram with members of the public gathered around and cars parked in the foreground. Taken after "the first service out of Milson airport, Palmerston North". The route taken was Palmerston North, Blenheim, Christchurch.

Image from the Ronald Findlay personal collection. Union Airways Dh89 taking off. Believed to be from RNZAF Station Wigram.

Image from the Ronald Findlay personal collection. 3/4 front view of a Union Airways Dh89 being refueled. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Wigram.

Image from the Foster personal album. "Lockheed Electra Wigram Aerodrome Christchurch New Zealand 1939." 3/4 front view of Union Airways Lockheed Electra ZK-AFD 'Kuaka' at RNZAF Station Wigram. This aircraft is currently in the collection of the Museum of Transport and Technology (MoTaT), Auckland.

Image from the Foster personal album. "DH 86 Wigram". 3/4 front view of Union Airways DH86 Express ZK-AEF "Kotuku" at the civil aviation area at RNZAF Station Wigram.

Image from the RW Russell personal collection. "D.H.86". 3/4 front view of Union Airways DH86 ZK-AEH "Korimako" parked at the civil aviation area, RNZAF Station Wigram. This aircraft was impressed into the RNZAF (circa September 1939) as NZ554. Note: Original photograph is printed in reverse and is corrected here.

Arrival of Union Airways Electra 'KUAKA' in snow at RNZAF Station Wigram. NB. The Wigram Unit History says first Lockheed [Electra] arrived Wigram on 18/7/45).

"The Engineering Staff at Union Airways who converted the Dh86 Airliner." Group in front of a Dh 86, unknown location. L-R: Back; D MacGregor, W Hunter, F Hastings, K Plimmer, R Pearce, N Bartlett, C Jones, A Kimber, I King, A Cutler, R Edwards. Third Row; C Brownlie, W Bremner, T Gifford, R Symonds, J Atkinson, E Vowell, K LeCheminant, O Openshaw, I Jewett, H Hollis, T Walker, G Parkinson. P McGhee, M White (jr). Second Row; M White (snr), L Whinray, C Watson, O Gandy, J Campbell, L Mangham, D Smillie, A Fleming, G Forrest, J Howard, I Reading. Front; C Jones, L Shailer, SG Cosslett, AC Denholm, K Barker, R TaWharu, J McClymont, E McDonald, E Gill.