Air Force Band give a marching display at RNZAF Station Whenuapai, during Air Force Week. Line up of Venturas in the background, from right: NZ4580, NZ4506, NZ4507.

Air Force Band give a marching display at RNZAF Station Whenuapai, during Air Force Week.

Side view of Ventura NZ4560 at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. Photographed during Air Force Week. See The Weekly News issue 29 March 1944.

Image from the R Vickery personal collection. View of the Ventura servicing area at Bougainville, with NZ4608 and NZ4560 being worked on. Fire tender in foreground MT936.

Group. No. 4 Squadron crew(?) in front of a hut. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4144-45

Group. No. 4 Squadron crew in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4143-45

Group. No. 4 Squadron crew in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4142-45

Group. No. 4 Squadron crew in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4141-45

Group. No. 4 Squadron crew in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4140-45

Group. No. 4 Squadron crew in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4139-45

No. 4 Squadron Commanding Officer(?)(left) in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4138-45

Group. Two(?) No. 4 Squadron crews in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4137-45

Group. No. 4 Squadron crew in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4136-45

Group. Two(?) No. 4 Squadron crews in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4135-45

Group. No. 4 Squadron crew in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. L-R: Flight Sergeant IJ McKenzie, Warrant Officer H Newall, Flight Lieutenant JR Wenden, Flight Sergeant MA Biddle, Flight Sergeant BD Pearson. Originally numbered WhG4134-45

Group. No. 4 Squadron crew in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4133-45

Group. No. 4 Squadron crew in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4132-45

Group. No. 4 Squadron crew in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4131-45

Group. No. 4 Squadron in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4129-45

Group. No. 4 Squadron crew in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4128-45

Group. Two(?) No. 4 Squadron crews in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4125-45

Group. No. 4 Squadron crew in front of Ventura NZ4608. Los Negros. Originally numbered WhG4124-45.

Group. No. 4 Squadron personnel in front of Ventura NZ4574. Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Original negative series G316.

Image from the James Patrick Sinclair personal collection. No. 2 Squadron crew standing beside their Ventura NZ4631 after the last operation by the RNZAF in World War Two. Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. Handwritten on the original album page "Taken with a K20 aerial camera at 1155 hours on August 12th, 1945, after No. 2 Squadron's last attack on Rabaul. Thirteen aircraft of the Squadron participated in the raid, which was possibly one of the last air-strikes of World War Two. Each aircraft dropped eight 500 pound general purpose bombs. Just as we left the aircraft the squadron Intelligence Officer skidded to a halt in his Jeep, grabbed the camera and said "Hold it you guys - the Japs are talking surrender!" Hostilities ceased for us that day."

Image from the James Patrick Sinclair personal collection. Air to air view of a formation of No. 2 Squadron Venturas on "our last strike on Rabaul 12.8.45". Flying from Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. See also 2025-099.1