Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection.
Group. No. 13 Bomber Maintenance Unit (later No. 13 Servicing Unit) in front of a Hudson at RNZAF Station Nausori, Fiji.
Handwritten on the album page "Nausori. 1943" "No.13 B.M.U."
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Aerial oblique view of RNZAF Station Harewood with two hangars under construction.
Handwritten on the reverse "Harewood March 1940"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Aerial oblique view of RNZAF Station Wigram.
Six of seven hangars built.
Handwritten on the back "Wigram, March 1940"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
No. 1 Service Flying Training School Oxford N4654 (later NZ1221) on the tarmac outside a hangar at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the back "Oxford NZ4654, taken from A.R.S. hangar with the bomb stores in the background, Wigram Aug 1940"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
3/4 front view of Halifax RG815 'Mercury', from the Empire Radio School, at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the reverse "Halifax bomber 'Mercury', Wigram 29 Oct 1946"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Aerial oblique view of Christchurch, taken from DH84 Dragon NZ551.
Handwritten on the reverse "Christchurch from DH84 on the first flight after her crash, Wigram October 1940" (see 2006-523.1)
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
View of No.s 5 & 6 Hangars (now No.s 6 & 7 Hangars) at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the back "The finished temporary hangar, Wigram, October 1940."
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
No. 3 & 4 Hangars (now No. 2 & 3 Hangars) viewed from the water tower, RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the reverse "Wigram. The new hangars taken from the water tower, May 1940"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Group of personnel, including some women, sitting on a Queen Mary transporter trailer, believed to be Tuam Street in Christchurch.
Trailer towed by truck MT1112(?).
Handwritten on the back "PRS on the Queen Mary, Nov 1943"
Names identified on 2006-523.54.
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Group of personnel, including some women, sitting on a Queen Mary transporter trailer, believed to be in Tuam Street in Christchurch.
Handwritten on the reverse "F. Briggs, Schade, B. O'Rourke, R. Barson, Young, Margaret McPherson, Smythe, Elanor Wilson, M. Ashcroft, G. Chaney, Bob Low, Madge O'Leary, M. Kelvin(?), J. Milligan, Shelton, D. Leigh, Newton, Parker, Pierson. Plane repair section, Tuam Street, Chch, Nov 1943"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
3/4 front view of Oxford N4654 (later NZ1221) from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, on the tarmac outside a hangar at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the reverse "Oxford 4654, taken from A.R.S. Hangar with the bomb stores in the background, Wigram, Aug 1940"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Aerial oblique view of the Canterbury Plains, viewed from the starboard side of Dh84 NZ551.
Handwritten on the back "A view of the Canterbury Plains from the DH84, Wigram Oct 1940"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
No. 1 Service Flying Training School Gordon, after a taxiing accident near some Oxfords, at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the reverse "A mishap to a Gordon on the tarmac, Jack Drewey on charge, Wigram Aug 1940"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Rear fuselage section of Oxford NZ1201, from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, in a hangar at RNZAF Station Wigram after Gordon NZ616 taxied into it.
Handwritten on the reverse "One half of Oxford 1201 after a Gordon had run into it, Wigram, 6 Aug 1940"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Nine Oxfords, in three flights of three, in formation over the Instructional building (now the Control Tower) at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the reverse "A squadron of Oxfords over the Instructional Block, Wigram, June 1940"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Line up of Gordons (far end) and Oxfords (near end) from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, on the flight line at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the reverse "The line up of A.T.S. plane[s] for Lord Galway visit, 1st Nov 1940, Wigram "
NZ259 nearest camera and N4649 (later NZ1217)(second).
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Tasman Empire Airways Limited Empire Class Flying Boat ZK-AMC on the water just off the slipway at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
Handwritten on the reverse "Taken by (Pam) Palmer at Hobsonville, July 1940."
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Tasman Empire Airways Limited Empire Class Flying Boat ZK-AMC at the bottom of the slipway at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
Handwritten on the back "Taken by (Pam) Palmer at Hobsonville, July 1940"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Ground to air view of Gordon K4009 from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, flying low over Birdlings Flat aerodrome.
Handwritten on the reverse "A Gordon at the targets, Lake Ellesmere, Wigram Nov 1939."
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Wings from Gordon NZ605 from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, and equipment on the back of a truck for transport to RNZAF Station Wigram.
Lake Ellesmere landing ground (Birdlings Flat), Kaitorete Spit.
This is believed to be Fairey Gordon NZ605 which had a ground collision on 22/1/41.
Handwritten on the reverse "A mishap at Lake Ellesmere. Main planes ready for transport to Wigram, Jan 1941"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Front view of Gordon fuselage with wings removed, beside a small hut at Lake Ellesmere landing ground (Birdlings Flat), Kaitorete Spit, waiting to be taken back to RNZAF Station Wigram.
This is believed to be Gordon NZ605, from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, which had a ground collision on 22/1/41.
Handwritten on the reverse "Mishap at Lake Ellesmere. The fuselage ready for towing to Wigram, Jan 1941"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Gordon NZ605, from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, being towed by a truck, parked near a car on the side of the road from Lake Ellesmere to Wigram.
Handwritten on the back "On the road from Lake Ellesmere to Wigram, Jan 1941"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
Aircraft on the airfield at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the reverse "Vilderbeest [sic] with Percesus [Perseus] motor and 3 blade airscrew, Hawker Hind, Fairy Gordon, Wigram April 1941"
Image from the Colin William Rudd personal collection.
3/4 rear view of Hind NZ1537 on the airfield at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the back "Hawker Hind, Wigram March 1941"