• PR1018-13-73
    RNZAF
    Crew members on board HMNZS Canterbury helping to transfer supplies from HMNZS Otago during a protest flotilla against French atmospheric nuclear testing at Mururoa Atoll.
    HMNZS Canterbury
    Mururoa
    Navy
    RNZAF
    RNZN
    HMNZS Otago
    Wasp
  • MUS080131
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3901, hovering near the back of the Frigate HMNZS Canterbury.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Navy
    Wasp
    NZ3901
    HMNZS Canterbury
  • Ak4423-92
    RNZAF
    View of the wreckage of No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3904 at Taupo airfield after a tarpaulin became tangled in the main rotor. Both Navy pilots escaped uninjured.
    RNZAF
    Navy
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Taupo
    accident
    damage
    Wasp
    NZ3904
  • MUS090174
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Deck crew tying down No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3930 on the flight deck of the Frigate HMNZS Waikato.
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 3 Squadron
    Wasp
    3 Sqn
    NZ3930
    Navy
    HMNZS Waikato
  • 2015-255.2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Informal group of No. 3 Squadron deck crew with Wasp NZ3905, on the flight deck of HMNZS Southland.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Wasp
    HMNZS Southland
    RNZN
    Navy
    NZ3905
    nose art
  • 2015-255.1
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3902 hovering above the conning tower of the US Navy nuclear submarine USS Queenfish. Appear to be picking up or dropping off a person/people. Believed to be in the Waitemata Harbour. Handwritten on the reverse "U.S.S. Queen Fish [sic] | Auck | March '84"and "Lt/Cdr D Washer pilot". Research suggests that the date on the reverse is actually 1983, not 1984.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Wasp
    NZ3902
    submarine
    USS Queenfish
    USN
    Navy
  • MUS1400517
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Side view of Harvard NZ1013 on the ground at Dairy Flat. No. 3 Squadron Wasp in the background.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Harvard
    RNZAF
    NZ1013
    Dairy Flat
    Wasp
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
  • 2017-185.76
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Ronald Findlay personal collection. Group. Organising Committee of the No. 3 General Reconnaissance Squadron reunion standing beside a Wasp in the No. 3 Squadron hangar at Hobsonville, RNZAF Base Auckland. L-R: John McDowell, Ted Garrick, Ron Findlay, Arthur Hoffman, Geoff Roberts, Alf Lawry, Norm Howard, John Wright. Original RNZAF negative number WhG1701-36-86.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Findlay
    RNZAF
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Wasp
    Hobsonville
  • WhG316-83
    RNZAF
    Welder working on the exhaust of a No. 3 Squadron Wasp, inside a hangar at Hobsonville, RNZAF Base Auckland.
    RNZAF
    Hobsonville
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Wasp
  • WhG482-74
    RNZAF
    Air to air view of a formation of No. 3 Squadron helicopters in flight over rural Auckland. From top: Sioux, Wasp, Iroquois.
    RNZAF
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    air to air
    formation
    Sioux
    Wasp
    Iroquois
  • Ak4424-92
    RNZAF
    View of the wreckage of No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3904 at Taupo airfield, after a nearby tarpaulin was taken into the main rotor.
    RNZAF
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Wasp
    NZ3904
    accident
    damage
    Taupo
  • Ak3996-94
    RNZAF
    Side view of rebuilt No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3909. Hobsonville, RNZAF Base Auckland.
    RNZAF
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Wasp
    NZ3909
    Hobsonville
  • WhG62-85
    RNZAF
    No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3902 after a heavy landing. Believed to be at Hobsonville, RNZAF Base Auckland.
    RNZAF
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Hobsonville
    Wasp
    NZ3902
    accident
  • MUS96003
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Air to air view of No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3901 in flight over the RNZN Frigate HMNZS Waikato F55.
    NZ3901
    Wasp
    air to air
    HMNZS Waikato
    frigate
    ship
    Navy
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
  • Ak1341-93
    RNZAF
    No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3901 with floatation devices inflated after ditching in Colville Channel, Hauraki Gulf.
    RNZAF
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Wasp
    NZ3901
    accident
  • Ak1344-93
    RNZAF
    No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3901 with floatation devices inflated after ditching in Colville Channel, Hauraki Gulf.
    RNZAF
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Wasp
    NZ3901
    accident
  • PD68-17a-97
    RNZAF
    Operation Belisi. Pilot standing beside Wasp NZ3907, from HMNZS Canterbury. Bougainville.
    RNZAF
    RNZN
    Navy
    Operation Belisi
    Wasp
    NZ3907
    Bougainville
    HMNZS Canterbury
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
  • PD68-18a-97
    RNZAF
    Operation Belisi. Wasp NZ3907, from HMNZS Canterbury. Bougainville.
    RNZAF
    RNZN
    Navy
    Operation Belisi
    Wasp
    NZ3907
    Bougainville
    HMNZS Canterbury
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
  • PD68-19a-97
    RNZAF
    Operation Belisi. Wasp NZ3907, from HMNZS Canterbury. Bougainville.
    RNZAF
    RNZN
    Navy
    Operation Belisi
    Wasp
    NZ3907
    Bougainville
    HMNZS Canterbury
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
  • PD68-20a-97
    RNZAF
    Operation Belisi. Wasp NZ3907, from HMNZS Canterbury, taking off. Bougainville.
    RNZAF
    RNZN
    Navy
    Operation Belisi
    Wasp
    NZ3907
    Bougainville
    HMNZS Canterbury
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
  • PD68-21a-97
    RNZAF
    Operation Belisi. Wasp NZ3907, from HMNZS Canterbury, taking off. Bougainville.
    RNZAF
    RNZN
    Navy
    Operation Belisi
    Wasp
    NZ3907
    Bougainville
    HMNZS Canterbury
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
  • WhG444-84
    RNZAF
    Front view of No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3907 after a heavy landing. Believed to be at Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland.
    RNZAF
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Wasp
    NZ3907
    accident
    damage
    Whenuapai
  • WhG445-84
    RNZAF
    Front view of No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3907 after a heavy landing. Believed to be at Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland.
    RNZAF
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Wasp
    NZ3907
    accident
    damage
    Whenuapai
  • WhG1509-82
    RNZAF
    RNZAF aircraft displayed on the tarmac for the Chief of Defence Staff, at Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland. 3/4 front view of No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3902 from HMNZS Waikato.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Wasp
    NZ3902
    HMNZS Waikato
  • WhG1523-82
    RNZAF
    RNZAF aircraft displayed on the tarmac for the Chief of Defence Staff, at Whenuapai, RNZAF Base Auckland. 3/4 front view of No. 3 Squadron Wasp NZ3902 from HMNZS Waikato.
    Whenuapai
    RNZAF
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Wasp
    NZ3902
    HMNZS Waikato