• 2023-048
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the John Edward Keating McConnell personal collection. Group. Believed to be Warrant Officer's and Sergeant's Mess members at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. Firemaster, Warrant Officer JEK McConnell MBE, 5th from left, second row from front.
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Whenuapai
    group
    WAAF
    Women
    fire
    McConnell
  • DM287-52
    RNZAF
    Flight Sergeant LC Fieldsend, of Auckland, instructing FJ Krippner, of Te Awamutu, in the use of communications equipment. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    training
    Fieldsend
    Krippner
  • DM269-52
    RNZAF
    Ohakea versus Whenuapai Soccer game at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    Ohakea
    sport
    Soccer
    Football
  • DM261-52
    RNZAF
    Hockey game between the WAAF women and Airmen at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    sport
    hockey
    Women
    WAAF
  • DM262-52
    RNZAF
    Hockey game between the WAAF women and Airmen at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    sport
    hockey
    Women
    WAAF
  • DM259-52
    RNZAF
    Engine Mechanics working on a Hastings engine. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    Hastings
  • DM260-52
    RNZAF
    Engine Mechanics working on a Hastings engine. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    Hastings
  • DM257-52
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron (?), Territorial Air Force, Mustang NZ2411, taxies out to the runway to prepare for flight tests. RNZAF Station Whenuapai. Aircraft still retains its USAAF serial number (4)5-11501.
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Territorial Air Force
    TAF
    Mustang
    NZ2411
    45-11501
    Whenuapai
  • DM255-52
    RNZAF
    Aircraftman First Class JE Bonney, of Mataura, checking radio equipment. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    Bonney
  • DM254-52
    RNZAF
    Passing-out Parade at the School of Administration. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    Whenuapai
    RNZAF
    parade
  • DM251-52
    RNZAF
    No. 41 Squadron Hastings and Dakota NZ3551 on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    No. 41 Squadron
    41 Sqn
    Hastings
    Dakota
    NZ3551
  • DM253-52
    RNZAF
    Passing-out Parade at the School of Administration. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    parade
  • DM249-52
    RNZAF
    Fire Crew carrying out hose-drill training. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    fire
    training
  • DM247-52
    RNZAF
    Typing class at the School of Administration. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    training
    WAAF
    Women
  • DM245-52
    RNZAF
    Fire crew under training, attending a lecture at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    training
    fire
  • DM246-52
    RNZAF
    Clerk Personal Assistants, under training at the School of Administration. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    training
  • DM244-52
    RNZAF
    Hose-drill training for Fire Crew at RNZAF Station Whuenapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    training
    fire
  • DM243-52
    RNZAF
    Corporal W Pengelly, of Te Kuiti, examines a parachute at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    WAAF
    Women
    Pengelly
    parachute
  • 1989-133.20kf
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Aerial oblique view of Barracks and the Officer's Mess at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. Handwritten on the reverse "Domestic accom." Original RNZAF aerial negative number WhY240.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    oblique
    Whenuapai
  • WhG13661-58
    RNZAF
    Wheeling away No. 14 Squadron Vampire NZ5767, flown by Flying Officer Rhodes, after a nose wheel failure on landing at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    accident
    damage
    NZ5767
    Vampire
    14 Sqn
    No. 14 Squadron
    Whenuapai
    RNZAF
    Rhodes
  • WhG13662-58
    RNZAF
    Examining No. 14 Squadron Vampire NZ5767, flown by Flying Officer Rhodes, after a nose wheel failure on landing at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Vampire
    NZ5767
    damage
    accident
    Rhodes
  • PR857-57
    RNZAF
    No. 40 Squadron Hastings publicity. Flight Engineer at his station. Believed to be in Hastings NZ5802. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    No. 40 Squadron
    40 Sqn
    Hastings
    NZ5802
  • PR856-57
    RNZAF
    No. 40 Squadron Hastings publicity. Pilot in the cockpit. Believed to be in Hastings NZ5802. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    NZ5802
    Hastings
    40 Sqn
    No. 40 Squadron
    Whenuapai
    RNZAF
    cockpit
  • PR855-57
    RNZAF
    No. 40 Squadron Hastings publicity. Pilot in the cockpit. Believed to be in Hastings NZ5802. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    No. 40 Squadron
    40 Sqn
    Hastings
    NZ5802
    cockpit
  • PR854-57
    RNZAF
    No. 40 Squadron Hastings publicity. Flight Engineer at his station. Believed to be in Hastings NZ5802. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
    RNZAF
    Whenuapai
    No. 40 Squadron
    40 Sqn
    Hastings
    NZ5802