The Duke of York meeting pilots at Wigram Aerodrome. L-R: Major TM Wilkes, unknown (Aide de Camp to the Duke), Captain JL Findlay, The Duke of York (later King George VI), K Hall, WF Parke, G Bolt, JW Lett, JR Moncrieff (shaking hands), C Craig, IE (Jack) Rawnsley.
See original negative WgF42.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
View of No. 1 Officers Mess at RNZAF Station Wigram. The woman standing in front is FB Flavall's wife.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
High view of the flower garden, shaped like a pilots badge, in front of No. 1 Officers Mess at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
Line up of Harvards and Devons on the tarmac in front of No.s 1, 2 and 3 hangars at RNZAF Base Wigram.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
Pilots graduation(?) parade at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Unsure which course this is - Flavall's course didn't have a Devon parked in the background.
Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection.
Pilots graduation(?) parade at RNZAF Station Wigram.
Unsure which course this is - Flavall's course didn't have a Harvard parked in the background.
Image from the Bertram Marchant Hodge personal collection.
3/4 rear view of Fairey Gordon NZ620 from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, after it "flew into the ground" north of Wigram while low level formation flying.
The occupants, Pilot Officer GR Brabyn (Instructor) and Leading Aircraftman JG Hannah (pupil) were both uninjured.
Image from the Bertram Marchant Hodge personal collection.
Fairey Gordon NZ606 from No. 1 Service Flying Training School, after overturning while landing at night at RNZAF Station Wigram.
The occupants, Flight Lieutenant JR Kilian (Instructor) and Leading Aircraftman JB Courtis (pupil) both survived.
