Image from the James Alan Capon personal collection.
Group. course MC2, Electrical and Wireless School, RNZAF Station Wigram.
L-R: Back; GV Oed, RA Hoy, JA Capon, ALG Pitcher.
Middle; A Plews, WH Thompson, EK Robertshaw, GA Lovell, RG Woolford, VLP Simmons.
Front; HL Stevens, DJ Hall, Flight Sergeant E MacLachlan (Instructor), LF Hellyer, DAF Kennedy.
Signatures on the reverse and "MCII E&W School. Jan 1945."
Image from the James Alan Capon personal collection.
Group. course MC2, Electrical and Wireless School, RNZAF Station Wigram.
L-R: Back; GV Oed, RA Hoy, JA Capon, ALG Pitcher.
Middle; A Plews, WH Thompson, EK Robertshaw, GA Lovell, RG Woolford, VLP Simmons.
Front; HL Stevens, DJ Hall, Flight Sergeant E MacLachlan (Instructor), LF Hellyer, DAF Kennedy.
Names handwritten on the reverse and "MCII E&W School. Jan 1945."
Image from the James Alan Capon personal collection.
Informal group of members of Radio Mechanics course R48 at the Electrical and Wireless School, RNZAF Station Wigram.
Handwritten on the reverse "R48. E and W School. Wigram. May 1944. Hutchison, Capon, Hoy, Lenz, Lovell, Kelliher, Kennedy, Forrester, Telfer, Cade, Simmons, Williams, Carter, Taylor, Hellyer."
See also 2024-135.21 for a similar group which includes initials.
Image from the James Alan Capon personal collection.
Informal group of members of Radio Mechanics course R48 at the Electrical and Wireless School, RNZAF Station Wigram.
Names handwritten on the reverse "SR Lenz, DJ Hutchison, JA Capon, RA Hoy, GA Lovell, D Kelliher, OAF Kennedy, AR Telfer, BN Taylor, AJ Williams, DG Carter, FM Cade, JN Forrester, LF Hellyer, ULP Simmons."
See also 2024-135.20 for a similar group.
Image from the James Alan Capon personal collection.
Group. Radio Mechanics course R48 at the Electrical and Wireless School, RNZAF Station Wigram.
L-R: Back; DJ Hall (New Plymouth), RG Woolford (Whangarei), AJ Williams (Oamaru), AJ Burton (Nelson), JN Forrester (Auckland).
Third row; RA Hoy (Wellington), DJ Hutcheson (Nelson), OAF Kennedy (Dunedin), Robt. Butterfield (Dunedin & Timaru), SA Lenz (Dunedin).
Second Row; FM Cade (Kaitaia), ULP Simmons (Wellington), BN Taylor (Dunedin), ASG Plews (Palmerston North), GA Lovell (Auckland), J Johnson (Auckland), DG Carter (Auckland), D Kelliher (Palmerston North), EK Robertshaw (Woodend, N. Canty).
Front; PL Gibson (Auckland), HL Stevens (Napier), GL Suttie (Instructor), LF Kellyer (Clive, Hawkes Bay), AR Telfer (Invercargill), JA Capon (Ashburton).
Names handwritten on the reverse and "R48 E and W School. Wigram 1.4.44 to 18.11.44."
Copy of a double-page spread from 'The Weekly Press and New Zealand Referee' newspaper showing activities of the New Zealand Permanent Air Force at Wigram Aerodrome.
Better version of bottom left (#9) can be found at MUS0702121 and bottom 2nd from right (#11) at MUS0702122.
Vertical aerial view of part of RNZAF Station Wigram.
Hangar in full view at bottom left is No. 6 Hangar (later re-named No. 7 Hangar) and Springs Rd at top.