• ALB971531195
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Eichbaum
    Hudson
    group
    Nausori
    Fiji
    No. 13 Bomber Maintenance Unit
    13BMU
  • ALB971531194
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection. Group. No. 4 Squadron personnel in front of a Hudson at RNZAF Station Nausori, Fiji. L-R: Back; unknown, unknown, Flight Sergeant Newcombe, Flying Officer McInnes, Flight Sergeant Dunne, Flying Officer Kinvig, Flying Officer Hobbs, unknown, unknown, Flying Officer Buchan, unknown, Flight Lieutenant Cruikshanks, unknown, unknown, unknown, Flight Sergeant Anderson, Flight Sergeant McVicar. Middle; Flying Officer Baxter, Flying Officer Fougere, Flight Lieutenant Hamilton, Flying Officer Dyer, Flying Officer Horne, Flying Officer Traill, Flight Lieutenant Paterson, Squadron Leader Tacon (Commanding Officer), Flight Lieutenant Brooke-Taylor, unknown, Flying Officer Herne, unknown, Flying Officer Paterson, unknown, Warrant Officer Morris, unknown, unknown. Front; [all unreadable apart from] Dolton, Chapman. [unknown place] Handwritten on the album page "Nausori. 1943. [and names]"
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Eichbaum
    Fiji
    Hudson
    Nausori
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    group
    No. 4 Squadron
    4 Sqn
  • 2006-523.62
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    Harewood
    oblique
  • 2006-523.61
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    Wigram
    oblique
  • 2006-523.60
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    Rudd
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Wigram
    No. 1 Service Flying training School
    1SFTS
    Oxford
    N4654
    NZ1221
  • 2006-523.59
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    Rudd
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    RAF
    Halifax
    Wigram
    RG815
    Empire Radio School
    ERS
    nose art
  • 2006-523.58
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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)
    Rudd
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Dragon
    oblique
    NZ551
    Christchurch
  • 2006-523.57
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    Wigram
    hangar
  • 2006-523.56
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    Wigram
    hangar
  • 2006-523.55
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    Rudd
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Christchurch
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    Queen Mary
    MT1112
  • 2006-523.54
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    MT
    Mechanical Transport
    Christchurch
    Rudd
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Queen Mary
  • 2006-523.53
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    Wigram
    No. 1 Service Flying training School
    1SFTS
    Oxford
    N4654
    NZ1221
  • 2006-523.52
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    Dragon
    oblique
    NZ551
  • 2006-523.51
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Gordon
    Wigram
  • 2006-523.50
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    Rudd
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Oxford
    NZ1201
    accident
    damage
  • 2006-523.49
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    Wigram
    formation
    Control Tower
  • 2006-523.48
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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).
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Oxford
    Gordon
    Wigram
    NZ259
    N4649
    NZ1217
  • 2006-523.47
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    Rudd
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Hobsonville
    Empire Class
    TEAL
    ZK-AMC
    Tasman Empire Airways Limited
  • 2006-523.46
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    Hobsonville
    Empire Class
    TEAL
    ZK-AMC
    Tasman Empire Airways Limited
  • 2006-523.45
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    Gordon
    K4009
    Birdlings Flat
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
  • 2006-523.44
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Rudd
    WW2
    World War Two
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Gordon
    Birdlings Flat
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    damage
  • 2006-523.43
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    Birdlings Flat
    Gordon
    NZ605
    damage
    medical
    ambulance
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
  • 2006-523.42
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Birdlings Flat
    Gordon
    NZ605
    damage
  • 2006-523.41
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    Wigram
    Hind
    Gordon
    Vildebeest
  • 2006-523.40
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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"
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Rudd
    Wigram
    Hind
    NZ1537