Interior view of the Engine Repair Section (ERS) at Wigram Aerodrome, with men working at machines and benches. Engine in front is believed to be a Rolls Royce V12 Falcon engine from a Bristol Fighter.
Other copies at WgG2437-78 and MUS970693 but this one is copied from the best original.
Image from the RW Russell personal collection.
Mechanic posing with a Cheetah X aircraft engine. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
Partial view of an Oxford in the background. Last two numbers of the serial number visible '58', could be NZ258, NZ1258 or NZ1358.
Flight mechanics working on the starboard engine of a Ventura at the Assembly Depot at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
See Contact Magazine, August 1943, pages 12-15.
Two airmen working on the starboard engine of No. 42 Squadron Devon NZ1802. RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Negative deteriorating but conserved by floating the emulsion onto a new support.
Two airmen working on the port engine of a No. 42 Squadron Devon. RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Negative deteriorating but conserved by floating the emulsion onto a new support.
Two servicemen working on the port engine of a No. 42 Squadron Devon at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
Negative deteriorating but conserved by floating the emulsion onto a new support.
Two men working on the port engine of a No. 42 Squadron Devon. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
NB. Deteriorating vinegar syndrome negative, conserved and put onto polyester base.
Ground crew work on the Allison V-12 engine in a Kittyhawk, during the visit of the New Zealand Governor General, Sir Cyril Newall, to a Servicing Unit maintenance area. Ondonga, New Georgia.