• OhG438z-46
    RNZAF
    Original grave marker for Leading Aircraftman Reuben Henry Kaspar, NZ401191, New Zealand cemetery at Bourail, New Caledonia. Equipment Assistant with No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, died on injuries 25 June 1943.
    RNZAF
    New Caledonia
    Bourail
    grave
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
    Kaspar
  • 2023-127.16
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Robert James Prentice personal collection. Informal group of No. 4 Fighter Maintenance Unit with their 'score board'. Unknown location.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Prentice
    Guadalcanal
    No. 4 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    4FMU
  • 2023-127.17
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Robert James Prentice personal collection. Informal group of No. 4 Fighter Maintenance Unit with their 'score board'. Unknown location.
    Prentice
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Guadalcanal
    No. 4 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    4FMU
  • PR1478
    RNZAF
    RNZAF armourers at work preparing ammunition belts. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit at Espiritu Santo.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Hebrides
    Vanuatu
    Espiritu Santo
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
  • PR1473
    RNZAF
    Ground crew hoisting an engine into an RNZAF Kittyhawk. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, Espiritu Santo.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Hebrides
    Vanuatu
    Espiritu Santo
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
    Kittyhawk
  • PR1456
    RNZAF
    A member of the ground crew hammers dents from a Kittyhawk engine cowling. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, Espiritu Santo.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Hebrides
    Espiritu Santo
    Vanuatu
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
    Kittyhawk
  • PR1457
    RNZAF
    Ground crew perform maintenance on an RNZAF Kittyhawk. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, Espiritu Santo.
    Vanuatu
    Espiritu Santo
    New Hebrides
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
    Kittyhawk
  • PR1455
    RNZAF
    General view of a RNZAF airstrip. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, Espiritu Santo. Jeep MT1045 at left.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Hebrides
    Espiritu Santo
    Vanuatu
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
    Jeep
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    MT1045
  • PR1454
    RNZAF
    Ground crew hoisting an engine into a Kittyhawk. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, Espiritu Santo.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Hebrides
    Espiritu Santo
    Vanuatu
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
    Kittyhawk
  • PR1453
    RNZAF
    Ground crew check the engine in a Kittyhawk. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, Espiritu Santo.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Hebrides
    Espiritu Santo
    Vanuatu
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
    Kittyhawk
  • PR1451
    RNZAF
    Ground crew prepare to check the engine in a Kittyhawk. Presumed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, Espiritu Santo.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Hebrides
    Espiritu Santo
    Vanuatu
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
    Kittyhawk
  • PR1447
    RNZAF
    RNZAF ground crew work on the wing of a Kittyhawk. Presumed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, Espiritu Santo.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Hebrides
    Espiritu Santo
    Vanuatu
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
    Kittyhawk
  • PR1439
    RNZAF
    RNZAF airman using an oxy-acetylene welding outfit. Presumed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit or Base Depot Workshops. Espiritu Santo. See Contact Magazine, May 1944, page 21.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Vanuatu
    Espiritu Santo
    New Hebrides
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
    Base Depot Workshops
  • PR1437
    RNZAF
    Ground crew replacing the engine on an RNZAF Kittyhawk. Believed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit at Espiritu Santo. See Contact Magazine, May 1944, page 22.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Vanuatu
    Espiritu Santo
    New Hebrides
    Kittyhawk
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
  • PR1436
    RNZAF
    Ground crew servicing an RNZAF Kittyhawk. Presumed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit at Espiritu Santo. See Contact Magazine, May 1944, page 8.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Vanuatu
    Espiritu Santo
    New Hebrides
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
    Kittyhawk
  • PR1435
    RNZAF
    Group of RNZAF ground crew watch the sky for returning aircraft. Presumed to be No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit at Espiritu Santo. See Contact Magazine, May 1944, page 20.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Vanuatu
    Espiritu Santo
    New Hebrides
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
  • PR1424
    RNZAF
    Kittyhawks being serviced at No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit aircraft repair depot. Espiritu Santo. Jeep MT1047 in the left foreground. Nearest aircraft is a USAAF machine.
    Army
    USAAF
    Kittyhawk
    2FMU
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Vanuatu
    Espiritu Santo
    New Hebrides
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    MT1047
    Jeep
  • PR1404
    RNZAF
    RNZAF Kittyhawks on the airfield. Presumed to be No. 16 Squadron, on charge to No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, at Espiritu Santo. Hudsons in the background, presumed to be No. 9 Squadron.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Hebrides
    Vanuatu
    Espiritu Santo
    Kittyhawk
    No. 16 Squadron
    16 Sqn
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
  • PR1403
    RNZAF
    Line-up of RNZAF Kittyhawks on runway. Presumed to be No. 16 Squadron at Espiritu Santo. Aircraft on charge to No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Hebrides
    Vanuatu
    Espiritu Santo
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
    Kittyhawk
    No. 16 Squadron
    16 Sqn
  • PR1385
    RNZAF
    No. 16 Squadron [?] Kittyhawk taxiing on runway. Presumed to be Espiritu Santo. Aircraft on charge to No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit [?]
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Hebrides
    Vanuatu
    Espiritu Santo
    No. 16 Squadron
    16 Sqn
    Kittyhawk
    No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    2FMU
  • PR1237
    RNZAF
    Members of No. 1 Fighter Maintenance Unit holding the damaged rudder from No. 14 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer EL Avery's Kittyhawk. Kukum Field, Guadalcanal. Avery's aircraft, believed to be NZ3064, was damaged 4 July 1943. See PR1268.
    Guadalcanal
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Avery
    damage
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    1 FMU
    Fighter Maintenance Unit
    Kittyhawk
    Kukum
    NZ3064
  • PR1268
    RNZAF
    Members of No. 1 Fighter Maintenance Unit work on No. 14 Squadron Kittyhawk NZ3064 in the aircraft servicing area. Kukum Field, Guadalcanal. This is believed to be the aircraft flown by Flying Officer EL Avery which was damaged in an action on 4 July 1943.
    NZ3064
    Kukum
    Kittyhawk
    Fighter Maintenance Unit
    1 FMU
    Guadalcanal
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    Avery
    damage
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
  • PR1230
    RNZAF
    Members of No. 1 Fighter Maintenance Unit holding the damaged rudder from No. 14 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer EL Avery's Kittyhawk. Kukum Field, Guadalcanal. See Contact Magazine, May 1944, page 26. Avery's aircraft, believed to be NZ3064, was damaged 4 July 1943. See PR1268.
    Guadalcanal
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Avery
    damage
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    1 FMU
    Fighter Maintenance Unit
    Kittyhawk
    Kukum
    NZ3064
  • PR1252
    RNZAF
    Ground crew servicing a group of No. 14 Squadron Kittyhawks. Presumed to be No. 1 Fighter Maintenance Unit at Kukum Field, Guadalcanal.
    Guadalcanal
    Kittyhawk
    Kukum
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    No. 1 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    1FMU
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
  • PR1267
    RNZAF
    Group of airmen shower in the open at a Pacific camp. Presumed to be members of No. 1 Fighter Maintenance Unit, Kukum, Guadalcanal.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Guadalcanal
    No. 1 Fighter Maintenance Unit
    1FMU
    Kukum