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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.