• ALB88125123b097
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Jack Way personal album collection. No. 75 Squadron pilot Clive Walter Scott sitting in the cockpit of a Wellington making the 'Victory' hand signal. Unknown location.
    nose art
    World War Two
    Wellington
    Way
    WW2
    Victory
    Scott
    RNZAF
    RAF
    No. 75 Squadron
    75 Sqn
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
  • NIC77
    RNZAF
    Nose art on No. 14 Squadron Vampire WR115, flown by Pat MacFarland. RAF Station Nicosia, Cyprus.
    14 Sqn
    No. 14 Squadron
    Nicosia
    Cyprus
    RNZAF
    Vampire
    Cupid
    nose art
    WR115
  • NIC76
    RNZAF
    3/4 front view of No. 14 Squadron Vampire WR115 'Cupid', flown by Pat MacFarland. RAF Station Nicosia, Cyprus.
    RNZAF
    Cyprus
    Nicosia
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Vampire
    Cupid
    nose art
    WR115
  • NIC75
    RNZAF
    Nose art on No. 14 Squadron Vampire flown by John Harris. RAF Station Nicosia, Cyprus.
    RNZAF
    Cyprus
    Nicosia
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Vampire
    nose art
    Dingbat
    Harris
  • ALB88125123b004
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Jack Way collection. Squadron Leader FJ Lucas leaning out the window of No. 75 Squadron Wellington R3169 AA-P. Nose art of 'Popeye' below windscreen.
    World War Two
    Way
    WW2
    RNZAF
    75 Sqn
    No. 75 Squadron
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Lucas
    Wellington
    R3169
    nose art
    Popeye
  • ALB88125123a009
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Jack Way collection. Seven men stand under the nose of a No. 75 Squadron Wellington at RAF Station Feltwell. Handwritten on the reverse " "J" Doug's Kite. June 1942. Feltwell Norfolk."
    World War Two
    Way
    WW2
    RNZAF
    75 Sqn
    No. 75 Squadron
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Wellington
    nose art
    Feltwell
  • ALB971531278
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection. Ventura crew standing in front of their aircraft at Jacquinot Bay, New Britain. Handwritten on the album page "Jacquinot Bay. 1945. Ditto." See ALB97153277 for the 'ditto' reference above. Unsure if this is the same crew.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Eichbaum
    Jacquinot Bay
    New Britain
    RNZAF
    Ventura
    WW2
    World War Two
    nose art
  • ALB971531259
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection. 3/4 rear close up view of a No. 30 Servicing Unit Corsair '16' at Jacquinot Bay, New Britain, with nose art "Tutae Wera". [rough translation is 'Shit hot'] Handwritten on the album page "30 S.U. Jacquinot Bay. A True Title."
    30 SU
    No. 30 Servicing Unit
    Eichbaum
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Jacquinot Bay
    New Britain
    Corsair
    nose art
    Tutae Wera
  • ALB942099013
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Harold Francis Beamish personal album collection. 3/4 rear view of HF Beamish's No. 3 Squadron, RNAS, Camel, N6377 "Tiki" at unknown location. Fuselage art can be seen on the back of the fuselage showing a large fernleaf. HF Beamish claimed two victories and two shared victories in this aircraft.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War One
    WW1
    Beamish
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    Camel
    N6377
    nose art
    Tiki
    RNAS
    Navy
  • ALB942099019
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Harold Francis Beamish personal album collection. Three ground crew standing in front of a No. 3 Squadron(?) Camel "Klon". Unknown location. Fuselage art "Klon" visible on starbaord side.
    Beamish
    WW1
    World War One
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 3 Squadron
    3 Sqn
    RNAS
    Navy
    Camel
    nose art
    Klon
  • OhG455-47
    RNZAF
    York G-AHFH 'Star Glitter' from British South American Airways at RNZAF Station Ohakea. This aircraft was piloted by Air Vice Marshal DCI Bennett CBE DSO and was carrying 21 Greek seamen.
    RNZAF
    British South American Airways
    Ohakea
    BSAA
    York
    G-AHFH
    Star Glitter
    nose art
  • OhG453-47
    RNZAF
    York G-AHFH 'Star Glitter' from British South American Airways at RNZAF Station Ohakea. This aircraft was piloted by Air Vice Marshal DCI Bennett CBE DSO and was carrying 21 Greek seamen.
    RNZAF
    British South American Airways
    Ohakea
    BSAA
    York
    G-AHFH
    Star Glitter
    nose art
  • OhG454-47
    RNZAF
    York G-AHFH 'Star Glitter' from British South American Airways at RNZAF Station Ohakea. This aircraft was piloted by Air Vice Marshal DCI Bennett CBE DSO and was carrying 21 Greek seamen.
    RNZAF
    British South American Airways
    Ohakea
    BSAA
    York
    G-AHFH
    Star Glitter
    nose art
  • OhG451-47
    RNZAF
    York G-AHFH 'Star Glitter' from British South American Airways at RNZAF Station Ohakea. This aircraft was piloted by Air Vice Marshal DCI Bennett CBE DSO and was carrying 21 Greek seamen.
    RNZAF
    British South American Airways
    Ohakea
    BSAA
    York
    G-AHFH
    Star Glitter
    nose art
  • OhG452-47
    RNZAF
    York G-AHFH 'Star Glitter' from British South American Airways at RNZAF Station Ohakea. This aircraft was piloted by Air Vice Marshal DCI Bennett CBE DSO and was carrying 21 Greek seamen.
    RNZAF
    British South American Airways
    Ohakea
    BSAA
    York
    G-AHFH
    Star Glitter
    nose art
  • OhG485-47
    RNZAF
    Visiting civil Bristol Freighter G-AIMC 'Merchant Venturer' at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
    RNZAF
    Ohakea
    Freighter
    B170
    Merchant Venturer
    G-AIMC
    nose art
  • OhG483-47
    RNZAF
    Visiting civil Bristol Freighter G-AIMC 'Merchant Venturer' at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
    RNZAF
    Ohakea
    Freighter
    B170
    Merchant Venturer
    G-AIMC
    nose art
  • OhG484-47
    RNZAF
    Visiting civil Bristol Freighter G-AIMC 'Merchant Venturer' at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
    RNZAF
    Ohakea
    Freighter
    B170
    Merchant Venturer
    G-AIMC
    nose art
  • ALB1307612052
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Wallis George Finlay personal collection. No. 109 Squadron ground crew in front of Mosquito HS-H at RAF Station Little Staughton. Nose art of 101 mission markers and a knight riding a rampant horse. Handwritten on the album page under the print "Little Staughton 1944."
    109 Sqn
    No. 109 Squadron
    Little Staughton
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Finlay
    nose art
    Mosquito
  • ALB1307612048
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Wallis George Finlay personal collection. No. 109 Squadron air- and ground crew in front of Mosquito HS-B at RAF Station Little Staughton. Nose art of 100 mission markers and a shamrock with "Semper Paratus." [Always ready] Handwritten on the album page beside the print "109 Squadron Little Staughton Hunts. 1944."
    nose art
    Mosquito
    109 Sqn
    No. 109 Squadron
    Finlay
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Little Staughton
  • 2013-076.59
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Wallis George Finlay personal collection. Group. 'A' Flight of No. 109 Squadron at RAF Station Little Staughton. L-R: Back; Jackson, Finlay, Pritchard, Garratt, Davy, Powell, Creswell, Curtis, Palmer, Bramfeld, Skitch, Lambert, Carpenter, Locatelli, Fellowes, Simpson. Middle; Pizan, Franklin, Dean, Morgan, Bowley, Dray, Falkinder, Williamson, Lendon, Dennant, Law, Burt, Douglas, Bond, Rostron, Mountain, Wright, Sanders, Fraser, Trenerry, Hofgartner. Front; Burnett, Cox, Angood, Greenhill, Garner, Powles, Parkin, Funnell, Beardsall, Gilmore, Laing, Brown, Rowley, Marriott, Henderson.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Finlay
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    No. 109 Squadron
    109 Sqn
    Little Staughton
    Mosquito
    nose art
    group
  • 2017-106.22
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Frederick Barry Flavall personal collection. Informal group of USAF and RNZAF personnel in front of an F105 Thunderchief. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Ohakea for the RNZAF Air Force Day airshow. The Thunderchief is from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, USAF. Note the Kiwi and Kangaroo 'zapping' on the fuselage. The pilot of this aircraft is Colonel Simler.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Flavall
    RNZAF
    Thunderchief
    USAF
    nose art
    F105
    Ohakea
    18th Tactical Fighter Wing
  • PR1750
    RNZAF
    Air Training Corps cadets read the art painted on the fuselage of a Ventura. Believed to be RNZAF Station Ohakea. Art reads: (Mickey Mouse) "M. Mouse Loans. "The Axis Is Living On Borrowed Time An- We're Gonna Foreclose."
    Ohakea
    Mickey Mouse
    Disney
    nose art
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Air Training Corps
    ATC
  • PR1655
    RNZAF
    Line-up of No. 1 Squadron Venturas at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. First aircraft in line-up is presumed to be NZ4502. Note 'Snifter' cartoon character on the near aircraft.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Squadron
    1 Sqn
    Ventura
    Whenuapai
    nose art
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
  • ALB8319526419
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Negative from the Ronald Burns Bannerman personal album collection. Double exposed image of two Sopwith Dolphins. Man who appears to be posing in front of aircraft is actually on another exposure. 'SPRINGBOK' stencilled under cockpit of closest aircraft.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RFC
    RAF
    World War One
    WW1
    Bannerman
    Dolphin
    Springbok
    nose art