• 2008-448.2j
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. Unknown man (No. 18 Squadron pilot?) sitting on the wing of Kittyhawk 'Tutae-Wera'. Unknown location.
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Hough
    RNZAF
    No. 18 Squadron
    18 Sqn
    nose art
    Tutae-Wera
    Kittyhawk
  • 2008-448.2k
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Negative from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. No. 18 Squadron pilot RJN Archibald(?) sitting on the wing of a Kittyhawk 'Tutae-Wera'. Unknown location.
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Hough
    RNZAF
    No. 18 Squadron
    18 Sqn
    Tutae-Wera
    nose art
    Archibald
    Kittyhawk
  • MUS0602410
    Image from the Anthony Francis Hough personal collection. No. 18 Squadron pilot, AF Tony Hough, sitting in the cockpit of Corsair 'E' at unknown Pacific location. Nose art appears to be a flying devil holding a trident on a circle background.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Hough
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    No. 18 Squadron
    18 Sqn
    Corsair
    nose art
  • PR1397
    RNZAF
    RNZAF riggers working on a Hudson. Presumed to be No. 9 Squadron at Espiritu Santo. Nose art: "BASHFUL". One of Disney's seven dwarfs holding a bomb.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Hebrides
    Vanuatu
    Espiritu Santo
    nose art
    No. 9 Squadron
    9 Sqn
    Hudson
  • 1996-130.7
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Negative from the Herbert Judson Walden personal collection. Side view of a captured German Fokker D VII F4446/18 with original paint and skull and crossbones. Unknown location.
    Walden
    WW1
    World War One
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Luftstreikrafte
    Fokker
    F4446/18
    hangar
    nose art
    RAF
    RFC
  • 1996-130.12
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Negative from the Herbert Judson Walden personal collection. Unknown pilot about to climb into the cockpit of a No. 23 Squadron Sopwith Dolphin. Unknown location.
    nose art
    Dolphin
    Walden
    WW1
    World War One
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RAF
    RFC
    No. 23 Squadron
    23 Sqn
  • ON20021672g
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Negative from the David Hope-Cross personal collection. Kittyhawk NZ3220 "Gloria Lyons", from No. 2 Operational Training Unit in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, for a Victory Loans display.
    nose art
    World War Two
    WW2
    RNZAF
    No. 2 Operational Training Unit
    NZ3220
    Kittyhawk
    Gloria Lyons
    Christchurch
    Cathedral Square
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    2OTU
    Hope-Cross
  • ON20021672f
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Negative from the David Hope-Cross personal collection. Kittyhawk NZ3220 "Gloria Lyons", from No. 2 Operational Training Unit in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, for a Victory Loans display.
    2OTU
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Cathedral Square
    Christchurch
    Gloria Lyons
    Kittyhawk
    NZ3220
    No. 2 Operational Training Unit
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    nose art
    Hope-Cross
  • NicD148
    RNZAF
    Airman marshalling No. 14 Squadron Vampire 'A' to a stop at RAF Station Nicosia, Cyprus. Nose art 'Annabelle' painted just below the windscreen.
    RNZAF
    No. 14 Squadron
    Cyprus
    Nicosia
    14 Sqn
    Vampire
    nose art
    Annabelle
  • ALB231991001
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Frank Albert Andrews log book. No. 25 Operational Training Unit crew standing in front of a Wellington with nose art "Dotty Lamour", RAF Station Bircotes. Names in no particular order; FA Andrews (New Zealand), Des Heinrich (Australia), Bob Harvie (Canada), Lynes (England), Moore (Canada), Robinson (Rhodesia). Handwritten under print in log book "Banquet crew at Bircotes June '42 [plus names]".
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Andrews
    RAF
    No. 25 Operational Training Unit
    25 OTU
    Wellington
    nose art
    Dotty Lamour
    RAAF
    RCAF
  • ALB2318313039
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Allan Mason Forbes Alexander personal album. AMF Alexander (left) with a member of the ground crew standing under the nose of a No. 75 Squadron Stirling AA-U [believed to be BK777]. Unknown location. Nose art shows a New Zealand flag over a British and US flag with two 'Saint' stick figures. Underneath is written "Alexander's Rag Time Crew" with 29 bomb mission markers.
    Alexander
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    RNZAF
    No. 75 Squadron
    75 Sqn
    Stirling
    nose art
    BK777
  • ALB2318313020
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Allan Mason Forbes Alexander personal album. Two men standing in front of an RAF Oxford from No. 1512 Beam Approach Training Flight. Unknown location in England.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Alexander
    Oxford
    RAF
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    nose art
    training
    No. 1512 Beam Approach Training Flight
    1512 BAT Flight
  • ALB991972008
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the David Hamilton Tudhope log book. No. 139 Squadron Mosquito crew standing beside their aircraft DZ421 XD-G 'Sir Peter'. RAF Station Wyton, England. Flying Officer DH Tudhope (left) and Flying Officer Carter (right). Handwritten under the print " "G" George 28.1.44 | self [DH Tudhope], Nick [Flying Officer Carter]."
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Tudhope
    No. 139 Squadron
    139 Sqn
    Wyton
    Mosquito
    DZ421
    nose art
    Sir Peter
    Carter
  • ALB991972005
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the David Hamilton Tudhope log book. No. 139 Squadron Mosquito crew standing beside their aircraft DZ421 XD-G 'Sir Peter'. RAF Station Wyton, England. Flying Officer DH Tudhope (left) and Flying Officer Carter (right). See ALB991972008 for slightly more detail.
    Tudhope
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    No. 139 Squadron
    139 Sqn
    Wyton
    Mosquito
    DZ421
    nose art
    Sir Peter
    Carter
  • ALB991972007
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the David Hamilton Tudhope log book. No. 139 Squadron air and ground crew in front of their Mosquito DZ421 XD-G 'Sir Peter' at RAF Station Wyton. Handwritten under the print "Plane DZ 421 "G" - "Sir Peter"| Crew. Lac Wakefield, self [DH Tudhope], Nick [Flying Officer Carter], Sgt Phillips, AC Ashbee | 28.1.44".
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Tudhope
    No. 139 Squadron
    139 Sqn
    Wyton
    Mosquito
    DZ421
    nose art
    Sir Peter
  • PR1157
    RNZAF
    No. 14 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer GB Fisken, standing next to the nose art on Kittyhawk NZ3072. Guadalcanal. Nose art: "Wairarapa Wild Cat".
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Guadalcanal
    Fisken
    Wairarapa Wild Cat
    Kittyhawk
    NZ3072
    nose art
  • PR1136
    RNZAF
    Rear view of Ventura NZ4509. Unknown location. Nose art (on side of fuselage) is a devil asking the question: "1 - Hitler. 2 - Tojo. 3 - il ' Duce. Bake 'em, Roast 'em or Boil 'em in oil?"
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Ventura
    NZ4509
    nose art
  • 2013-227.1131
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection. 3/4 front view of US Navy Deep Freeze Dakota 12418 'Que Sera Sera' at RNZAF Station Wigram.
    Tarr
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Navy
    USN
    Wigram
    nose art
    Dakota
    12418
    Que Sera Sera
  • 2013-227.1130
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection. 3/4 front view of US Navy Deep Freeze Neptune 122465 'Boopsie' at RNZAF Station Wigram.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Tarr
    Navy
    USN
    Neptune
    122465
    nose art
    Boopsie
    Wigram
  • 2013-227.1132
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection. US Navy Deep Freeze aircraft at RNZAF Station Wigram. L-R: Skymaster 56505 'Marilyn', Neptune 122465 'Boopsie', Dakota 12418 'Que Sera Sera', Dakota 17246 'Karoro'.
    Tarr
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Navy
    USN
    Wigram
    Skymaster
    Neptune
    Dakota
    nose art
    Marilyn
    Boopsie
    Que Sera Sera
    Karoro
    56505
    122465
    12418
    17246
  • PR1104
    RNZAF
    Nose art (on the rear fuselage) on a Lodestar at RNZAF Station Hobsonville. Cartoon painted by Lockheed employees at the factory in Burbank, California. See Contact Magazine, December 1943, page 20.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Hobsonville
    Lodestar
    nose art
  • PR1105
    RNZAF
    Nose art (on the rear fuselage) on a Lodestar at RNZAF Station Hobsonville. Cartoon painted by Lockheed employees at the factory in Burbank, California. See Contact Magazine, December 1943, page 20.
    Lodestar
    Hobsonville
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    nose art
  • PR1092
    RNZAF
    Nose art on a Walrus. Seaplane Training Flight, Station Hobsonville. See Contact Magazine, October 1943, pages 14-19 and September, page 42.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Hobsonville
    Seaplane Training Flight
    STF
    Walrus
    nose art
  • 2013-227.864
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection. Man standing on the steps of the crew entry of US Navy Hercules 148319 'The King' on the ice at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.
    USN
    Navy
    Hercules
    McMurdo Sound
    Williams Field
    Antarctic Flight
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Tarr
    Antarctica
    148319
    The King
    nose art
  • 2013-227.878
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection. Wreckage of US Navy Constellation 126513 'El Paisano'. Antarctica.
    nose art
    El Paisano
    126513
    Antarctica
    Tarr
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Antarctic Flight
    damage
    accident