Image from the Ossian William D'Ath personal collection. USAF RF101 Voodoo landing with the crash-landed Vulcan XH498 in the background. RNZAF Station Ohakea.

Image from the Ossian William D'Ath personal collection. No. 617 Squadron Vulcan XH502 landing at RNZAF Station Ohakea.

Image from the Ossian William D'Ath personal collection. No. 617 Squadron Vulcan XH499 landing at RNZAF Station Ohakea.

Open Day at RNZAF Station Whenuapai. Static display of parachutes.

Open Day at RNZAF Station Hobsonville. Corporal LE Smith and Aircraftman 1 Tressler attending to a parachute attached to a dinghy.

Members of the public watching a parachute display during an RNZAF display at RNZAF Station Nelson.

Members of the public watching a parachute packing display during an RNZAF display at RNZAF Station Nelson.

Members of the public watching a parachute display during an RNZAF display at RNZAF Station Nelson.

Image from the John Reginald Burke personal collection. Fitters and riggers preparing a Baffin for flight. One on the ground passing a parachute to another in the rear cockpit. RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

A visitor trying out the static parachute display at RNZAF Station Nelson.

Kittyhawk pilots in full flying gear set off for their aircraft. Unknown location.

Paratroopers landing on the airfield during the open day at RNZAF Station Ohakea. Handwritten on slide mount "RNZAF Day at Ohakea Feb 1964: Battle, Paratroops."

Supply cannister descending by parachute during the open day at RNZAF Station Ohakea. Handwritten on slide mount "RNZAF Day at Ohakea Feb 1964. Battle, dropping arms container."

Paratroopers descending by parachute during the open day at RNZAF Station Ohakea. Handwritten on slide mount "RNZAF Day at Ohakea Feb 1964. Battle, Paratroops."

RAF Victor landing with parachute during the open day at RNZAF Station Ohakea. Handwritten on slide mount "RNZAF Day at Ohakea Feb 1964. Valiant[sic] landing with parachute brake."

Paratroopers landing during the open day at RNZAF Station Ohakea. Handwritten on slide mount "RNZAF Day at Ohakea Feb 1964. Battle, Paratroops."

Flight Sergeant Sisson watches Corporal Symthe collapsing his parachute at RNZAF Station Ohakea.

Aircraftwoman Porter packing a parachute at RNZAF Station Ohakea.

Aircraftwoman Porter packing a parachute at RNZAF Station Ohakea.

Airmen practicing parachute landings at RNZAF Station Ohakea.

Safety Equipment Worker WL Gedge, of Auckland, packing a parachute at No. 1 Technical Training School, RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

Corporal W Pengelly, of Te Kuiti, examines a parachute at RNZAF Station Whenuapai.

Image from the Francis David Colin Brown personal collection. Warrant Officer FD Colin Brown (right) with the parachute packer, Leading Aircraftman JN Powell, who packed the parachute that saved Brown's life after an accident in his No. 681 Squadron Spitfire. RAF Station Dum Dum, India. See page 298 - 299 of the Official History Vol 3 by Thompson. See also 2011-407.4

Image from the Francis David Colin Brown personal collection. Warrant Officer FD Colin Brown holding the ripcord of his parachute after being forced to bale out of his No. 681 Squadron Spitfire while on a photographic reconnaissance sortie. RAF Station Dum Dum, India. See page 298 - 299 of the Official History Vol 3 by Thompson. See also 2011-407.6.

Image from the Raymond William George Emery personal collection. Commanding Officer of No. 3 Squadron, RAF, Squadron Leader R 'Digger' Aitken, wearing full flying clothing including parachute, standing beside a Hurricane. Believed to be at RAF Station Hunsdon. Squadron Leader Aitken was Commanding officer from April 1941 until April 1942.