• 2025-174.20
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Ossian William D'Ath personal collection. USAF RF101 Voodoo 560084, from the 45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, taxiing at RNZAF Station Ohakea.
    D'Ath
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    45th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
    USAF
    45TRS
    RF101
    F101
    Voodoo
    Ohakea
    560084
  • 2011-407.19
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Francis David Colin Brown personal collection. Warrant Officer FD Colin Brown climbing into the cockpit of his No. 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit detachment Hurricane at Beirut. "PRU at work. Just climbing into the cockpit with one of the lads giving a helping hand + seeing that I don't pull the wrong tit."
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Brown
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    No. 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
    2PRU
    Hurricane
    Beirut
    Lebanon
  • 2011-407.8
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Francis David Colin Brown personal collection. Vertical aerial view of sulphur quarries south east of Gaza, Palestine. Taken by Warrant Officer FD Colin Brown from his No. 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit Hurricane.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Brown
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    No. 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
    2PRU
    Gaza
    Palestine
  • 2011-407.17
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Francis David Colin Brown personal collection. Ground to air view of a No. 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit detachment Hurricane, DG622, taking off from Beirut. "'Lofty' gets a wizard shot of me as I take off low over their heads for the purpose. Going out on a bit of a job in a P.R.U. Hurricane at Beirut, Syria."
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Brown
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    No. 2 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
    2PRU
    Lebanon
    Beirut
    Hurricane
    DG622
  • PR40
    RNZAF
    Airman paints "Dopey" donkey nose art onto an Anson at the Navigation and Reconnaissance School. RNZAF Station New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Plymouth
    Anson
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    NR School
    training
    nose art
  • PR41
    RNZAF
    Squadron Leader J Bray [?] using an Astro Globe while two airmen look on. Navigation and Reconnaissance School, RNZAF Station New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Plymouth
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    NR School
    training
    Bray
  • PR38
    RNZAF
    Unknown Flying Officer Observer giving a lecture with the aid of a celestial globe at the Navigation and Reconnaissance School. RNZAF Station New Plymouth.
    World War Two
    WW2
    RNZAF
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
  • PR37
    RNZAF
    Group of Staff pilots and Wireless Operators in front of a line up of Ansons, with Mount Egmont in the background. Navigation and Reconnaissance School, RNZAF Station, New Plymouth. NB. Mount Egmont is now known as Mount Taranaki.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Anson
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
    volcano
  • PR39
    RNZAF
    Unknown Flying Officer using a Bubble Sextant at the Navigation and Reconnaissance School. RNZAF Station New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    New Plymouth
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    NR School
    training
  • PR36
    RNZAF
    Group being instructed on use of Bubble Sextant. Navigation and Reconnaissance School, RNZAF Station, New Plymouth.
    World War Two
    WW2
    RNZAF
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
  • PR33
    RNZAF
    Group of airmen using Bubble Sextants. Navigation and Reconnaissance School, RNZAF Station, New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
  • PR35
    RNZAF
    Airman using a Bubble Sextant at the Navigation and Reconnaissance School. RNZAF Station, New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
  • PR32
    RNZAF
    Group of air crew wait for flying orders at the Navigation and Reconnaissance School, RNZAF Station, New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
  • PR30
    RNZAF
    Two airmen in flying gear and two ground crew servicing an Anson at the Navigation and Reconnaissance School, RNZAF Station, New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Anson
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
    nose art
  • PR28
    RNZAF
    Squadron Leader J Bray [?] using an Astro Globe at the Navigation and Reconnaissance School, RNZAF Station, New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
    Bray
  • PR8
    RNZAF
    Taking a sight inside an Anson. Navigation and Reconnaissance School, RNZAF Station, New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Anson
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
  • PR7
    RNZAF
    Air to air of Navigation and Reconnaissance School Anson NZ404. RNZAF Station New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Anson
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
    air to air
    NZ404
  • PR5
    RNZAF
    Air to air of a Navigation and Reconnaissance School Anson. RNZAF Station New Plymouth.
    training
    New Plymouth
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    NR School
    Anson
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    air to air
  • PR6
    RNZAF
    Group of air crew in flying gear at the Navigation and Reconnaissance School, RNZAF Station, New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
  • PR42
    RNZAF
    Refueling an Anson at the Navigation and Reconnaissance School at RNZAF Station New Plymouth.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    New Plymouth
    Anson
    fuel
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    NR School
    training
  • PR3-56
    RNZAF
    Group of air crew in flying gear at the Navigation and Reconnaissance School. RNZAF Station New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
  • PR31
    RNZAF
    Staff and pilots walking away from a line-up of Ansons with Mt. Egmont in background. Navigation and Reconnaissance School, RNZAF Station, New Plymouth. Mt. Egmont is now known as Mt. Taranaki.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Anson
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
    volcano
    Mt Egmont
    Mt Taranaki
  • PR27
    RNZAF
    View from inside hangar, looking out at Ansons parked on the tarmac and the Navigation and Reconnaissance School. RNZAF Station, New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Anson
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training
  • PR26
    RNZAF
    WAAF driver towing fuel tanker, MT249, with a Case tractor. Navigation and Reconnaissance School, RNZAF Station, New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Anson
    MT
    Mechanical Transport
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    fuel
    training
    MT249
    WAAF
    Women
  • PR22
    RNZAF
    Wireless Operator at his position in an Anson. Navigation and Reconnaissance School, RNZAF Station New Plymouth.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Anson
    NR School
    Navigation and Reconnaissance School
    New Plymouth
    training