Image from the Ronald Charles Goodin personal collection.
Group. New recruits, Recruit Training Depot, RNZAF Station Wigram.
Some signatures on the reverse with "No.22 Squadron / R.T.D. Wigram / 1946."
Image from the Ronald Charles Goodin personal collection.
Group. No. 10 EA course (meaning?), No. 1 Technical Training School, RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
Original RNZAF negative number WhG1105-50 now missing.
Image from the Arthur Patnell Pritchard personal collection.
Group. Pilots course No.3 , No. 2 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Woodbourne.
L-R: Back; AP Pritchard, GR Simich, R Broadbent.
Middle; IAC Grant, RI Laing, WT Eiby, AJ Ryan, BG Collyns, FA Andrews.
Front; JM Garrett, HN James, R Holder, BV LePine, R Barrett, RJC Grant, MG Barnett.
Image from the Ian Heath Stuart Latter personal collection.
Two Naval pilots under training at No. 14 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, RAF Station Castle Bromwich, England.
L-R: Graham Finlayson, IHS Latter.
Handwritten on the reverse "2/1/42. This photo is of myself & Gordon Finlayson who worked in the National Bank of New Zealand. He is in the same Flight as me & is a very nice chap. The plane is a Tiger Moth which is the type of plane we learn to fly on. Note our nice Silver Fox fur collars. Aren't you jealous mum. Love. Ian S. latter. Leading Naval Airman."
The Tiger Moth behind is believed to be T8002 which IHS Latter flew several times on 2 January 1942.
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Image from the Ian Heath Stuart Latter personal collection.
Naval pilot trainee and ground crew on a No. 31 Service Flying Training School Harvard at RCAF Station Kingston, Canada.
Handwritten on the reverse "Graham Finlayson checks on his machine with his mechanic before taking off. / Harvard II at Kingston."
Image from the Ian Heath Stuart Latter personal collection.
Pilot trainee standing in front of a Harvard with ground crew attempting to salvage it. No. 31 Service Flying Training School Harvard at RCAF Station Kingston, Canada.
Handwritten on the reverse "Next morning after night flying. Gil Steven in front of Harvard. May 1942."
Image from the Ian Heath Stuart Latter personal collection.
Wreckage of a No. 31 Service Flying Training School Harvard after an accident at Gananoque airfield, near RCAF Station Kingston, Canada.
Handwritten on the reverse "Night flying accident at Gananoque Airfield near Kingston, Ontario."
Image from the Thomas Alexander McLeod Morgan personal collection.
Side view of Thunderbolt KL843 from the Fighter Support Training Unit. RAF Station Bhopal.
Image from the Brian William Feely personal collection.
Group. Newly graduated pilots of Course 1a at No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram.
Signatures in image area.
Names identified on the reverse.
L-R: Back; 4th DE Fair, 5th EC Cox, 7th MK McHugh.
Middle; 1st FS Hobden, 2nd CH Robson, 3rd DC Joyce, 7th CN Didsbury, 9th DS Gibb.
Front; 5th P McMullan, 6th RN Allen, 7th BW Feely, 8th DS McGregor, 9th AD Carlaw.
Image from the Brian William Feely personal collection.
Informal group of trainees from Pilots course 1a in front of a Gordon at No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram.
Image from the Brian William Feely personal collection.
Informal group of members of Pilots course 1a in front of an Oxford at No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram.
BW Feely crouching 2nd from left.
Image from the Brian William Feely personal collection.
Informal group of members of Pilots course 1a in front of an Oxford at No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram.
BW Feely far right.
Line up of Tiger Moths on the tarmac at RNZAF Station Taieri.
L-R: NZ1459, NZ1461, NZ1493, NZ1424, NZ1491, NZ1476, NZ1489.
This PRS series was found without a register or other information. Some detail has been gleaned from some of the negative sleeves or where the picture has been published.
This series post-dates the DM series and pre-dates the post-war PR series (beginning in 1956).
Two Flying Instructors(?) beside a Harvard at the Flying Training School, RNZAF Station Wigram.
Wing Commander SG Quill (left).
This PRS series was found without a register or other information. Some detail has been gleaned from some of the negative sleeves or where the picture has been published.
This series post-dates the DM series and pre-dates the post-war PR series (beginning in 1956).
Image from the Doris Joy Arnold personal collection.
Group. Coxwains course, Marine Training School. RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
Women in the front row, L-R: Phyl Gray, Noel Dodd, Sylvia Hoggard, Bish Egley.
Original RNZAF negative number WhG2031-44
Image from the Doris Joy Arnold album page collection.
Seaplane Training Flight Walrus taking off from RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
Handwritten on the album page Duck or Walrus."
Image from the Pat Ford personal collection.
Wreckage of Tiger Moth NZ1483 from No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School, after crashing in a field "10 miles south of Wigram."
The pilot, Leading Aircraftman WO Sly was injured.
Handwritten on the reverse "2EFTS Ashburton / crashed 6/Sept/1944 [sic] / unauthorised low flying."
Image from the Pat Ford personal collection.
Wreckage of Tiger Moth NZ845 from No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School after crashing in a field near Mayfield.
The pilot, Leading Aircraftman TD Faithful was slightly injured.
Image from the Pat Ford personal collection.
Wreckage of Tiger Moth NZ845 from No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School after crashing in a field near Mayfield.
The pilot, Leading Aircraftman TD Faithful was slightly injured.
Image from the Pat Ford personal collection.
Wreckage of Tiger Moth NZ845 from No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School after crashing in a field near Mayfield.
The pilot, Leading Aircraftman TD Faithful was slightly injured.
Image from the Pat Ford personal collection.
Wreckage of Tiger Moth NZ845 from No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School after crashing in a field near Mayfield.
The pilot, Leading Aircraftman TD Faithful was slightly injured.