• 2022-082.2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    group
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Goodin
    Recruit Training Depot
    RTD
    Wigram
    group
    training
    recruit
  • 2022-082.1
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    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.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    group
    Goodin
    No. 1 Technical Training School
    1 TTS
    training
    Hobsonville
  • MUS0002410
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    2 SFTS
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 2 Service Flying Training School
    RNZAF
    WW2
    Woodbourne
    World War Two
    group
    training
    Pritchard
  • 2026-050.43
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Navy
    RN
    Fleet Air Arm
    FAA
    World War Two
    WW2
    Latter
    No. 14 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School
    14 ERFTS
    Castle Bromwich
    Finlayson
    T8002
    Tiger Moth
    training
  • 2026-050.44
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Navy
    RN
    Fleet Air Arm
    FAA
    World War Two
    WW2
    Latter
    Canada
    Kingston
    No. 31 Service Flying Training School
    31 SFTS
    Harvard
    training
  • 2026-050.45
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    Latter
    WW2
    World War Two
    FAA
    Fleet Air Arm
    RN
    Navy
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Canada
    Kingston
    No. 31 Service Flying Training School
    31 SFTS
    Harvard
    training
    accident
  • 2026-050.46
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    Latter
    WW2
    World War Two
    FAA
    Fleet Air Arm
    RN
    Navy
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Canada
    Kingston
    No. 31 Service Flying Training School
    31 SFTS
    Harvard
    training
    Gananoque
    accident
  • 2026-043.17
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Andrew Philip Henry Lee personal collection. Harvards and Devons on the airfield during an Exercise Wise Owl. Unknown location.
    RNZAF
    Lee
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    training
    Wise Owl
    exercise
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
  • 2025-113.25
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Thomas Alexander McLeod Morgan personal collection. Side view of Thunderbolt KL843 from the Fighter Support Training Unit. RAF Station Bhopal.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RAF
    Fighter Support Training Unit
    Bhopal
    India
    Thunderbolt
    KL843
  • 2021-068.13
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Feely
    group
    training
  • 2021-068.14
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    Feely
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    training
    Gordon
  • 2021-068.17
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    Feely
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Oxford
    training
  • 2021-068.18
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    Feely
    WW2
    World War Two
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    No. 1 Service Flying Training School
    1SFTS
    Oxford
    training
  • PRS141
    RNZAF
    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).
    RNZAF
    Taieri
    Tiger Moth
    NZ1459
    NZ1461
    NZ1493
    NZ1424
    NZ1491
    NZ1476
    NZ1489
    training
  • PRS142
    RNZAF
    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).
    Quill
    Wigram
    training
    RNZAF
    Flying Training School
    FTS
    Harvard
  • 2026-041.16
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    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
    Arnold
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Hobsonville
    group
    Women
    WAAF
    training
    Marine Training School
  • ALB2604117014
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    WW2
    World War Two
    Arnold
    RNZAF
    Hobsonville
    Seaplane Training Flight
    STF
    Walrus
  • 1988-176.46a
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Pat Ford personal collection. Wreckage of a Kittyhawk, possibly from No. 2 Operational Training Unit. Unknown location.
    cockpit
    damage
    accident
    Kittyhawk
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Ford
    No. 2 Operational Training Unit
    2 OTU
  • 1988-176.46e
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Pat Ford personal collection. Wreckage of a Kittyhawk, possibly from No. 2 Operational Training Unit. Unknown location.
    damage
    accident
    Kittyhawk
    Ford
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 2 Operational Training Unit
    2 OTU
  • 1988-176.46k
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Pat Ford personal collection. Wreckage of a Kittyhawk, possibly from No. 2 Operational Training Unit. Unknown location.
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Ford
    Kittyhawk
    accident
    damage
    No. 2 Operational Training Unit
    2 OTU
  • 1988-176.14b
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    Ford
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    accident
    damage
    Tiger Moth
    NZ1483
    Sly
    No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School
    2 EFTS
  • 1988-176.15d
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Faithful
    Ford
    Mayfield
    NZ845
    No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School
    RNZAF
    Tiger Moth
    WW2
    World War Two
    accident
    damage
    2 EFTS
  • 1988-176.15a
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    Faithful
    Mayfield
    NZ845
    damage
    accident
    Tiger Moth
    No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School
    Ford
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    2 EFTS
  • 1988-176.15b
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    Faithful
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Ford
    No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School
    Tiger Moth
    accident
    damage
    NZ845
    Mayfield
    2 EFTS
  • 1988-176.15c
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    Faithful
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Ford
    No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School
    Tiger Moth
    accident
    damage
    NZ845
    Mayfield
    2 EFTS