• PR9066
    Royal Air Force
    No. 487 Squadron air crew in front of a Ventura. RAF Station Feltwell. Squadron Leader LH Trent DFC, centre front.
    RNZAF
    RAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    No. 487 Squadron
    487 Sqn
    Feltwell
    Trent
    Ventura
    hangar
  • MUS1001325
    Royal Air Force
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Group. No. 488 Squadron in front of a Beaufighter [with Merlin engines] at RAF Station Ayr, Scotland. H.J. Evans, NZ41669, front row, 2nd from left.
    group
    Ayr
    Scotland
    Beaufighter
    488 Sqn
    No. 488 Squadron
    WW2
    World War Two
    RAF
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
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    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Royal Air Force
    Image from the Ronald Graham Watts personal collection. No. 488 Squadron personnel in front of a Mosquito at RAF Station Bradwell Bay. L-R: Back; Edwards, Watson, Prescott, Marshall, Mitchell, Church, Hunt, Bale, Richardson, Pickthall, Linstead, Hardern, Concannon, Patrick, Green, Sommerville, Rowbotham. Middle; Proctor, Clarke, Clark, Brooddbank, Bishop, Moore, Earl, Folley, Davies, Bowman, Reed, Crookes, Ryan, Skudder, Nagle, Warner, Riley. Front; Hughes, Riwai, Robinson, Scott, Bergemann, Westcott, Watts, Haine, Bunting, Jameson, Knox, Wilson, Fleming, McCabe. Names from the book "Defence Until Dawn" - the story of 488 New Zealand Squadron.
    dog
    animals
    RNZAF
    RAF
    488 Sqn
    No. 488 Squadron
    Bradwell Bay
    Mosquito
    Watts
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    England
    World War Two
    WW2
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    Royal Air Force
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Group of No. 485 Squadron pilots in front of a Spitfire at RAF Station Kingscliffe, England. L-R: Flying Officer DGE Brown, Pilot Officer IAC Grant, Flying Officer BE Gibbs, Flight Lieutenant LS Black, Squadron Leader RJC Grant, Flight Lieutenant JG Pattison, Flying Officer MRD Hume, Pilot Officer M Metcalfe, Flying Officer AR Robson, Sergeant Brown, Sergeant GM Buchanan, Sergeant RJ Steed, Flight Lieutenant MG Barret.
    RNZAF
    RAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 485 Squadron
    485 Sqn
    England
    Kingscliffe
    Spitfire
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    Royal Air Force
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Ground crews re arming a Spitfire at an unknown RAF Station.
    RNZAF
    RAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Spitfire
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    Royal Air Force
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Air to air of Wellington L4241, in flight over England.
    RAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    air to air
    Wellington
    L4241
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    Royal Air Force
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Air to air view of a No. 218 Squadron, RAF, Stirling HA-Q, in flight over clouds and countryside.
    RAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    World War Two
    WW2
    air to air
    Stirling
    No. 218 Squadron
    218 Sqn
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    RNZAF
    No. 485 Squadron ground crew re-arming a Spitfire, believed to be at RAF Station Redhill. L-R: On wing; Leading Aircraftman Erridge, Leading Aircraftman Martin. Under wing; Leading Aircraftman McGibbon, Leading Aircraftman Bongard, Aircraftman 1 Neville.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    RAF
    No. 485 Squadron
    485 Sqn
    Spitfire
    Redhill
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    Royal Air Force
    Group: Members of the Tangmere Typhoon Wing, including No. 197 Squadron and No. 486 Squadron. Royal Air Force Station Tangmere.
    World War Two
    WW2
    Tangmere
    RNZAF
    RAF
    No. 486 Squadron
    No. 197 Squadron
    486 Sqn
    197 Sqn
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
  • MUS9504924
    Royal Air Force
    Air to air view of No. 75 Squadron Wellington, L7794 AA-D , climbing out from RAF Station Feltwell.
    air to air
    World War Two
    Wellington
    WW2
    RNZAF
    RAF
    No. 75 Squadron
    L7794
    Feltwell
    75 Sqn
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
  • MUS9507315
    Royal Air Force
    Two pilots from No. 485 Squadron in flying gear walking away from their aircraft with two airmen looking on. Unknown location. L-R Flight Sergeant Bong'ard, Sergeant Parker, Flying Officer Mayston, Flying Officer De Tourret.
    World War Two
    WW2
    Spitfire
    RNZAF
    RAF
    Parker
    No. 485 Squadron
    Mayston
    De Tourret
    Bong'ard
    485 Sqn
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
  • MUS95178
    Royal Air Force
    Informal group of No. 485 Squadron pilots in front of a Spitfire. RAF Station Kenley. L-R: Flying Officer ED Mackie, Sergeant Pilot Shaw, Flying Officer DT Clouston (with dog), Flight Lieutenant JJ Palmer (background).
    dog
    animals
    World War Two
    WW2
    Shaw
    RNZAF
    RAF
    Palmer
    No. 485 Squadron
    Mackie
    Kenley
    Clouston
    485 Sqn
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
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    Royal Air Force
    No. 485 Squadron ground crew re-arming a Spitfire, believed to be at RAF Station Redhill. L-R: On wing; Leading Aircraftman Erridge, Leading Aircraftman Martin. Under wing; Leading Aircraftman McGibbon, Leading Aircraftman Bong'ard, Aircraftman 1 Neville.
    World War Two
    WW2
    Spitfire
    Redhill
    RNZAF
    RAF
    No. 485 Squadron
    Neville
    McGibbon
    Martin
    Erridge
    Bong'ard
    485 Sqn
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
  • MUS961822
    Royal Air Force
    Three ground crew servicing a No. 485 Squadron Spitfire at RAF Station Kenley. L-R: Corporal Muir, Corporal Bong'ard, Leading Aircraftman Hooper.
    World War Two
    WW2
    Spitfire
    RNZAF
    RAF
    No. 485 Squadron
    Muir
    Kenley
    Hooper
    Bong'ard
    485 Sqn
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
  • MUS9618511
    Royal Air Force
    Image from the CJ Sheddan Log Book. Large group of people pushing No. 485 Squadron Spitfire OU-S backwards. Believed to be at RAF Station Kings Cliffe.
    World War Two
    WW2
    Sopitfire
    Sheddan
    RNZAF
    RAF
    No. 485 Squadron
    Kings Cliffe
    485 Sqn
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
  • MUS971108
    Royal Air Force
    Ground to air view of four No. 3 Squadron, RAF, Hurricanes in formation. Unknown location. Front to back: QO-K, QO-G, QO-A, QO-X.
    formation
    World War Two
    WW2
    RAF
    No. 3 Squadron
    Hurricane
    3 Sqn
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
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    Royal Air Force
    Ground crew loading ammunition into the port wing of No. 485 Squadron Spitfire, OU-A. RAF Station Kenley. Unknown on wing. Under wing L-R; Corporal Bong'ard, Leading Aircraftman Hooper.
    World War Two
    WW2
    Spitfire
    RNZAF
    RAF
    No. 485 Squadron
    Kenley
    Hooper
    Bong'ard
    485 Sqn
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
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    Royal Air Force
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    New Zealand armourers loading ammunition into the wing of a No. 485 Squadron Spitfire at RAF Station Driffield. On wing: Aircraftman 1 AW Martin. Bottom; Leading Aircraftman ES Bong'ard (left), Aircraftman 1 JB Neville (right).
    485 Sqn
    Driffield
    No. 485 Squadron
    RAF
    RNZAF
    WW2
    World War Two
    weapons
    Bong'ard
    Martin
    Neville
  • MUS95172
    Royal Air Force
    No. 485 Squadron pilots in front of a Spitfire during the New Zealand High Commissioner's visit to No. 485 Squadron. Unknown location. L-R: Flight Lieutenant Hume (Flight Commander), Flight Lieutenant Barnett (Flight Commander), WJ Jordan (High Commissioner), Squadron Leader JM Checketts DFC (Commanding Officer), Wing Commander AC Deere DSO DFC & bar.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 485 Squadron
    485 Sqn
    Jordan
    High Commissioner
    Hume
    Barnett
    Checketts
    Deere
    RAF
  • MUS971116
    Royal Air Force
    Close up front view of a No. 80 Squadron Tempest with Bob Spurdle standing in the cockpit. Unknown location. Caption on the back reads: "Self and Tempest 5 W2-S, My personal aircraft."
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 80 Squadron
    80 Sqn
    Tempest
    Spurdle
  • MUS98024
    Royal Air Force
    Four ground crew wearing gas masks and gas capes servicing a Hurricane night fighter, possibly No. 3 Squadron RAF. Unknown location.
    Hurricane
    3 Sqn
    No. 3 Squasdron
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    RAF
  • MUS980432
    Royal Air Force
    Low level oblique of the SS Headquarters at Vincy, Italy, during an attack by No. 487 Squadron Mosquitos. Details about participating crews and their aircraft letters on the back of the print.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    oblique
    No. 487 Squadron
    487 Sqn
    Vincy
    Italy
  • MUS980741
    Royal Air Force
    Still from Evan Mackie's gun camera showing a vehicle on a road being attacked. Unknown location.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    RAF
    damage
    oblique
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    Royal Air Force
    Still from Evan Mackie's, No. 80 Squadron Tempest, gun camera showing an Arado 96 being shot down, somewhere over the Fassberg airfield.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    RAF
    No. 80 Squadron
    80 Sqn
    Tempest
    Arado
    damage
    Fassberg
    Germany
  • MUS980743
    Royal Air Force
    Squadron Leader Evan Dall Mackie standing beside the rudder of his No. 92 Squadron Spitfire. Unknown location.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    RAF
    Mackie
    No. 92 Squadron
    92 Sqn
    Spitfire