Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
No. 14 Squadron pilot being helped in the cockpit of his Corsair. Believed to be Bofu, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "Getting set."
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Group of No. 14 Squadron pilots in front of a Corsair. Believed to be Bofu, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "Pilots."
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Ground to air view of a No. 14 Squadron Corsair. Believed to be at Bofu, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "Dave Cohu [spelling?] does a beat up."
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Corsairs and a Mustang, doused in propellant, waiting to be set alight. Bofu, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."
Copy negative MUS951135.
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Corsairs being doused with propellant before being set alight. Bofu, Japan.
Aircraft L-R: NZ5625, NZ5653, NZ5652.
Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."
Copy negative MUS951136.
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Corsairs being doused with propellant before being set alight. Bofu, Japan.
NZ5625 at top.
Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Corsairs being doused with propellant before being set alight. Bofu, Japan.
Chevrolet truck, MT3622 or MT3822 at right.
Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Corsairs waiting to be set alight, as tins are filled with propellant from the back of a Chevrolet truck. Bofu, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Pile of burning aircraft at Bofu, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."
Fuselage of RAAF Mustang at right, possibly A68-805.
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Pile of burning aircraft at Bofu, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."
Fuselage of RAAF Mustang at right, possibly A68-805.
Copy negative MUS951147.
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Pile of burning aircraft at Bofu, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."
Fuselage of RAAF Mustang at right, possibly A68-805.
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Pile of burning aircraft at Bofu, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."
Fuselage of RAAF Mustang at right, possibly A68-805.
Image from the Douglas Ranston personal album collection.
Pile of burning aircraft at Bofu, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "The burning of our planes at Bofu."
Corsair and a No. 77 Squadron RAAF Mustang in view.
Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection.
No. 14 Squadron ground crew and pilots having a cup of tea on the tarmac in front of a line up of Corsairs. Iwakuni, Japan.
Bomb truck, MT3452, at right.
Handwritten on the album page 'Morning Tea Time."
Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection.
Parade of No. 14 Squadron personnel in front of seven Corsairs with stripped hangars behind. Iwakuni, Japan.
The hangars have been stripped of corrugated iron to help build temporary housing for the victims of the atomic bomb at nearby Hiroshima.
Handwritten on the album page "A Squadron Parade."
Image from the Frank Winston Naumann personal album collection.
No. 14 Squadron Corsairs and Spitfires lined up on the tarmac at Iwakuni, Japan.
Handwritten on the album page "Out On The Tarmac."
Image from the George Leonard Marquand personal collection.
Unknown service man sitting in the cockpit of a Corsair. Believed to be No. 5 Servicing Unit, Bougainville.
Image from the George Leonard Marquand personal collection.
Unknown armourer pushing a bomb under Corsair 41. Believed to be No. 5 Servicing Unit Bougainville.
Image from the George Leonard Marquand personal collection.
No. 5 Servicing Unit personnel having a cup of tea around Jeep MT2091 'Joe Wagon' on the taxiway in front of Corsairs. Believed to be at Bougainville.
Image from the Pat Ford personal collection.
Ground to air view of a Corsair flying low over RNZAF Station Wigram.
Original negative number (now missing) WgG3833-44