• ALB844621C072
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    Corsair
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
  • ALB844621C075
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Corsair
  • ALB844621c079
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Corsair
  • ALB844621A235
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    Mustang
    damage
    Corsair
    14 Sqn
    No. 14 Squadron
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Bofu
  • ALB844621A236
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    BCOF
    J Force
    Japan
    RNZAF
    Ranston
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Corsair
    damage
    NZ5625
    NZ5653
    NZ5652
    Bofu
  • ALB844621A237
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    MT
    Mechanical Transport
    NZ5625
    damage
    Corsair
    14 Sqn
    No. 14 Squadron
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Bofu
  • ALB844621A238
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    MT3822
    MT3622
    Chevrolet
    MT
    Mechanical Transport
    damage
    Corsair
    14 Sqn
    No. 14 Squadron
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Bofu
  • ALB844621A240
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    Chevrolet
    MT
    Mechanical Transport
    damage
    Corsair
    14 Sqn
    No. 14 Squadron
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Bofu
  • ALB844621A241
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    A68-805
    Mustang
    RAAF
    damage
    Corsair
    14 Sqn
    No. 14 Squadron
    Ranston
    RNZAF
    Japan
    J Force
    BCOF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Bofu
  • ALB844621A242
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    A68-805
    Mustang
    RAAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    BCOF
    J Force
    Japan
    RNZAF
    Ranston
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Corsair
    damage
    Bofu
  • ALB844621A243
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    A68-805
    Mustang
    RAAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    BCOF
    J Force
    Japan
    RNZAF
    Ranston
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Corsair
    damage
    Bofu
  • ALB844621A244
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    A68-805
    Mustang
    RAAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    BCOF
    J Force
    Japan
    RNZAF
    Ranston
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Corsair
    damage
    Bofu
  • ALB844621A245
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    77 Sqn
    No. 77 Squadron
    Mustang
    RAAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    BCOF
    J Force
    Japan
    RNZAF
    Ranston
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Corsair
    damage
    Bofu
  • ALB13191040
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    RNZAF
    Naumann
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Japan
    BCOF
    J Force
    Corsair
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
    MT3542
    Iwakuni
  • ALB13191044
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    J Force
    BCOF
    Japan
    14 Sqn
    No. 14 Squadron
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Naumann
    RNZAF
    Corsair
    Iwakuni
    parade
    hangar
  • ALB13191095
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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."
    RNZAF
    Naumann
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 14 Squadron
    14 Sqn
    Japan
    BCOF
    J Force
    Iwakuni
    Corsair
  • 2026-085.13
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Marquand
    Bougainville
    Corsair
    No. 5 Servicing Unit
    5 SU
  • 2026-085.12
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the George Leonard Marquand personal collection. Unknown armourer pushing a bomb under Corsair 41. Believed to be No. 5 Servicing Unit Bougainville.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Marquand
    Corsair
    bomb
    weapons
    No. 5 Servicing Unit
    5 SU
  • 2026-085.11
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the George Leonard Marquand personal collection. Service men salvaging parts from a crash-landed Corsair. Believed to be Bougainville.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Marquand
    Bougainville
    Corsair
    accident
    damage
  • 2026-085.10
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    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.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Marquand
    Bougainville
    Mechanical TRansport
    MT
    MT2091
    Jeep
    Corsair
    food
    No. 5 Servicing Unit
    5 SU
  • 1988-176.17b
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    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
    WW2
    World War Two
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Ford
    Wigram
    Corsair
  • 1988-176.17a
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Pat Ford personal collection. Ground to air view of a Corsair flying low over RNZAF Station Wigram.
    Ford
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Wigram
    Corsair
  • PR3411
    RNZAF
    No. 20 Squadron [?] pilot climbing into the cockpit of a Corsair. Believed to be Guadalcanal.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Corsair
    Guadalcanal
    No. 20 Squadron
    20 Sqn
  • PR3409
    RNZAF
    No. 20 Squadron [?] Corsair taking off. Believed to be Kukum Strip, Guadalcanal.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 20 Squadron
    20 Sqn
    Corsair
    Kukum
    Guadalcanal
  • PR3406
    RNZAF
    No. 20 Squadron Corsair taking off. Believed to be Kukum Strip, Guadalcanal.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    No. 20 Squadron
    20 Sqn
    Kukum
    Guadalcanal
    Corsair