Image from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal album.
Group. No. 18 Squadron personnel in front of a Kittyhawk at Ondonga, New Georgia, Solomon islands.
Label on the album page reads "No. 18 (F) Squadron R.N.Z.A.F. | Ondongo [sic] - New Georgia - Solomon Islands"
Handwritten on the reverse of the print "No. 18 Fighter Squadron R.N.Z.A.F. | Warhawks of the Pacific | First Tour [obscured]/9/43 to 30/11/43 | (Taken at Ondonga, New Georgia Group. | Front Row: F/O Rishworth (killed), F/O Rayner, F/L Balfour, S/L JA Oldfield "O.C", (P/O McBride I.O.), F/O Archibald, F/O Bew (killed), F/O Hoskin.
Absent: F/L Bertram (returned sick), F/O Hutton (killed), P/O Scannell (returned to NZ), F/O Lumsden (returned to NZ), Sgt. Hill (killed). [also key showing those killed, missing, returned etc shown in brackets]."
NB. Back row names are missing possibly trimmed off the print when mounted in the album.
See MUS06019 for complete list of names.