New Zealand Permanent Air Force

Date: Between 1910s and 1930s

From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs

By: Barker, Frank Giles, 1891-1955

Reference: PA1-f-002

Description: Includes a page showing the four main university colleges in New Zealand, circa 1930s; pages of botanical drawings; pages showing the Lever Brothers' soap manufacturing building, aspects of packaging Sunlight Soap and Lux soap powder at the factory, all photographed by F.G. Barker of Courtenay Place, Wellington. Also includes photographs and newspaper cuttings of transport used by country children going to school, including horseback and riding on cows. Images of various schools; bombers and fighters at Wigram Aerodrome during the visit to NZ of the Duke of York in 1927, including Bristol fighters, Avro 504 fighters, DH4 and DH9 bombers; map showing NZ as it would be situated if placed in corresponding latitude of Northern Hemisphere, NZ Government Railways; mean annual rainfall map of NZ (signed DG Bates, Director of Meteorological Office, 7.6.1911); farm buildings on Somes Island; cattle mustering at White Rock (Wairarapa); views of trains on the railway line between Pukerua Bay and Paekakariki before the Centennial Highway was constructed; view of the Jubilee floating dock arriving in Wellington in 1931, towed by two Dutch ocean-going tugboats.

Date: [ca 1905-1999]

From: Mackrell, Brent, fl 2012 : Papers relating to military history

Reference: MSZ-1583

Description: Scrapbooks labelled `Royal Flying Corps; Royal Navy Air Service, Royal Air Force, New Zealand Territorial Air Force, New Zealand Permanent Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force'. Include correspondence, military documents, photographs and newspaper cuttings relating to air warfare in World ar One and to the development of an air force in New Zealand. Quantity: 1 box(es) (2 pieces). Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photographs and printed matter

Date: ca1922-ca1932

From: National Library Gallery: Albums of photographs by R P Moore

Reference: PA1-f-202

Description: Panoramas of New Zealand cities, towns, some factories, one shop interior, public parks, and many houses, gardens, and farms Quantity: 2 album(s).

Date: [Between 11 September and 8 October 1928]

By: Harris, Noreen, active 2006

Reference: PAColl-8786

Description: Photographs of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's aircraft, Southern Cross, and two Bristol Fighter aircraft of the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, under temporary cover during their tour of New Zealand, which followed Smith's first aerial crossing of the Tasman Sea. Photograph taken September-October 1928, possibly by Nellie Ogden of Christchurch. The Southern Cross landed at Christchurch on the morning of 11 September 1928. It left for Australia again from Blenheim at dawn on 8 October 1928. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver prints Provenance: The photographs were in an album compiled by the donor's aunt, Nellie Ogden.

Date: 16 November 1929

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP-Transport-Aviation, Historical-04

Description: Gloster Grebe aircraft of New Zealand New Zealand Permanent Air Force, during pageant at Rongotai Aerodrome. Photograph taken 16 November 1929 by an Evening Post staff photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - One of [the] planes at [the] pageant, Rongotai, 16/11/29 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 16.7 x 21.6 cm

Date: 15 Sep 1928

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-8669-1/4-G

Description: Bristol fighter F2B biplane, at Trentham Racecourse, 15 September 1928. In the rear cockpit, with kangaroo on helmet, is Charles Kingsford Smith, on a tour of New Zealand after his Tasman crossing. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer for the Evening Post. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: September 1928

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: 1/2-084039-F

Description: Charlie Barton, with his movie camera, in a Bristol fighter F2B of the New Zealand Permanent Air Force. Taken in September 1928, on the occasion of Charles Kingsford Smith's aerial crossing of the Tasman. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 15 March 1927

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-0064-F

Description: HRH Duke of York inspecting Sockburn Aerodrome, taken 15 March 1927 by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - "H.R.H. Duke of York inspecting Sockburn Aerodrome Ch.Ch. New Zealand. 15.3.27" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.8 x 125.2 cm

Date: [Between 1930 and 1934]

From: Bledisloe, Charles Bathurst, Viscount, 1867-1958 :Snapshots of New Zealand

Reference: PA1-f-015-32

Description: Group comprising Squadron Leader Leonard Isitt (left), Lord Bledisloe (centre) and an unidentified air force officer, in front of a Saro Cutty Sark flying boat of the New Zealand Permanent Air Force at Hobsonville air force base. Photograph taken in the early 1930s by Lord Bledisloe. The sole Cutty Sark flying boat operated by the NZPAF arrived in New Zealand in May 1930. Source: New Zealand military aircraft serial numbers website Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned gelatin silver print 20.5 x 30.5 cm, mounted on album page

Date: 1927

Reference: 1/4-008634

Description: Seven members of the New Zealand Permanent Air Force in front of a Bristol fighter plane at Wigram Airport, Christchurch. Photographer unknown. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 15 September 1928

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP-8671-1/4-G

Description: Bristol fighter F2B biplane of the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, 15 September 1928, probably at Trentham Racecourse. In the rear cockpit, with kangaroo on helmet, is Charles Kingsford Smith, on a tour of New Zealand after his Tasman crossing. Evening Post photograph. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative