World War, 1939-1945. Royal New Zealand Air Force. Overseas

Most photographs contain captions; some are stamped `Official RNZAF photographs'.

Group photograph of a conference of padres in the RNZAF held at Frederic Wallis House, Lower Hutt, 1944 (all named on back); NZ Fighter Wing `score board' at New Georgia, Nov 1943 to record number of Japanese aircraft hit (group around the board includes Air Commodore S Wallington, Wing Commander T O Freeman, Air Marshal Sir Cyril Newall, Major General H E Barrowclough); RNZAF Band playing outside the USA hospital, Guadalcanal, 1944 (W/O R H Simpson conducting); Wings Parade - Course 61 medal presentation (Squadron Leader E T Mileski, Squadron Leader J R Welsh, Air Commodore A de T Nevill, LAC Johnson), Nov 1942; fighter pilots on return from battle in SW Pacific war zone, 1944; F/O R C Beazer of Feilding and P/O Letourneau of Canada (both of NZ RAF Mosquito Fighter Bomber Squadron).

First NZ airmen repatriated from German hands welcomed by Air Vice Marshal L M Isitt and Air Secretary T A Barrow (group includes Warrant Officers D C Allen, J I B Walker and H M English); RNZAF ground crew on an amphibious truck (called a `Duck'); Lockheed Hudson bomber crew reporting back from a reconnaissance flight over the Solomons area; group photo of NZ Catalina flying boat crew, 1945 (all named); pilots being briefed before a `strike', Guadalcanal, 19 Jun 1943; RNZAF Corsair aircraft flying in formation at Guadalcanal, 1944.

Catalina flying boats and RNZAF band on visit to Halavo Bay, the seaplane base in the Solomon Islands, 1944; Dakota aircraft at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 1944; YMCA `tea truck' serving RNZAF ground crew who are maintaining Kittyhawks; Wing Commander de Willimoff and others in flying suits beside Corsair aircraft; group beside a Kittyhawk (includes Squadron Leader Newton); group photo of flight mechanics and riggers on airstrip in Pacific (all named); Brigadier General R L Owens, Deputy-Commanding-General, 13th Air Force, USAAF, presenting the American Distinguished Flying Cross to Flying Officer M T Vanderpump, ca 1943; Air Commodore Sir Robert Clarke-Hall talking with Major General R J Mitchell, USMC, prior to latter's departure from Bougainville (others in photo include Air Commodore G N Roberts, Wing Commander A B Greenaway & Wing Commander H R Wigley); Christmas Day in the mess hall, 1942; group of NZ pilots having a `Smoko' during Battle of Bougainville, 1943 (some name on front in ballpoint); aftermath on Bougainville (aerial photo of Japanese barge on beach); men of the RNZAF on board the `Wahine' at Torokina, Bougainville bound for NZ.

Quantity: 37 b&w original photographic print(s).