Gladiator (Fighter planes)
Craddock album 2
Date: [Between 1927 and 1965]
From: Craddock, Gerald Rainsford :Assorted photographs including New Zealand locations and Kashmir, India
Reference: PA1-o-113
Description: Album includes photographs, chiefly taken by Gerald Rainsford Craddock, from black and white photographs taken in the 1920s to coloured snapshots taken in the 1960s. Subjects range from scout camps and tramps in New Zealand, to views of military aircraft and scenic views of India, Egypt and Libya taken circa 1940-1943 while he was serving with R.A.F. squadrons. Later coloured snapshots show holiday scenes. The photographs are interspersed with postcards. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with mottled red and black cover, black corners and spine, 24 x 34 cm
Aerobatics in a Gloster Gladiator aeroplane
Date: between 1936-1940
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-o-985-81
Description: Edgar James Kain performing aerobatics in a Gloster Gladiator aeroplane, probably in England. Photograph taken by an unidentified photographer between 1936 and 1940. Inscriptions: Verso - Self just rolling off my back Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.8 x 20.9 cm
Album of New Zealand troops in Egypt, Libya, Tripolitania, and Palestine
Date: 1940-1943
From: Jeffries, J Kenneth (estate) :Photographs relating to NZ Engineers in Middle East, WW2
Reference: PA1-o-913
Description: The content fields have been constructed from what can be seen of the album without removing the photographs. It should be noted that most of the photographs do have information written on their backs but that this can only be accessed by removing them from the photo corners which attach them to the pages Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Photograph album 1929-1939
Date: 1929-1939
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-o-985
Description: Album documenting the life and career of Edgar James Kain (1918-1940) from childhood in Wellington until the outbreak of war in 1939. The album includes home life in Wellington, a family climbing holiday in the Southern Alps in 1929, scenes in Christ's College, Christchurch; voyage to England on SS Orford in 1936, including views in Colombo, Aden and Suez); flight training at the Brough Aviation Club; social life, sporting activities and friends in England, France and Italy in the period 1936-1939; and Royal Air Force activities in the period 1937-1939. This album is particularly strong on views of aircraft, personnel, bases and activities of the Royal Air Force in the immediate pre-war years. Kain was posted to No 73 Fighter Squadron, Royal Air Force, at Digby, Lincolnshire, in November 1937, flying Gloster Gladiator biplanes. In July 1938 the Squadron became one of the first to receive the new Hawker Hurricane fighters. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s). Provenance: Donors are Edgar Kain's sisters.
Gladiator fighter planes flown by Royal Air Force (Great Britain) pilots
Date: ca 1938
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-q-759-27
Description: Gladiator fighter planes flown by Royal Air Force (Great Britain) pilots, Newell Orton and Edgar James Kain, circa 1938, probably in England. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.8 x 20.9 cm
Gladiator fighter planes flown by Royal Air Force (Great Britain) pilots
Date: ca 1938
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
Reference: PA1-q-759-28
Description: Gladiator fighter planes flown by Royal Air Force (Great Britain) pilots, Newell Orton (nearest camera), and Edgar James Kain, circa 1938, probably in England. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.8 x 20.9 cm
Royal Air Force (Great Britain) Gloster Gladiator biplanes, Digby, Lincolnshire, England
Date: ca 1938
From: Kain family: Papers and photographs relating to the life and career of Edgar James 'Cobber' Kain
By: The Aeroplane (Periodical)
Reference: PA1-q-759-24-1
Description: Royal Air Force (Great Britain), 73 Squadron, Mk1 Gloster Gladiator biplanes on the flight line at Digby, Lincolnshire, England. Photograph taken by "The Aeroplane" magazine prior to World War 2, circa 1938. Inscriptions: Verso - Copyright. This photograph must not be reproduced without the permission of The Aeroplane Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.8 x 20.6 cm