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Turning point in Battle of the Atlantic
The 24th of May commemorates the Allies' hard-fought victory in the Battle of the Atlantic, one of the most decisive campaigns of the Second World War. Thousands of New Zealanders took part in this long and bitter struggle.
RNZAF Servicing Unit engineers
RNZAF No.10 Servicing Unit engineers repairing a plane's engine.
NZ pilots graduating from the Empire Air Training Scheme
Flight Officer R.H. Tonks (front row, eighth from left) was one of the 7002 New Zealand airmen who trained in Canada as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) before serving with the Royal Air Force in Europe and the Mediterranean.Tonks would go on to serve in the 489 New Zealand Torpedo Bomber Squadron, one of the RAF’s seven ‘New Zealand’ squadrons – No. 75 and Nos 485–490 – set up under the EATS to maintain a symbolic link to the Dominion.
Bristol Beaufighter pilot
Flight Officer R.H. Tonks in the cockpit of a Bristol Beaufighter.
Ohakea RNZAF Association memorial park
The Royal New Zealand Airforce Association Memorial Park at Base Ohakea. Images show plaques from around the Base. Included are memorials to: Flying Officer Graham Thomas Carter (Crater), a Skyhawk pilot who flew with the Kiwi Red acrobatic team and was killed in an accident over Ōhakea on 24 October 1989. Read more (The Press) Aircraftman Blake Hudson, a 20-year-old Air Security Specialist at Ōhakea who collasped and died following a training session on 14 September 2009. Read more (Air Force) Squadron Leader Murray Neilson, commander of No.
RNZAF C-130 Hercules in Afghanistan
RNZAF C-130 Hercules over Kiwi Base in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan
WRNZAF recruitment poster
Cover of recruitment booklet for the Women's Royal New Zealand Air Force (WRNZAF), 1955
NZ Fighter Wing scoreboard, 1943
The New Zealand Fighter Wing scoreboard at New Georgia in the Solomon Islands, November 1943
RNZAF flight after Christchurch earthquake
Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) personnel board a RNZAF C-130 Hercules at Ōhakea air base
McDonnell Douglas Skyhawk
McDonnell Douglas Skyhawk replica at the Air Force Museum in Christchurch, 2006
Farewelling the Queen, 1986
New Zealand representatives farewell Queen Elizabeth at Christchurch airport, 1986
RNZAF Antarctic Flight
De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver aircraft from the RNZAF Antarctic Flight on display at the Air Force Museum in Christchurch, 2008.
Vampire jet at Ōhakea
A De Havilland Vampire jet Ōhakea air base, circa September 1951
Geoffrey Fisken
Flying Officer Geoffrey Fisken, leading Commonwealth fighter ace in the Pacific during the Second World War
NZ pilots scramble for take off, Singapore
Pilots of No. 488 (NZ) Squadron scramble to their planes at Kallang airfield, Singapore, circa 1941
RNZAF personnel arrive in Canada, 1940
Members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) arrive in Vancouver, Canada, 1940
Construction at Ōhakea air base
No. 3 hangar under construction at Ōhakea air base, circa April 1939
Territorial Air Force training, 1935
Photograph collection from the Auckland Weekly News showing New Zealand Territorial Air Force pilots taking part in a training course at Wigram Aerodrome, 1935.
Britannia monoplane flying over Auckland
Blériot XI monoplane – Britannia – flying over Auckland Exhibition Grounds, 1914.
RNZAF timeline - Royal New Zealand Air Force
Timeline showing key events related to the history of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), 1912-2012

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