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Royal New Zealand Air Force During the Pacific War
Rene J. Francillon, Ph.D
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Consolidated PBY-5 from No. 6 Squadron—NZ4007, XX-F, ex British serial JX237— coming in at Lauthala Bay, Suva, in 1943.
(RNZAF Official).
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Curtiss P-40E, l\JZ3038, from No. 1 5 Squadron, on 3 training flight over New Zealand in 1942.
(RNZAF Official) |
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P-40M Kittyhawk at Cape Torokina, Bougainville, in December 1943. |
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"Gloria Lyons", NZ 3220, a P-40N from No. 17 Squadron.
(RNZAF Official).
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Corsairs were used by more RNZAF squadrons in the Pacific than any other type of aircraft and that Service received 424 F4U-1A's, F4U-1D's and FG-1D's.
(RNZAF Official).
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RNZAF Corsair being serviced. Note access panels for loading ammunitions for the six 0.50-irt. machine guns.
(RNZAF Official).
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IMZ5507, one of the last F4U-1A's delivered to the RNZAF, undergoing undercarriage retractation test.
(RNZAF Official).
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A RNZAF Corsair in typical U.S. Navy "counter-shadowing" camouflage.
(RNZAF Official).
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FG-1D undergoing maintenance on an operational airfield in the Solomons.
(RNZAF Official).
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A formation of RNZAF Corsairs in flight in the Solomons. Note absence of squadron codes or unit markings which was typical of RNZAF combat aircraft in the Pacific.
(RNZAF Official)
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NZ5339 from No. 22 Squadron flying over Mount Bagana, Bougainville, in 1944.
(via John Regan).
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NZ5005 one of eighteen ex U.S. Marine Corps' Douglas SBD-3's operated by No. 25 Squadron, during a training flight near Seagrove during the summer of 1943.
(RNZAF Official).
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A Douglas SBD-4, NZ5024, after a training accident in New Zealand.
(RNZAF Official).
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Grumman TBF-1, NZ2506, from No. 30 Squadron at RNZAF Station Gisborne in the fall of 1943.
(RNZAF Official).
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NZ3507, a Lockheed C-60A-5-LO ex 42-55945, in flight over New Zealand.
(via John Regan).
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Lockheed PV-1, NZ4503 (ex U.S. Navy BuNo 33309), which was brought on charge by the RNZAF on 7 June 1943.
(RNZAF Official). |
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