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Post by davidd on Jun 30, 2023 11:24:37 GMT 12
Matthew is the true professional! His job is much of his life.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2023 13:26:32 GMT 12
What a legend. Bravo Matthew, and get well soon!
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Post by Antonio on Aug 22, 2023 9:29:50 GMT 12
The latest releases are an amazing set of images from all around the globe; from the Leonard Adolphus Rayner DFC personal collection.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 22, 2023 14:45:07 GMT 12
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Post by Antonio on Aug 22, 2023 23:33:10 GMT 12
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2023 10:56:36 GMT 12
Fascinating!
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Post by Antonio on Aug 30, 2023 0:03:07 GMT 12
Link: MUS10017353/4 front view of Baffin NZ155 'A' at RNZAF Station Woodbourne. Date is circa 1939. What aircraft is in the background?  Cessna product? |
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Post by hbpencil on Aug 30, 2023 1:09:32 GMT 12
Had a look at the high-res, initially thought it was a monoplane but then noticed that it's a biplane (the upper wing is hard to see). I think it's another Baffin as the undercarriage looks the same.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 4, 2023 20:27:11 GMT 12
Agreed, it is another Baffin.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 6, 2023 11:59:03 GMT 12
This photo, just posted to the Wigram page, is awesome. So atmospheric. And look at the colour scheme on that Oxford NZ1270, very intriguing. MUS1000129 Inside view of the Advanced Training Squadron hangar at RNZAF Station Wigram. Aircraft in view are Gordons and Oxfords. Serial numbers visible: NZ1270, NZ268 '26', NZ603 '3', NZ607 '13'. LINK |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 6, 2023 12:01:14 GMT 12
Is that a DH84 Dragon in the lower left, with the wings folded?
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Sept 6, 2023 14:40:33 GMT 12
Certainly looks like it. Also, it appears the Oxford camouflage you pointed out is repeated on another one facing the camera
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 8, 2023 22:13:37 GMT 12
Yes, it does look that way. The date on the photo is given as Circa 1939, so I wonder if that is how those Oxfords arrived in New Zealand from Britain.
My late Great Uncle Ted "Bluey" Homewood was called up at the start of WWII into the RNZAF as he was on a Territorial list, and he ended up at Wigram. He said his job was pushing Fairey Gordons in and out of the hangar, so Uncle Bluey probably worked in this very place as a 17 year old, before he went and signed up for the Army.
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Post by tbf2504 on Sept 9, 2023 9:37:34 GMT 12
The Oxfords were shipped in crates to Auckland, then barged to Hobsonville where they were erected and test flown before being alloted to Wigram.
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Post by camtech on Sept 9, 2023 21:00:34 GMT 12
The photo must be well into 1940, as NZ1270 was only BoC 30 July 1940, and I would assume that it had been at Wigram a while for the additional paintwork to be applied.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 11, 2023 8:08:39 GMT 12
OK, my Uncle Bluey had just left the RNZAF around that time to join the Army.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Sept 15, 2023 13:41:02 GMT 12
This is a neat photo of the Antarctic Auster NZ1707  2013-227.333 LINK |
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Post by Mustang51 on Sept 27, 2023 10:41:34 GMT 12
Nothing precarious about that at all.........
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 6, 2023 14:45:12 GMT 12
Matthew has been posting some amazing and wonderful shots from the RNZAF Antarctic Flight, from the collection of Laurence Walter "Wally" Tarr. Lots of shots of the Beaver, Auster and the Otter before we took possession of it from the RAF. This particular photo intrigues me, as it gives the impression that the Beaver was transported aboard Endeavour with its doors removed. If that is the case, why? 2013-227.459 LINKImage from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection. Unknown man sitting on top of RNZAF Antarctic Flight Beaver NZ6001, while being assembled on the deck of HMNZS Endeavour. McMurdo Sound, Antarctica  |
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Post by ErrolC on Oct 6, 2023 15:44:18 GMT 12
Matthew has been posting some amazing and wonderful shots from the RNZAF Antarctic Flight, from the collection of Laurence Walter "Wally" Tarr. Lots of shots of the Beaver, Auster and the Otter before we took possession of it from the RAF. This particular photo intrigues me, as it gives the impression that the Beaver was transported aboard Endeavour with its doors removed. If that is the case, why? 2013-227.459 LINKImage from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection. Unknown man sitting on top of RNZAF Antarctic Flight Beaver NZ6001, while being assembled on the deck of HMNZS Endeavour. McMurdo Sound, Antarctica Weight limit on the crane? (er derrick if it is on a ship?) |
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