Matthew O'Sullivan

Minerva Reef part 2: Cold war mystery ship

Minerva Reef part 1: Desperate rescue

Fleet flyer: Bruce Petrie’s war

Class photos: Pioneering pilots’ portraits online

Aerial photos: The RNZAF collection has it covered!

Navigator extraordinaire: The story of Wallis Finlay

New photo album: The Bannerman collection

An album of memories: ‘Kiwi’ Beamish DSC

Our latest personal photo album features striking images belonging to fighter pilot Harold ‘Kiwi’ Beamish.

Rumble in the jungle: The RNZAF in the Malayan Emergency

An album of memories: Stanley Wilks and 226 Squadron RAF

One of the first photo albums to be donated to our collection belonged to Stanley Edward Wilks mid (mentioned in despatches), NZ415429. A rather anonymous plain brown cover hides a trove of excellent photographs of operations by No. 226 Squadron RAF, sightseeing and recreation.