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Simon Moody

Simon Moody is Research Curator at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. Simon is usually the first port of call for enquiries, and is responsible for the smooth running of the research collections. This involves ensuring that public and Defence Force enquiries are dealt with promptly and as fully as possible. The collection is made available to researchers, and is stored and preserved, catalogued and managed professionally. When he’s not busy answering enquiries and managing the archives, Simon also does a large part of the research for exhibitions and displays within the Museum.

Kiwi Whirlwind: The story of Desmond Roberts

Black Monday: Kiyoshi Suzuki’s depiction of a Pacific tragedy

Yuletide stories: The RNZAF at Christmas

Frequent flyer: Researching Sister Ruth Burton, RNZNC

A bridge too far? Remembering New Zealand airmen and the battle for Arnhem 80 years on

Discover more about one of the most daring and ambitious military operations in history, Codenamed Operation Market-Garden which took place in Holland.

‘A Valley of Hell’ – Ian Anstey in the Battle of France

The Battle of Britain and New Zealand

During the Second World War, in the long hot summer of 1940, a desperate aerial battle was fought over the skies of southern England which would help decide the course of that conflict.

The right people at the right time: The RNZAF mission to Rwanda in 1994

D-Day Stories – Leslie Brown MM

Pilot-turned French Resistance fighter Leslie Brown won the Military Medal for his exploits behind enemy lines.

D-Day Stories – Bruce de Vere DFC

Opening Hours
Open daily 9.30am to 4.30pm
(except Christmas Day, 25 December)

Free entry for New Zealanders & people living in New Zealand

Location
45 Harvard Ave, Wigram,
Christchurch, New Zealand

Phone: 03 371 9600

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