More Info →"Thunderchief Arrives at Ohakea"

Description

This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken on 17 February, 1964. "After a 7 1/2-hour non-stop slight from Guam on Saturday these six Thunderchief pilots were pleased to touch down at the R.N.Z.A.F. Station at Ohakea on Saturday. They are, from the left: Back row, B. Craig, the commander of the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing (Colonel G. B. Simler), D. C. Wood; front row, B. Bush, W. M. Dalton, D. Thompson." Another image of the group was published on 17 February, 1964.

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Digitisation ID

2017N_2017-20_018493

Format

B&W negative