This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 19 November 1958: "Nothing is left to chance when an R.N.Z.A.F. flight is arranged. Here L.A.C. W. Meldrum, a woman signaller on the staff at Ohakea, is seen at the radi...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ohakea
Date:          November 19, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 21 October 1958: "Prior to the presentation of the first station badge at the R.N.Z.A.F. station at Ohakea this morning the Chief of the Air Staff (Air Vice Marshal M.E....

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ohakea
Date:          October 21, 1958

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 15 May 1958, page 5: "General I.D. White Commander in Chief of the United States Army in the Pacific, and his wife, arrived at Ohakea after their flight of five and a ha...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Ohakea
Date:          May 15, 1958

This photograph is part of a series taken by Thomas Doherty a Steel Construction Worker. The hangar shown here now has the concrete roof and walls in place. Construction of 'barrack' type buildings appears to be underway in the foreground.

Creator:      Thomas Doherty
Place:          Ohakea, Manawatu
Date:          circa 1938 to circa 1939

AS group of military personnel, possibly at Ohakea Air Force Base by the uniforms.

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Manawatu
Date:          circa 1940 to circa 1949

This photograph is part of a series taken by Thomas Doherty a Steel Construction Worker. The hangar shown here now has the roof supports in place.

Creator:      Thomas Doherty
Place:          Ohakea, Manawatu-Wanganui
Date:          circa 1938 to circa 1939

Ohakea Air Force Base was constructed on land near Bulls in the Manawatu, 1937 to 1939. It was built in anticipation of the arrival of bombers, ordered for delivery in October 1939.  The initial construction included ho...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Pukenui Road, Ohakea
Date:          circa 1939

Ohakea Air Force Base was constructed on land near Bulls in the Manawatu, 1937 to 1939. It was built in anticipation of the arrival of bombers, ordered for delivery in October 1939.  The initial construction included housing an...

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Ohakea, Manawatu-Wanganui
Date:          circa 1939