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 and maintenance facili...

Creator:      Elmar Studios, 459 Main Street, Palmerston North
Place:          Ohakea
Date:          1940s

Milson Airport opened in 1936. Aeroplanes, Koromiko, ZK-AFC and ZK-AFD, of Union Airways, parked outside the airport terminal building.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1939

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

This photographs shows an air force hangar under construction at Ohakea Base.

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

ZK_AFD was an important Lockheed Electra 10a, built in 1937. It was often the first plane to fly new national routes in the 1930s and 1940s. Eight aircraft eventually operated in New Zealand - seven for Union Airways/NAC and one for Trans Island A...

Creator:      Bruce Watt Photography
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1950

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