This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 23 January, 1964. "Apiti born Mr J. R. Murray (pictured here) had what he described as a great birthday present on Tuesday--he flew as a co-pilot in an N.A.C. Dakota for...
Creator: Manawatū Evening Standard
Place: Palmerston North
Date: 1964-01-22T00:00:00+00:00
Shown here is the first of the RNZAF’s three Cessna ‘Eagle’ Aircraft which went into service in a training and VIP transport role. The five-seater plane replaced the ageing Devons. The Cessna had a range of 450 nautical miles and cruised at 185 to...
Creator: Manawatu Evening Standard
Place: Ohakea, Rangitikei Region
Date: February 13, 1981
Philip Fowler travelled to England to serve as a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War One.
This photograph album provides a unique look at his life while serving in Imbros in the Aegean Sea, in England on rest and recreation and...
Creator: Philip Fowler
Date: circa 1916 to 1920
Philip Fowler travelled to England to serve in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War One.
This photograph album holds images from his time serving in Imbros, in the Aegean Sea, in England on rest and recreation, and in New Zealand post WW...
Creator: Philip Fowler
Date: 1916 to 1920
Philip Fowler (1895 - 1970) left New Zealand for England to train as a pilot and serve in the Royal Naval Air Service during World War One.
Recording of Fowler talking about his service with the Royal Naval Air Service in WWI can be found at: [h...
Creator: Goodfellow
Place: New Zealand
Date: circa 1916
Philip Fowler served in World War One as a pilot. During World War Two he served at Ohakea in New Zealand, as a Squadron Leader in the RNZAF.
Creator: RNZAF
Place: Ohakea, Manawatū
Date: March 5, 1942
The Mayor of Palmerston North, A. E. Mansford, (fifth from left in the back row), Councillors, offical staff and visiting Australian Airmen at Ohakea during World War II.
Creator: Royal New Zealand Airforce
Place: Rangitikei Region
Date: May 17, 1943