A sharp eyed member of the Wings Over New Zealand Forum noticed this picture as well, RNZAF Venturas lined up on the side of the runway while USMC PBJs taxi by. Does anyone know how I can find out when/where RNZAF Venturas were based at the same location of USMC PBJs squadron?

I posted that Corsair picture on another forum and a member there – Rob Mears responded with the following –

‘I imagine it’s “NZ5367” (Bu50222) of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. I show it as being shipped from the USA on 12 May 1944 aboard “USS Glacier Park”. It was then assembled at Espiritu Santo and brought on charge by Unit 60 on 14 June 1944 where it was given the code number “67”. It was then handed over to No.21 Squadron on 18 December 1944, later sustaining damage from anti-aircraft fire during flight operations on 02 January 1945. It was repaired and returned to service, but caught fire on approach to landing during its initial test flight from Green Island on 24 February 1945 following those repairs. The pilot managed to land the aircraft but it was destroyed by the post-crash fire. Pilot Officer Noel MacCready was uninjured. It was written off the books at Green Island on 24 December 1945.’

Please, feel free to post the Corsair picture.

Paul

The only information on the pictures is the print date of 11 Aug. 1945.

If he took them then I would guess one of the following –

Hollandia, New Guinea
Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides
Green Island
Emirau Island
Malabang, Philippine Islands

as those are where his unit was based. I don’t know if the RAAF was based at any of those locations though.