The de Havilland Mosquito is an important aircraft to the RNZAF. Two wartime New Zealand squadrons flew the Mosquito and the type saw service in the post-war RNZAF. The accompanying image shows four Mosquitoes of No.75 Sqn taxi-ing past the Whenuapai control tower during a public Open Day in...read more

On 23 November 1942 six Lockheed Hudsons of No.3 Sqn RNZAF flew into Henderson Field, Guadalcanal. A small party of ground crew and mechanics had already set up a camp which would be No.3 Sqn’s home on the front line. Guadalcanal had been fiercely fought over, when No. 3 Squadron deployed there...read more