Air Force Museum BlogAllAir ForceCollectionsFrom our Reading RoomPeople of the Air Force MuseumStoriesArtwork from our CollectionExhibitionsEducation CollectionsSunderland NZ4111 and the Chatham Islands incidentIn 1959 an RNZAF Sunderland was damaged and eventually abandoned on the remote Chatham Islands east of New Zealand. In this blog, we explore the story of that incident, using recently-digitised historic photographs from our archives.06/08/2019 Air ForceMany a Close Run ThingAn excerpt from the published memoirs of Tom Enright, a veteran New Zealand pilot from Central Otago. Tom joined the RNZAF in 1951, and on graduation, was recommended for a cadetship with the Royal Air Force College at Cranwell, England. His first 20 years flying was in a variety...03/07/2019 CollectionsArchives: past, present and futureCelebrating International Archives Day, our Research team explore the past, present and future of the Museum’s archive in this blog.06/06/2019 CollectionsOperation 'Titanic' - Dummy paratroopers in World War TwoOperation 'Titanic' was the codename for the dummy paratrooper drops and was part of the broader deception initiatives given the codename Operation 'Bodyguard'.04/06/2019 Air Force,CollectionsBoeing 727 nose joins our collectionRead more about the arrival at the Museum of the nose section of former RNZAF Boeing 727 NZ7272.08/05/2019 CollectionsTweets from our ArchivesEngage with our Archives in a new way! Through Twitter, our team have been sharing some of the remarkable treasures we have in our archives, as well as providing a peek into the everyday life of the research team here at the Air Force Museum.29/04/2019
AllAir ForceCollectionsFrom our Reading RoomPeople of the Air Force MuseumStoriesArtwork from our CollectionExhibitionsEducation CollectionsSunderland NZ4111 and the Chatham Islands incidentIn 1959 an RNZAF Sunderland was damaged and eventually abandoned on the remote Chatham Islands east of New Zealand. In this blog, we explore the story of that incident, using recently-digitised historic photographs from our archives.06/08/2019 Air ForceMany a Close Run ThingAn excerpt from the published memoirs of Tom Enright, a veteran New Zealand pilot from Central Otago. Tom joined the RNZAF in 1951, and on graduation, was recommended for a cadetship with the Royal Air Force College at Cranwell, England. His first 20 years flying was in a variety...03/07/2019 CollectionsArchives: past, present and futureCelebrating International Archives Day, our Research team explore the past, present and future of the Museum’s archive in this blog.06/06/2019 CollectionsOperation 'Titanic' - Dummy paratroopers in World War TwoOperation 'Titanic' was the codename for the dummy paratrooper drops and was part of the broader deception initiatives given the codename Operation 'Bodyguard'.04/06/2019 Air Force,CollectionsBoeing 727 nose joins our collectionRead more about the arrival at the Museum of the nose section of former RNZAF Boeing 727 NZ7272.08/05/2019 CollectionsTweets from our ArchivesEngage with our Archives in a new way! Through Twitter, our team have been sharing some of the remarkable treasures we have in our archives, as well as providing a peek into the everyday life of the research team here at the Air Force Museum.29/04/2019
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