NZ2031 entered RNZAF service with No.2 GR Squadron at Nelson on 2 January, 1942, coded 'UH-H'. Later in the war, NZ2031 served with 3 Squadron at Espiritu Santo and as the personal transport of the AOC No.1 Islands Group at Guadalcanal.
NZ2305 started her life as a RAAF FB.40 (A52-19) and was later converted to T.43 with serial A52-1053. In 1947 the Mosquito was transferred to the RNZAF for intented service with 75 Squadron, but NZ2305 was stored at RNZAF Base Ohakea instead.
The port side of NX665 has recently been finished in the markings of Lancaster B.III NE181/JN-M of C Flight, 75 (NZ) Squadron. "The Captain's Fancy" became a 'Centurion' on 29 January, 1945, during an operation to Krefeld.
Auster Aircraft Ltd., modified two T.7s for the Commonwealth Trans Antarctic Expedition. WE563 became NZ1707 with the RNZAF and served two tours in the Antarctic, the first from December 1956 - March 1958, and then from December 1959 - March 1961.
Legendary New Zealand fighter pilot Major Keith Logan 'Grid' Caldwell scored at least 4 aerial victories in D6864 between June 1st, 1918, and the 5th September, 1918. On this day, D6864 crashed after a collision with another 74 Squadron SE.5a.
On the 5th September, 1918, Major Keith Logan 'Grid' Caldwell, OC 74 Squadron, RAF, collided in mid-air with another SE.5a over the Cambrai sector. 'Grid' escaped miraculously by jumping of the wing at the very last moment, close to British lines.