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Robert James Prentice - photographs

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Photographic collection relating to Robert James Prentice's service with the Royal New Zealand Air force.

  • Other Id

    236159 (Presto content ID)

    PH-1985-130 (Reference Number)

    85/130 (accession number)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Robert James Prentice - photographs
  • Primary Maker
  • Physical Description

    30 photographic prints

  • Level of Current Record
    Parent
  • Related Object Notes
    MS-1309, Robert James Prentice - Papers
  • Technique
  • Subject Category
  • Content
    1. Arriving Christchurch, 1928 [Southern Cross plane flying across water], print (framed)
    2. [Plane – ZK-AJS on tarmac], print
    3. 3rd tour Ardmore, R.N.Z.A.F. [group portrait of pilots], 29/07/1944, print
    4. 3rd tour Ardmore, R.N.Z.A.F. [group portrait of pilots], 29/07/1944, print
    5. [portrait of Robert James Prentice in R.N.Z.A.F. uniform], ca. 1944, print
    6. [portrait of unidentified man in R.N.Z.A.F. uniform], ca. 1944, print
    7. No. 9 Course, No. 2 O.T.U. [group portrait front row (l-r): F/O. P.A. Bull, F/O. J.M. Williams, F/O. J.O. McFarlane, F/Lt. R.J. Prentice, F/L. M.CP. Jones, F/O. D.B. Page, F/O. M.H. Hoy, F/O. E.S.D. Burke, F/O. M.E. Dark. Back row (l to r): F/O. K.W. Starnes, F/O. S.G. Ellis, Sgt. Sinclair, J.N., Sgt. McHardie, D.A., Sgt. Outram, K.F, F/SGT. Gilbert, R.W, Sgt. Scanhill, F.A.L, Sgt. Convic, R.A., Sgt. Anderson, O.G.C, F/O. A.G.M Mitchell], print
    8. [Aerial photograph – unidentified location], print
    9 to 14. R.N.Z.A.F. official photographs, prints
    15. [People watching bush fire behind brick villa], 3 December 1958, print
    16. [Group portrait of pilots in front of plane], print
    17. [Group portrait of pilots], print
    18. 2nd tour, Ardmore [Group portrait of pilots in front of plane], print
    19. Ardmore, group F.L. School. Course No. 6, print
    20. [Group portrait of pilots in front of plane – Prentice, front row, 2nd from left], print
    21. [cargo? Ship, Waitemata Harbour], print
    22. [Group portrait - pilots.], print
    23. No. 8 (War) Course, Woodbourne, 1942., print (mounted)
    24. [men outside Auckland Aero Club], White Aviation photograph no. 70236, print
    25. [Photograph of poem – Psalms of a flyer], print
    26. [Flight Lieutenant Robert Prentice (2nd left) in front of Kitty Hawk, T for Taieri at Henderson Field], print
    27. [Flight Lieutenant Robert Prentice (2nd left) in front of Kitty Hawk, T for Taieri at Henderson Field], print
    28 to 30. [Photographs of beheadings], prints
  • Associated Notes
  • Subject Notes
    Robert James Prentice (1915-), Flight Lieutenant. Royal New Zealand Air Force. Service no. NZ404407
  • Copyright
    Collection contains multiple items - rights applied at item level
  • Last Update
    23 Jan 2024
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