Gary Danvers:
1955 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 on arrival at Whenuapai from Filton, Bristol, 31 Mar 1955.
Gary Danvers:
1955 RNZAF Transport Wing Bristol Freighter NZ5912 at RNZAF Station Wigram. Purchased as replacement aircraft for NZ5905 which had been sold to SAFE. (Aircraft history below.)
Gary Danvers:
1955 Gainsford children in RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 at Whenuapai with a Hastings in the background, 23 Sep 1955.
Gary Danvers:
1956 Storepedos being fitted to the wings of Bristol Freighter NZ5912 for rescue duties with International Ambulance MT4470 alongside at RNZAF Station Whenuapai, 6 Aug 1956.
Gary Danvers:
1956 Personnel at RNZAF Station Whenuapai fitting storepedoes to the starboard wing of Bristol Freighter NZ5912 for air sea rescue duties, 6 Aug 1956.
Gary Danvers:
1956 Personnel fitting storepedoes to the port wing of Bristol Freighter NZ5912 for air sea rescue duties at RNZAF Station Whenuapai, 6 Aug 1956.
Gary Danvers:
1956 Four Bristol Freighters: NZ5906, NZ5909, NZ5910, & NZ5912 and six US Navy and US Marines R5D Skymasters Serial numbers: 50855, 50876, 50857, 56530, 50864, 131600 at RNZAF Station Whenuapai, 5 Oct 1956.
Gary Danvers:
1956 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 at Wellington dropping off Huskies bound for Antarctica, 9 Dec 1956.
Gary Danvers:
1957 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 in the nose hangar & view of 41 Sqn buildings at Changi, Singapore, 21 Jun 1957.
Gary Danvers:
1957 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 at Kai Tak, Hong Kong, loading baggage for the return flight to Changi, 28 Jun 1957.
Gary Danvers:
1957 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 refuelling at Kai Tak, Hong Kong, 28 Jun 1957.
Gary Danvers:
1957 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 being prepared for its return to NZ in the maintenance hangar at Changi, Singapore, 4 Jul 1957.
Gary Danvers:
1957 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 in the 'nose' hangar at No. 41 Squadron servicing area at RAF Station Changi, Singapore, 20 Aug 1957.
Gary Danvers:
1957 RNZAF 41 Sqn Bristol Freighter NZ5912 at RAF Station Kai Tak, Hong Kong.
Gary Danvers:
1957 RNZAF 41 Sqn Bristol Freighter NZ5912 at RAF Station Kai Tak, Hong Kong.
Gary Danvers:
1958 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 on loan to SAFE Air as ZK-BVI. NZ5912 was purchased for the RNZAF to replace NZ5905 which was sold to SAFE.
Gary Danvers:
1958 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 at Wigram on an exercise requiring the airdrop of mountain hut sections onto the south ridge of Mount Aspiring at 7,000’. F/L Steve Evison, the Captain
Gary Danvers:
1960 NZ5912 landing at Den Pasar, Bali, 2 October 1960.
Gary Danvers:
1960 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 at Charleville Airport, Queensland, Australia, 1 Oct 1960.
Gary Danvers:
1960 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 at Charleville Airport, Queensland, Australia, 1 Oct 1960.
Gary Danvers:
1960 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 at Alice Springs, 2 Oct 1960.
Gary Danvers:
1960 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 at Alice Springs, Australia, 2 Oct 1960.
Gary Danvers:
1960 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 with Adastra Aerial Surveys Hudson, VH-SMM (ex A16-199) at Alice Springs, 2 Oct 1960.
Gary Danvers:
1961 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 landing at Alor Setar, Kendah, Malaysia 28-31 Aug 1961
Gary Danvers:
1961 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 on start up at Changi. Singapore, 12 Dec 1961.
Gary Danvers:
1962 RNZAF Bristol Freighters with NZ5912 on the Western Dispersal at Changi, Singapore, 11 Feb 1962.
Gary Danvers:
Cliff Jenks & his fiancé, Monica in the doorway of 41 Sqn RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 at Changi. This photo was sent to friends and family to announce their engagement in March 1962.
Gary Danvers:
c1962 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 with search & rescue stores fitted to the bomb racks at Whenuapai. Silver fern has replaced the white one, c1962.
Gary Danvers:
1962 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 after engine failure 75 miles out from Korat during Operation Scorpion. Cliff Jenks was the pilot (foreground) standing beside the aircraft with a feathered prop after landing back at Korat, 12 Jul 1962.
Gary Danvers:
1962 RNZAF Bristol Freighter NZ5912 after engine failure 75 miles out from Korat enroute from Udorn during Operation Scorpion. The aircraft after landing at Korat, Thailand, with the starboard prop feathered, 12 Jul 1962.
