THE R.N.Z.A.F. STATION, WIGRAM, IN THE DATS BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR.—TOP LEFT: Wigram in the early days of development. The hangars at Sockburn in February, 1930. BOTTOM LEFT: A great day in the history of the base. Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith’s Southern Cross and part of the big crowd which welcomed the aircraft when the first successful flight across the Tasman Sea ended on September 11, 1928. TOP RIGHT: August, 1937. Some of Wigram’s aircraft, with Vildebeest machines in the foreground. MIDDLE RIGHT: The buildings at the station in 1937. BOTTOM RIGHT: A parade of the Permanent Air Force in June, 1933. The three officers in front are, from left, Flight Lieutenant M. W. Buckley (later air commodore), Squadron Leader T. M, I Wilkes (later group captain), and Flight Lieutenant J. L. Findlay (later air commodore).

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28553, 5 April 1958, Page 10

THE R.N.Z.A.F. STATION, WIGRAM, IN THE DATS BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR.—TOP LEFT: Wigram in the early days of development. The hangars at Sockburn in February, 1930. BOTTOM LEFT: A great day in the history of the base. Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith’s Southern Cross and part of the big crowd which welcomed the aircraft when the first successful flight across the Tasman Sea ended on September 11, 1928. TOP RIGHT: August, 1937. Some of Wigram’s aircraft, with Vildebeest machines in the foreground. MIDDLE RIGHT: The buildings at the station in 1937. BOTTOM RIGHT: A parade of the Permanent Air Force in June, 1933. The three officers in front are, from left, Flight Lieutenant M. W. Buckley (later air commodore), Squadron Leader T. M, I Wilkes (later group captain), and Flight Lieutenant J. L. Findlay (later air commodore).