Wigram beginnings

: From RAF to RNZAF

: Early hangars

The former Air Force Base Wigram was the home to many hundreds of RNZAF men and women. At one time there were over 150 houses on site, a cinema, dance hall, a post office and a hospital.

From the collection of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Part of the Cantage Heritage Week exhibition, 2010.

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