Harvard Gate Guardian
Harvard Gate Guardian
Located at the entrance gate to the Air Force Museum, Wigram (the former RNZAF Base Wigram) at the corner of the Main South Road and Harvard Avenue The Harvard that now acts as gate guard for the RNZAF Museum, is NZ1050. This aircraft was shipped to New Zealand onboard the "B.J. Wheeler" in July 1943 and was assembled at RNZAF Station Hobsonville. The aircraft is an RNZAF memorial and was erected in June 1973 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the formation of the New Zealand Permanent Air Force in 1923. Sporting a livery used from 1959 to 1970, which features the silver fern at the centre of the roundel. Photograph taken 18 February 2009.
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