Tiki Nose Art - General Tiki

CN Club Nouméa Member Wanganui Joined: May 03, 2010 Posts: 459	CN Club Nouméa Posted posted on Thu, Apr 2, 2015 4:00 PM ^ :o Whoah! That postcard is pretty full-on. He looks like a gang dog.... The first photo shows a 75 Squadron emblem from the time when they were flying Skyhawks (1970-2001) and features on a Skyhawk exhibited at Ohakea airbase museum. I hadn't seen the photo of the Hawker Hurricane before - any sources? I'm curious to know what squadron it was with. There was also a Douglas Dakota transport aircraft that flew out of Imphal (India) in WWII that was called "Kia Ora" and had a "mascot" (tiki?) painted on it according to film archive sites I came across on-line but I have not managed to track down an image of it yet. [ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2015-04-02 16:13 ]

^ :o Whoah! That postcard is pretty full-on. He looks like a gang dog....

The first photo shows a 75 Squadron emblem from the time when they were flying Skyhawks (1970-2001) and features on a Skyhawk exhibited at Ohakea airbase museum.

I hadn't seen the photo of the Hawker Hurricane before - any sources? I'm curious to know what squadron it was with.

There was also a Douglas Dakota transport aircraft that flew out of Imphal (India) in WWII that was called "Kia Ora" and had a "mascot" (tiki?) painted on it according to film archive sites I came across on-line but I have not managed to track down an image of it yet.

[ Edited by: Club Nouméa 2015-04-02 16:13 ]

Post #740609 by Club Nouméa on Thu, Apr 2, 2015 4:00 PM