Johnny Checketts
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John Milne Checketts, was a New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War, who was credited with the destruction of 14+1⁄2 enemy aircraft, three probably destroyed and 11 damaged.
Checketts in November 1943, when he commanded the Air-to-Air Combat Squadron of the Central Gunnery School at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire.
Checketts soloed on a Tiger Moth, shown here in RNZAF colours
A line up of Spitfire Vbs of No. 485 (NZ) Squadron
Checketts stands fourth left, with Wing Commander Alan Deere on his left and the New Zealand High Commissioner, William Jordan, on his right, on the latter's visit to No. 485 Squadron, 1943
Invercargill
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Invercargill is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of the Southland Plains to the east of the Ōreti or New River some 18 km north of Bluff, which is the southernmost town in the South Island. It sits amid rich farmland that is bordered by large areas of conservation land and marine reserves, including Fiordland National Park covering the south-west corner of the South Island and the Catlins coastal region.
Spring in 2005, Esk Street, Invercargill
Civic Theatre, the town hall of Invercargill – built in 1906.
Invercargill pictured from the International Space Station
Queens Park