Image from the Henry Balfour Hutchinson personal collection.
No. 1 Servicing Unit Kittyhawks in the dispersal area among palm trees at Fighter 2 airstrip, Kukum, Guadalcanal.
View of Kittyhawk NZ3066 after crash landing in shallow water on the approach to Munda airstrip, New Georgia. This aircraft was flown by No. 17 Squadron pilot Sergeant Donald A Williams. (pilot was too slow in selecting a new fuel tank). Aircraft on charge to No. 1 Servicing Unit.
Two members of the ground crew pose with Kittyhawk NZ3060, which was damaged after belly landing after a test flight. Kukum airstrip, Guadalcanal.
Aircraft on charge to No. 1 Servicing Unit, was flown by No. 14 Squadron pilot, Sergeant FE Ferrier.
Arrival of No. 1 Servicing Unit and No. 25 Servicing Unit personnel at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville.
Personnel are disembarking from LCI 222 (Landing Craft Infantry).
LCT 578 (Landing Craft Tank) and trucks MT2174, T21718 and MT3302 in view.
Number 1 Servicing Unit personnel in the 'engine shed' in front of a Corsair engine. Believed to be at Fighter 2 airstrip, Kukum, Guadalcanal.
L-R: Ian Petrie, Dick Tomas, Dave Trotter, Dave Waters.
Informal group of No. 1 Servicing Unit personnel in front of a tent with a sign "Waikikuperau" above the door.
L-R: Harry Hutchinson, Dennis Moynihan, Bill Veitch, Ian Petrie, Dave Waters.
Image from the Radar Reunion album collection. "West Cape, Guadalcanal 1944. Plotting Board Behind Door. Plan Position Indicator. No. 1 Servicing Unit. Unit 58. Range & Identification Friend or Foe. BL4 Set This Side." The BL4 (American) is thought to have deciphered signals from Identification Friend or Foe (English) equipment [?]
Arrival of No. 1 Servicing Unit and No. 25 Servicing Unit personnel at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville.
Personnel are disembarking LCI 222 [?] (Landing Craft Infantry). LCT 578 (Landing Craft Tank) at right.