Ground crew perform maintenance on No. 6 Squadron Catalina XX-W. Halavo Bay, Florida Island.

Ground crew beaching No. 6 Squadron Cantalina NZ4016 with the aid of a Cletrac. Halavo Bay, Florida Island. See PR3796 for a censored version of this photo.

A group of No. 6 Squadron air crew practice 'abandon ship' drill from a Catalina. Halavo Bay, Florida Island.

No. 6 Squadron personnel on a barge at Halavo Bay, Florida Island.

Ground crew perform maintenance on No. 6 Squadron Catalina XX-W. Halavo Bay, Florida Island.

Ground crew beaching No. 6 Squadron Catalina NZ4016 with the aid of a Cletrac. Halavo Bay, Florida Island.

No. 6 Squadron airmen in a barge. Halavo Bay.

General view of the No. 6 Squadron camp at Halavo Bay.

No. 6 Squadron camp accommodation. Halavo Bay.

No. 6 Squadron personnel building boats. Halavo Bay.

No. 6 Squadron camp barber at work. Halavo Bay.

No. 6 Squadron camp scene. Halavo Bay.

No. 6 Squadron personnel building boats. Halavo Bay.

Airman using a 'Cactus stove' at the No. 6 Squadron camp at Halavo Bay.

No. 6 Squadron base scene. Presumed to be Halavo Bay.

General view of the No. 6 Squadron dispersal area, with Catalinas in view. Halavo Bay. The Control tower was partially built by the Japanese.

Ground crew perform maintenance on an engine of a No. 6 Squadron Catalina XX-W, NZ4025?. Believed to be at Halavo Bay.

Ground crew perform maintenance on an engine of No. 6 Squadron Catalina XX-W, NZ2045?. Believed to be at Halavo Bay.

No. 6 Squadron ground crew perform maintenance on XX-W NZ4025?. Believed to be at Halavo Bay. Rear fuselage of NZ4021 at left.

Portrait of No. 6 Squadron pilot, Flying Officer DS Beauchamp. Unknown location.

Group. No. 6 Squadron personnel in front of a US Navy Catalina, believed to be at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji. Original negative register states "Flight Lieutenant Hitchcock's crew" with the date recorded here, however a print in the collection records "Tonga detached flight, October 1943."

Image from the Daryl Fell personal collection. No. 6 Squadron Catalina with five Dumbo operation marks. Believed to be at Halavo Bay, Florida Island (now Solomon Islands). Handwritten on the reverse Catalina showing dumbos. Halavo Bay. Solomons. Mick Slayt."

Image from the Daryl Fell personal collection. Two service men standing under the nose of No. 6 Squadron Catalina XX-U. Halavo Bay, Florida Island (now Solomon Islands). Handwritten on the reverse "Halavo Bay / Mick Slayt."

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal DV Carnegie CB CBE inspecting a parade of No. 6 Squadron personnel at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal DV Carnegie CB CBE inspecting a parade of No. 6 Squadron personnel at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.