The first RNZAF Catalina in New Zealand. No. 6 Squadron crew pose with their aircraft at RNZAF Station Hobsonville. L-R: Standing at back; Flight Lieutenant KH Day, Flying Officer TD Brewer. Standing in cockpit; Squadron Leader RBL MacGregor (Flight Commander), Wing Commander GG Stead (Commanding Officer). 4x unknown at front right.

Image from the James Alan Capon personal collection. Catalina moored, framed with palm trees. Emirau. Handwritten on the reverse "Seaplane Base, Emirau. RNZAF No. 6 Flying Boat Squadron (detached flight)"

USAAF Beechcraft and No. 6 Squadron Hinds. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Milson, Palmerston North. Hinds from front: NZ1544 XX-Y, NZ1545 XX-A, NZ1546.

The Governor General, Marshal of the RAF Sir Cyril Newall, prepares to board a No. 6 Squadron Catalina. RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.

No. 6 Squadron Catalina NZ4007 XX-F taking off for a training flight. RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji. See PR3685 for the censored image.

No. 6 Squadron Catalina NZ4007 XX-F taking off for a training flight. RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji. See PR3687 for the censored image.

A crew member slips the mooring line from No. 6 Squadron Catalina at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji. Aircraft presumed to be NZ4007 XX-F.

No. 6 Squadron Catalina NZ4007 XX-F taxiing out for a training flight at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji. See PR3684 for the censored image.

Air gunner in the blister turret of a No. 6 Squadron (?) Catalina, accompanied by photographer, Noel Stanley Williams with an F24 camera. RNZAF Station Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji. '4008' (aircraft NZ4008?) stencilled on armour plate.

RNZAF personnel loading supplies into No. 6 Squadron Catalina NZ4007 XX-F from a launch. RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji. Joins with PR2468 to form a panorama.

No. 6 Squadron Catalina NZ4007 XX-F at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji. Joins with PR2467 to form a panorama.

Close up of the engines and cockpit of No. 6 Squadron Catalina XX-Y. RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.

Air to air view of No. 6 Squadron Catalina NZ4016 XX-S on patrol over the New Hebrides. Aircraft flying from Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo.

No. 6 Squadron airman ironing his uniform. Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo.

No. 6 Squadron Catalina being towed to the dispersal area by a tug tractor. Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo. See PR3678 for censored image.

Group of No. 6 Squadron personnel playing a game of chess. Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo.

Air to air view of No. 6 Squadron Catalina NZ4016 XX-S on patrol over the New Hebrides. Aircraft flying from Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo.

No. 6 Squadron Catalina XX-K (?) in the dispersal area. Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo.

6 Squadron Consolidated Catalina NZ4022 being overhauled in an open sided hangar. Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo.

Group of No. 6 Squadron Catalina air crew going out to their aircraft in a motorised barge. Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo.

Air to air view of No. 6 Squadron Catalina NZ4016 XX-S on patrol over the New Hebrides. Aircraft flying from Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo. See Contact Magazine, March 1944, page 10.

Group of No. 6 Squadron Catalina air crew going out to their aircraft in a motorised barge. Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo.

No. 6 Squadron Catalina moored in the shallows. Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo.

No. 6 Squadron Catalina crew member cooking while on patrol. Aircraft flying from Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo.

No. 6 Squadron Catalina XX-D taxiing to its mooring position. Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo.