No. 23 Squadron pilot, Pilot Officer HC Brougham, beside a US Navy Catalina from VPB-44, after he was rescued from the sea after he collided with Flying Officer VJ Mortensen (flying NZ5450). Mortensen died but Brougham (flying NZ5430) ditched and was rescued. Emirau.
Negative from the Walter P Murray personal collection.
Unknown Australian (?) soldier standing in front of an RAAF (?) amphibious Catalina. Believed to be at Bougainville.
Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection.
No. 6 Squadron Catalina XX-G moored in a small bay. Believed to be near Jacquinot Bay, New Britain.
Handwritten on the album page "New Britain 1945. Catalina Base."
Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection.
No. 6 Squadron Catalina moored in a small bay. Believed to be near Jacquinot Bay, New Britain.
Handwritten on the album page "New Britain 1945. Catalina Base."
Image from the Francis Cameron Eichbaum personal album collection.
No. 6 Squadron Catalina XX-P taking off from Halavo Bay, Florida Island.
Handwritten on the album page "Halavo Bay 1943. PBY5 - No. 6 F/B Squad."
A member of the RNZAF and a local worker perform maintenance on the tail section of a No. 6 Squadron [?] Catalina in a hangar. RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
Service men with some test equipment on a bench(?) at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
No. 6 Squadron [?] Catalina being overhauled in the hangar behind.
Note the original US Navy markings and Yagi aerials which have been censored out in PR3667.
