Image from the David James Greenlees personal collection.
Ground to air view of No. 5 Squadron Sunderland KN-D flying over palm trees at Nukulau, Fiji.
Original RNZAF negative number LbB412-55, now missing.
Image from the David James Greenlees personal collection.
No. 5 Squadron personnel relaxing on the wing of a Sunderland at Lautoka, Fiji.
Handwritten on the slide mount "The crew hard at work at Lautoka."
Image from the David James Greenlees personal collection.
Two No. 5 Squadron crew members standing on the wing of a Sunderland at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
Negative from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection.
Engine of an ex-USAF Piper Grasshopper in a hangar, believed to be at Nausori airfield, Fiji.
Negative from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection.
Engine of an ex-USAF Piper Grasshopper in a hangar, believed to be at Nausori airfield, Fiji.
Image from the Lynn Buttle personal collection.
No. 5 Squadron personnel changing an engine on Sunderland NZ4116 inside the hangar at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
From top; 'Mac' McRae, Lynn Buttle, unknown.
Original print slightly out of focus.
During this engine change the RNZAF Official artist, RM Conly, was painting the scene. See MUS040798 for the finished artwork.
Image from the Ronald Charles Goodin personal collection.
Group. Rugby team at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
L-R: Back; JJ Shrubsall, DE Trewhitt, DF Mooney, KA Grosse, BS Belcher, R Stewart, SL Elliott, CL Elliott, CL Brownie.
Middle; AJ McNamara, JC Welsh, JMD Browne, RH Palmer, KT Garlick, JB Robertson, RC Goodin, JE Rasmusen [Rasmussen?], WC Chritoffersen [Christoffersen?], PO Nicholls.
Front; GA Lee, Warrant Officer N Nielsen (Selector & Coach), BA McDiarmid (Captain), FH Serjeant [Sergeant?] (Vice Captain), LJ Galvin (Club Captain), Warrant Officer KT Gatrett (Secretary), BC Tattersall.
On ground in front; BS Sherratt, WR Kingstone, SJ Hoyt.
NB. Some names are spelled differently on the mount board, see 2022-082.3.
Image from the Ronald Charles Goodin personal collection.
Group. Rugby team at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
L-R: Back; DL Crawford, BS Sherratt, FH Sergeant, PO Nicholl, JB Keating, RJ Stewart, RT Gatrell.
Middle; MJ Berryman, CR Skerrett, RC Goodin, AD Cross, KT Garlick, JC Rasmussen, RW Baldwin, HH Doak.
Front; KI Familton, HK Campbell, Squadron Leader DN Constance (Coach), BJ Oliver (Captain), H Edwards (Club Captain), BA McDiarmid (Vice-Captain), RC Macfarlane.
NB. Some names differ on the mount board, see 2022-082.4.
Copy. Three pilots. Believed to be in Fiji.
L-R: Squadron Leader IA Scott, Group Captain MF Calder, Squadron Leader LH Higgins.
Higgins was killed 23 September 1943 in Fiji and Calder was Commanding Officer in Fiji.
