• ALB860971fX17N
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey album. Party members "manhandling [the] surf boat over [the] reef" beside the ship wreck of the Norwich City, on the reef surrounding Gardner Island (now Nikumaroro Island) in Kiribati. This is a copied album from the New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey party on board the MV Yanawai, accompanied by the HMS Leander, to survey British-owned islands for suitability for airfields and lagoons for flying boats, in the Pacific region.
    Gilbert Islands
    Kiritati
    Nikumaroro Island
    Gardner Island
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey
    Norwich City
  • ALB860971fG13
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey album. View through a hole in the side of of the ship wreck of the Norwich City, on the reef surrounding Gardner Island (now Nikumaroro Island) in Kiribati. This is a copied album from the New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey party on board the MV Yanawai, accompanied by the HMS Leander, to survey British-owned islands for suitability for airfields and lagoons for flying boats, in the Pacific region.
    Gilbert Islands
    Kiritati
    Nikumaroro Island
    Gardner Island
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey
    Norwich City
  • ALB860971fX11N
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey album. "Wreck of S.S. Norwich City with M.V. Yanawai in background." Gardner Island (now Nikumaroro Island) in Kiribati. This is a copied album from the New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey party on board the MV Yanawai, accompanied by the HMS Leander, to survey British-owned islands for suitability for airfields and lagoons for flying boats, in the Pacific region.
    New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Gardner Island
    Nikumaroro Island
    Kiritati
    Gilbert Islands
    Norwich City
  • ALB860971fX9N
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey album. One of the life boats from the wrecked ship SS Norwich City on Gardner Island (now Nikumaroro Island) in Kiribati. This is a copied album from the New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey party on board the MV Yanawai, accompanied by the HMS Leander, to survey British-owned islands for suitability for airfields and lagoons for flying boats, in the Pacific region.
    Gilbert Islands
    Kiritati
    Nikumaroro Island
    Gardner Island
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey
    Norwich City
  • ALB860971fG14
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey album. "Remains of Wreck [SS Norwich City] survivors camp" on Gardner Island (now Nikumaroro Island) in Kiribati. This is a copied album from the New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey party on board the MV Yanawai, accompanied by the HMS Leander, to survey British-owned islands for suitability for airfields and lagoons for flying boats, in the Pacific region.
    Gilbert Islands
    Kiritati
    Nikumaroro Island
    Gardner Island
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    New Zealand Pacific Aviation Survey
    Norwich City
  • WhTin284frames25-65
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Google Earth screen shot showing the approximate centre line of aerial survey runs over the Island of Onotoa, in The Gilbert Islands.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    Google Earth
    Onotoa
    Gilbert Islands
  • WhTin239frameI15235
    RNZAF
    Aerial oblique view of Hawkins Field (?) on Betio Island, in Tarawa.
    Gilbert Islands
    Tarawa
    WW2
    World War Two
    oblique
    RNZAF
    Betio Island
    Hawkins Field
  • WhTin239frameI15236
    RNZAF
    Aerial oblique view of Hawkins Field on Betio Island, in Tarawa.
    Gilbert Islands
    Tarawa
    WW2
    World War Two
    oblique
    RNZAF
    Betio Island
    Hawkins Field
  • WhTin239frameI15239
    RNZAF
    Aerial oblique view of Hawkins Field on Betio Island, in Tarawa.
    RNZAF
    oblique
    World War Two
    WW2
    Tarawa
    Gilbert Islands
    Betio Island
    Hawkins Field
  • WhTin284frame58
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial view of part of the island of Onotoa, in The Gilbert Islands. Photographed from No. 5 Squadron Orion NZ4205. NB. Only frames enough for full coverage of the entire island have been digitised. Full stereoscopic coverage available.
    RNZAF
    No. 5 Squadron
    5 Sqn
    Orion
    NZ4205
    Onotoa
    Gilbert Islands
    vertical
  • LbTin12
    RNZAF
    Google Earth screen showing the approximate runs covering Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. Run A, frames 1 - 6. Run B, frames 8 - 16. Run C, frames 18 - 37. Run D, frames 39 - 60. Run E, frames 79 - 93. Run F, frames 95 - 102.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
    Google Earth
  • LbTin12frame1
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
  • LbTin12frame10
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
  • LbTin12frame12
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
  • LbTin12frame14
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
  • LbTin12frame16
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
  • LbTin12frame19
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
  • LbTin12frame2
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
  • LbTin12frame21
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
  • LbTin12frame23
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
  • LbTin12frame25
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
  • LbTin12frame30
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
  • LbTin12frame32
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
  • LbTin12frame34
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands
  • LbTin12frame36
    RNZAF
    Vertical aerial survey of Otona Island, Gilbert Islands. See LbTin12 for a full description of frames and run separation. Not every frame digitised here, just enough for full island coverage, not enough for stereoscopic coverage.
    RNZAF
    vertical
    survey
    Otona Island
    Gilbert Islands