• 1989-089.6c
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Tyson personal collection. RNZAF Marine Craft W49 under power at sea. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji. Handwritten on the reverse "W49, modified cabin."
    Fiji
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Marine Craft
    World War Two
    WW2
    Lauthala Bay
    W49
    Tyson
  • 1989-089.6a
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Tyson personal collection. RNZAF Marine Craft W31 'Panair' on the water. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay.
    Lauthala Bay
    Fiji
    WW2
    World War Two
    Marine Craft
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Tyson
    W31
    Panair
  • 1988-186.15
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Reverend Roy K Matheson personal collection. 3/4 front view of RNZAF Marine Craft W72 'Playmate' moored at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji. Handwritten on the reverse "W72 Control Launch at Lauthala Bay 1947".
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Marine Craft
    World War Two
    WW2
    Matheson
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
    W72
    Playmate
  • 1984-502.8c
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Palmer personal collection. Side view of RNZAF Marine Craft W72 'Playmate' at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
    Palmer
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Marine Craft
    World War Two
    WW2
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
    W72
    Playmate
  • 1984-502.8a
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the Palmer personal collection. Two men sitting on the bow of RNZAF Marine Craft W31 'Panair'. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Marine Craft
    World War Two
    WW2
    W31
    Panair
    Palmer
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
  • MUS24017
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Side view of Marine Craft W72 'Playmate' at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
    RNZAF
    Marine Craft
    World War Two
    WW2
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
    W72
    Playmate
  • PR2434
    RNZAF
    RNZAF control launch W45under power at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
    Marine Craft
  • PR2439
    RNZAF
    Marine Section launch W46, in front of an RNZAF Catalina inside the hangar at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
    Marine Craft
    W46
  • PR2433
    RNZAF
    RNZAF control launch W45 under power at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
    Marine Craft
    W45
  • NfG818-44
    RNZAF
    Aerial oblique view of RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Lauthala Bay
    aerial
    oblique
  • NfG884-44
    RNZAF
    Shore crew pulling Sunderland ML792 (later NZ4101) into dock at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Lauthala Bay
    Fiji
    Sunderland
    ML792
    NZ4101
  • NfG1013-45
    RNZAF
    WAAFs arriving at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay on Sunderland NZ4103.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Lauthala Bay
    Fiji
    Sunderland
    Women
    WAAF
    NZ4103
  • NfG1014-45
    RNZAF
    WAAFs arriving at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay on Sunderland NZ4103.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Lauthala Bay
    Fiji
    Sunderland
    Women
    WAAF
    marine craft
    NZ4103
  • NfG1012-45
    RNZAF
    WAAFs arriving at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay on Sunderland NZ4103.
    RNZAF
    World War Two
    WW2
    Lauthala Bay
    Fiji
    Sunderland
    Women
    WAAF
    marine craft
    NZ4103
  • 2009-380.62
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Image from the No. 5 Squadron collection. Group. Some of the crew who delivered the first new Sunderland (NZ4105) from England. L-R: Flying Officer Rex Cording, Flying Officer Peter Lumley, Flying Officer Ian Moran, Flying Officer H. (Tommy) Thompson.
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 5 Squadron
    5 Sqn
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
    Sunderland
  • MUS040795
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Copy of an acrylic painting by RM Conly "Lauthala Bay Jetty". Shows personnel with marine craft W45 moored with Sunderlands on the water behind at RNZAF Station LAuthala Bay, Fiji.
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Conly
    artefact
    Lauthala Bay
    Fiji
    Marine Craft
    W45
  • MUS040798
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Copy of an acrylic painting by Maurice Conly "Sunderland in Hangar". Shows No. 5 Squadron Sunderland NZ4116 'S' being worked on by maintenance personnel at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Conly
    artefact
    Sunderland
    NZ4116
    No. 5 Squadron
    5 Sqn
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
  • MUS1000225
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Group. No. 5 Squadron personnel in front of Sunderland NZ4106 at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
    RNZAF
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
    group
    No. 5 Squadron
    5 Sqn
    Sunderland
    NZ4106
  • Wg883-90
    RNZAF
    Two servicemen pose for the camera at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay.
    RNZAF
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
  • Wg866-90
    RNZAF
    Unknown serviceman standing beside a Catalina. Believed to be at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
    RNZAF
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
    Catalina
  • Wg865-90
    RNZAF
    RNZAF serviceman and a local Fijian worker pose for the camera in front of a Ford fire tender. RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
    RNZAF
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
    fire
    Ford
    Mechanical Transport
    MT
  • Wg862-90
    RNZAF
    RNZAF serviceman and a local Fijian worker on board a Marine Craft, possibly a fire tender(?) at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
    RNZAF
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
    Marine Craft
    fire
  • MUS110041
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    No. 5 Squadron Sunderland NZ4115 KN-B, taking off from RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay.
    NZ4115
    5 Sqn
    No. 5 Squadron
    Sunderland
    Lauthala Bay
    Fiji
    RNZAF
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
  • 2017-017.151
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Image from the Ronald Joseph Cohen personal collection. Visit of the minister of Defence, Mr Dean Eyre, to RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji. Members of the Official Party at a Kava ceremony with members of the Fiji Police.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Cohen
    RNZAF
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
    police
  • 2017-017.152
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    RNZAF
    Image from the Ronald Joseph Cohen personal collection. Visit of the minister of Defence, Mr Dean Eyre, to RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji. Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Air Commodore RJ Cohen visiting with Flying Officer Gemmell in the Station hospital. Original RNZAF negative number LbG5039-61.
    Air Force Museum of New Zealand
    Cohen
    RNZAF
    Fiji
    Lauthala Bay
    medical
    Gemmell