Image from the Gerard Kunowski personal collection.
Group of Polish personnel in front of a large painted Polish eagle on a hangar metal blast door. RAF Station Lindholme.
Image from the Gerard Kunowski personal collection.
Crew of six in front of a Wellington. Believed to be No. 305 Squadron, at RAF Station Lindholme,
G Kunowski far right.
Image from the DH Mann personal album collection.
"Paddling 'K' type dinghy after Lindholme Dinghy."
Aerial oblique view of a downed No. 489 Squadron crew, DH Mann and DM Kennedy (RAF), in their life raft.
Douglas Haig Mann's log book records "Aircraft badly damaged in starboard wing by collision. Ditched off Terschelling at 0155 hrs. Picked up by H.S.L. [High Speed launch] 2679 off Texel on 10/10/44 after 184 hrs 35 mins in dinghy."
Image from the DH Mann personal album collection.
"Paddling 'K' type dinghy after Lindholme Dinghy."
Aerial oblique view of a downed No. 489 Squadron crew, DH Mann and DM Kennedy (RAF), in their life raft.
Douglas Haig Mann's log book records "Aircraft badly damaged in starboard wing by collision. Ditched off Terschelling at 0155 hrs. Picked up by H.S.L. [High Speed launch] 2679 off Texel on 10/10/44 after 184 hrs 35 mins in dinghy."
Image from the DH Mann personal album collection.
"Paddling 'K' type dinghy after Lindholme Dinghy."
Aerial oblique view of a downed No. 489 Squadron crew, DH Mann and DM Kennedy (RAF), in their life raft.
Douglas Haig Mann's log book records "Aircraft badly damaged in starboard wing by collision. Ditched off Terschelling at 0155 hrs. Picked up by H.S.L. [High Speed launch] 2679 off Texel on 10/10/44 after 184 hrs 35 mins in dinghy."
Image from the DH Mann personal album collection.
"Paddling 'K' type dinghy after Lindholme Dinghy."
Aerial oblique view of a downed No. 489 Squadron crew, DH Mann and DM Kennedy (RAF), in their life raft.
Douglas Haig Mann's log book records "Aircraft badly damaged in starboard wing by collision. Ditched off Terschelling at 0155 hrs. Picked up by H.S.L. [High Speed launch] 2679 off Texel on 10/10/44 after 184 hrs 35 mins in dinghy."
No. 489 Squadron crew, Flying Officer DH Mann and his English Navigator, Flight Sergeant DM Kennedy being rescued from their dinghy by personnel on RAF High Speed launch 2679.
Douglas Haig Mann's log book records "Aircraft badly damaged in starboard wing by collision. Ditched off Terschelling at 0155 hrs. Picked up by H.S.L. [High Speed launch] 2679 off Texel on 10/10/44 after 184 hrs 35 mins in dinghy."
No. 5 Squadron search and rescue of the distressed ship Fuji Maru II, from RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay.
Lindholme gear on the braby pontoon dock ready to be taken to the Sunderland.
NZ4115 in the background.
No. 5 Squadron search and rescue of the distressed ship Fuji Maru II, from RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay.
Personnel attaching the Lindholme gear to the bomb racks of Sunderland NZ4114.
Armourers Jim Eades (Left) and Gil Nelson (right) fitting Lindholme safety equipment under the wing of Bristol Freighter NZ5912 for air sea rescue duties. RNZAF Station Whenuapai.
