Petrol tankers parked alongside the work area. Presumed to be Base Depot, Espiritu Santo.
Lockheed Hudson in background is presumed to be NZ2069 (see PR1386).
Image from the Robert John Highet personal collection.
RNZAF servicemen working on the engine of a Kittyhawk. Pallikulo airfield, Espiritu Santo.
Handwritten on the reverse "Ground staff servicing P40's Palikulo [sic] air-strip. Santos."
Bombing up a No. 9 Squadron Hudson. Presumed to be Pallikulo Field, Espiritu Santo.
Bomb at right marked: 325 LB. AIRCRAFT BOMB, MK.17 - MOD.2, E. G. BUDD MFG. CO, 1942 CON'T (unreadable series of numbers). Bomb at rear similarly marked, but dated 1941.