Image from the B Perkins personal album collection. "Atomic Bomb damage at Hiroshima" View of damaged buildings and dead trees in a street in Hiroshima, Japan.

Image from the B Perkins personal album collection. "Physical education on the Glory first thing in the morning" Personnel on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Glory on the way to Japan.

Image from the B Perkins personal album collection. "Heavy weather and sea sick two day out from N.Z." Personnel lying on the end of the flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Glory, on the way to Japan.

Image from the B Perkins personal album collection. "Black market activities at Kure" Large group of civilians and military personnel in a street of Kure, Japan.

Image from the B Perkins personal album collection. "Kiwis in damaged Kure" Three New Zealand servicemen standing in a street in Kure, Japan.

Image from the B Perkins personal album collection. "Myself and wrecked Jap planes on Ozuni airfield" Bob Perkins sitting on the nose cone of the wreckage of a Japanese aircraft. Ozuki, Japan.

Image from the B Perkins personal album collection. "Total destruction" View of a burnt out tram and damaged buildings in Hiroshima, Japan.