Image from the Marine Section Reunion Group collection.
"W46 or 'Forty foot' on duty sweeping the bay. Johny Jarvis at [the] wheel. Lauthala Bay, Fiji."
Image from the Reverend Roy K Matheson personal collection.
Marine Craft moored at a wharf at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
Marine Craft W45 and W46 visible, also barges and fishing vessels.
Three civilians boarding a Marine Craft, either W46 or W88, believed to be at RNZAF Station Hobsonville.
Original negative number A11865, but all records lost.
Marine Craft moored at the Braby at RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay.
L-R: W45, W46, W210, W78.
NB. This negative deteriorating resulting in poor image quality.
Marine Section launch W46 being towed by a crawler tractor with Catalinas in the camouflaged hangar behind. RNZAF Station Lauthala Bay, Fiji.
Truck with number plate "5177" at left.