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Royal New Zealand Air Force

SHORT SUNDERLAND MK V

Photographs taken by Maurice Mitton during his tour of duty with the RNZAF from 1955-1961.  

Just arrived in Christchurch, NZ, 1955.


RNZAF11x1.jpg (43606 bytes)

Can't give any details on these picts.  I'll guess it's either Lauthala Bay, Fiji.  

RNZAF31x1.jpg (31578 bytes)

1.  Christmas Island.  2-3.  4112.  In and around Hobsonville, NZ.  4.  Maurice Mitton on upper deck rear.

SUNDY SERVICE FD.JPG (72619 bytes)SUNDERLAND MOORED MS.JPG (16373 bytes)HOBSONVILLE UNLOAD.JPG (48736 bytes)

1.  Flight Deck-Sunderland MkV   2.  At moorings  3.  Unloading 

RNZAF71x1.jpg (12454 bytes)RNZAF61x1.jpg (14373 bytes)DAD'S NOTES1x1.jpg (50640 bytes)NEWSPAPER.JPG (175027 bytes)

Flypast.  Engineer's duties.  Newspaper clipping.

AA NZ PAPER COMP SM.jpg (601766 bytes)boarding.jpg (59581 bytes)nose.jpg (75855 bytes)tail.jpg (66101 bytes)side.jpg (39856 bytes)fd.jpg (47929 bytes)

Very large newspaper article (takes a while to load), Pictures from the article

DAD CHECKING OIL.JPG (24184 bytes)DAD REFUEL.JPG (50013 bytes)DAD in FE OFFICE 1960.JPG (144537 bytes)

1.  Checking the oil.  2.  Refueling  3.  FE Office. ~1960.  

HOBSONVILLE A-G W-BRDG.jpg (75952 bytes)CU HOBSONVILLE A-G.JPG (58085 bytes)CU HOBSONVILLE A-G2.JPG (80250 bytes)4113 in SERVICE.JPG (53821 bytes)

Hobsonville base back in the late 50's.  The red line in the first picture indicates today's bridge.

HOBS STREET.JPG (30567 bytes)HOBS DUNNY.JPG (33303 bytes)HOBS WINDOW VIEW.JPG (29537 bytes)HOBS-IN THE SHOP.JPG (27219 bytes)HOBS.JPG (43606 bytes)

1.  Aircraft Hangars  2.  The Loo?  3. Bay for the Boats  4.  Shop  5.  View from Barracks to Bay

Hobsonville

DAD IN UNIFORM.JPG (379757 bytes)ENGINEERS WINGS.JPG (32866 bytes)RNZAF HAT BROACH.JPG (146314 bytes)

Uniforms, 1959 & such.

FE Eddie Brown.JPG (41583 bytes)DAD & MATE.JPG (25120 bytes)THE BOYS.JPG (34060 bytes)DAD.JPG (31316 bytes)

1.  FE Eddie Brown-left, Nav. on Right. 2.  The Blokes. 3.  Passing out party-passing courses, ~1956, Don "Leaky" Waters on left of the four.  4.  Dad.

Click the picture below to fly to Fiji

FIJI

RNZAF CRUMP NANCOLLAS SERVICE MOTAT FIJI UNION ISLANDS GUAM JOYITA FOF SELETAR VANUATU WRECKS REICHELT LINKS

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