Thursday, August 27, 2009

A Hundred World War II Photographs Rescued From Military Tip


An archive of World War II photographs of the Royal New Zealand Air Force No 6 Flying Boat Squadron in the Solomon Islands has been 'scavenged' from a military rubbish tip. Now an Australian researcher would like help to identify the airmen in the photographs.

Read the Dominion Post article here. See archive on flickr here.

Do you recognise anyone in these photographs? Contact news@waikatotimes.co.nz

Photo: More than 200 men line the wing of one of the giant Catalina flying boats that were affectionately known as "Dumbos" c1944.