Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Laucala Bay : the story of the RNZAF in Fiji 1939 to 1967
Other Name
Story of the RNZAF in Fiji 1939 to 1967 (Alternate title)
Story of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in Fiji 1939 to 1967 (Alternate title)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Penguin Random House New Zealand
Place
Date
2017
Physical Description
336 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 19 x 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780143770381
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
Tension in the Pacific -- Unit 20 -- Building airfields -- The establishment and development of Laucala Bay -- The Singapore flying boats -- No. 4 Squadron at Nadi -- RNZAF Station Nausori -- Catalinas at work -- The Marine Section at Laucala Bay -- Wartime at the Malolo Radar Station -- Wartime life at Laucala Bay -- Post-war -- the Catalina years -- Hurricanes and earthquakes -- The Sunderlands post-war -- RNZAF Tarawa -- TEAL and the Coral Route -- Bottom Camp -- Suva life -- Top Camp -- Post-war romance and married life -- Last days at Laucala Bay.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: World War Two; Second World War; Seaplanes--New Zealand]
Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-329) and index.
Collection Type
Pou Maumahara
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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