TEAL Solent flying boat, R.M.A. Aranui, in sincere memory of a long association with the tropical South Pacific, 1951/1960, Tahiti-Cook Islands-Samoa-Fiji-Tonga, September 1960
Maker and role
Unknown, Photographer
Production date
1960
Object detail
Accession number
2003.641
Maker
Description
Black and white framed photograph of the left side of a flying boat either landing or taking off from the water. In the foreground are four men (two in Fijian uniform) with their backs to the camera. They are watching the flying boat. Below the photograph are the names and signatures of those who worked on the flying boat. The names are: Senior Route Captain J. S. Shephard, Captain M. E. McGreal, Navigating Officer A. Tompkins, Flight Hostess M. Oliphant, Senior Engineer P. Southworth, First Officer L. Simpson, Senior Flight Steward D. G. Marshall, Flight Clerk D. G. Patterson, Service Engineer R. A. Upton, Sen. Flight Engineer Officer D. R. Phillips, Senior Flight Steward F. V. Collier, Station Engineer J. Carr, Service Engineer, H. J. Cook, Radio Officer N. E. Dawson, Flight Hostess V. Watson, Service Engineer A. F. Dagg, Service Engineer N. K. Wilson.
Marks
Sir Geoff Roberts Hand-written
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 photograph (framed) : black and white ; 40 x 53 cm.
Collection
Credit Line
Unknown. 1960. TEAL Solent flying boat, R.M.A. Aranui, in sincere memory of a long association with the tropical South Pacific, 1951/1960, Tahiti-Cook Islands-Samoa-Fiji-Tonga, September 1960, 2003.641. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
Production place
Fiji
Melanesia
Melanesia
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