The crew of Lieutenant Cyril Plumtree (sitting third from right) of the PBY-5 Catalina flying boat (Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina, tail number XX-R) from the 6th New Zealand Squadron on the nose of their aircraft at the airfield in Halawo Bay in the Solomon Islands. Pacific theater of operations, World War II.
Location: Halawo Bay, Solomon Islands, Pacific Ocean
Shooting time: 1945