Royal Navy Research Archive

Sue Mortimer

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 20:33:25 +0000

My dad, Allan Oldfield from Yorkshire, was on a British aircraft carrier & he talked of being on Pityilu. I don't know what he was doing or what carrier he was on. Anyone know how I could find out? I think he may have been maintaining aircraft from the carrier?

Steven Hesketh

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 10:28:35 +0100

My father, Alan Hesketh, called at Pityilu island whilst serving on HMS Deer Sound in 1945.

Ann Welch

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 19:27:15 +0000

I have the same image of the men on the plane. I also have others taken at the same time (around 17th September 1945) which is when I believe they were evacuated from Pitilu on HMS Unicorn. I'd love to hear from anyone who had relatives on the island at the same time. My father was an engine fitter, part of the Forward Aircraft Pool.

Ann Welch

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 19:25:26 +0000

Ann Welch

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 19:00:15 +0000

I have the same picture of the men on the plane. I also have a lot of others taken at the same time. I'd love to hear from anyone else who had a relative in the Forward Aircraft Pool on Pitilu at the same time. I believe the photo was taken around 17th September 1945 when the men were evacuated from the island on HMS Unicorn at the end of hostilities. If anyone is interested in the pictures I have I'd be happy to share them.

Ann Welch

Thu, 05 Nov 2020 18:56:57 +0000

I have the same photo of the men on the plane. My father was there on Pitilu island as part of the Forward Aircraft pool but I have a lot more pictures. I believe they are most likely to have been taken around 17th September 1945 when they were evacuated from Pitilu on HMS Unicorn following the end of WW2 in the pacific. If anyone is interested in the pictures I have I'd be very happy to share them. I'd be very interested in hearing from anyone else that had a relative out there at the same time.