RCN sailor from HMCS MAYFLOWER shows the corvettes “catch-of-the-day” from the North Atlantic. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB023)
HMCS MAYFLOWER Sentry
HMCS MAYFLOWER’s sentry. Name/place/date unknown. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB011)
HMCS MAYFLOWER
HMCS MAYFLOWER, Flower class corvette, looking very tiddley after just completing a refit in Baltimore, Maryland in March 1943. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB003)
HMCS MAYFLOWER -Make and Mend
Sailor from HMCS MAYFLOWER finds a comfortable spot dockside, repairing his uniform, during a Make and Mend. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL -ROB012)
RCN Sailor -Bermuda
Unidentified Canadian Sailor from HMCS MAYFLOWER on shore leave in Bermuda, possibly around 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. RTL-ROB071)
Sentry Duty
RCN sailor stands sentry in HMCS MAYFLOWER. Unknown date/location. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB041)
Christmas in HMCS MAYFLOWER 1944
HMCS MAYFLOWER celebrating Christmas in the English Channel in 1944. Names listed on back of photo: Melanson, Gord Atkinson, Gar Smith. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB068)
HMCS MAYFLOWER Sailors
Three RCN sailors on HMCS MAYFLOWER’s foc’s’le in WWII. (Date/place unknown) Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB007)
HMCS MAYFLOWER -Operation Neptune
The invasion areas are crowded as HMCS MAYFLOWER passes all sorts of vessels involved in the landings on 7 June 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB047)
Approaching Invasion Area
A single Landing Craft sails past HMCS MAYFLOWER as the corvette approaches the Normandy Invasion Area on 7 June 1944. Hundreds of ships of all types can be seen on the horizon. Roger Litwiller Collection, courtesy Ralph O’Brien, RCNVR. (RTL-ROB052)