The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-05-21. FLYING OFFICER R. W. FRANCIS, ADELAIDE, SA, A CATALINA PILOT OF NO. 113 AIR-SEA RESCUE SQUADRON RAAF, RELAXES IN A BUSH-CARPENTERED ROCKING CHAIR WHILE READING THE LATEST "GEN" IN A COPY OF AIR SEA RESCUE BULLETIN. AUSTRALIAN INGENUITY IN "ROUGHING IT" IN COMFORT IS A BYWORD IN THE PACIFIC.
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-01. THE RAAF CATALINA AIRCRAFT OF THE AIR-SEA RESCUE SERVICE OPERATED FROM MOROTAI ARE KEPT IN PERFECT CONDITION READY FOR ANY EMERGENCY CA
IN FLIGHT FROM MOROTAI ISLAND, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. 1945-04-20. INTERIOR OF A RAAF CATALINA AIRCRAFT OF NO. 112 AIR SEA RESCUE FLIGHT RAAF, WHICH HAS BEEN ON MANY LONG AND HAZAR
HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-01. 73227 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) KEVIN KELLY, MASCOT, NSW, AND 123250 LAC CLIVE DOUGHERTY, TOWNSVILLE, QLD, WORKING ON THE HUGE RUDDER OF ONE OF
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-02. LOOKING AFTER THE TAIL: RAAF CATALINA AIRCRAFT ON THE AIR-SEA RESCUE SERVICE SOMETIMES HAVE TO FIGHT OFF ENEMY INTERFERENCE IN THEIR WO
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-02. RAAF CATALINA AIRCRAFT ON AIR-SEA RESCUE SERVICE, OFTEN ACCOMPANY FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS ON MISSIONS, TO BE HANDY TO SAVE THE LIVES OF AN
MOROTAI, HALMAHERA ISLANDS, NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES. C. 1945-02. READY FOR A MERCY MISSION: RAAF CATALINA AIRCRAFT FLY ON ERRANDS OF MERCY TO PICK UP AIRMEN FORCED DOWN INTO THE SEA, AND THE SAVING OF
