The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Cairns, Qld. 1944-01-12. RAAF armourers hoist a magnetic mine into place under the wing of a Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat. On wing operating winches are 116127 Leading Aircraftman (LAC) H. Klose of Torrensville, SA (left), and 118036 LAC C. Saunders of Wodonga, Vic. Hands on nose of mine is 36471 Corporal W. Hughes of Hunters Hill, NSW. Seated is 61706 LAC G. Nakkar of Forrest Lodge, NSW.
Cairns, Qld. 1944-01-12. RAAF mine-laying Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat, with underwing mines aboard. Catalina aircraft of this type have at some time or other closed nearly every important en
At Sea. 1944-01-09. Interior of a RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat showing 71335 Sergeant J. G. Weston of Cessnock, NSW, air gunner, cooking Catalina style while in flight during an overnigh
Bowen, Qld. 1944-05-09. Major work on Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat is performed ashore at No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit. Installing the wing-tip float retracting mechanism are, from left
At Sea. 1944-01-09. Interior of a RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat showing 411308 Flying Officer R. H. Gibson of Trangie, NSW, second pilot, eating a hot meal, during a patrol flight. The ai
At Sea. 1944-01-09. Interior of a RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat on anti-submarine patrol, showing a bare-chested 61241 Sergeant J. M. Booth of Millthorpe, NSW, gunner, eating a meal while
At Sea. 1944-01-09. Interior of a RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat showing a bare-chested 71335 Sergeant J. G. Weston of Cessnock, NSW, air gunner at the waist cupola test firing in flight.
