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Bowen, Qld. 1944-05-09. At No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat aircraft being hosed down with fresh water by 35873 Leading Aircraftman J. C. Walsh, fitter IIA, of Narromine, NSW.
Bowen, Qld. 1944-05-09. Hosing with fresh water is the first action when RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats are brought ashore for overhaul at No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit. With the hos
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
Bowen, Qld. 1944-05-09. New Plexiglas being fitted in the port gunner's cupola, or "blister" of a RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat which has been brought ashore for periodic overhaul with No
Bowen, Qld. 1944-05-09. At No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit tail view of a RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat aircraft ashore.
Bowen, Qld. 1944-05-09. At No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit, the port aileron of a RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat is being removed during ashore overhaul.
Bowen, Qld. 1944-05-09. Engine maintenance being performed at No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit. Known as the "Aerial Dockyard", it is where RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats are flown from
