The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 operational bases for periodic overhaul.
Bowen, Qld. 1944-05-09. RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat ashore for overhaul, as seen from the gunner's cupola or "blister" of a sister ship at an "aerial dockyard" at No. 1 Flying Boat Main
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. RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat mounted on special beaching chassis is brought ashore for overhaul, towed by a tractor, at No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit.
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, an RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat with beaching chassis fitted, is taxied up the slip way under its own power for overhaul.
Bowen, Qld. 1944-05-09. Fitters working on a Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Engine of a RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat at No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit.
