The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bowen, Qld. 1944-06-06. At RAAF Flying Boat Maintenance Unit, WAAAF fabric workers on shore maintenance working on sea planes instead of land planes. Left to right: Aircraftwoman (ACW) Pat Mason of Marrickville, NSW uses the paint gun on the wing of a US Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft while ACW Mavis Quinn of Lockhart, NSW and ACW Jean Hewens of Singleton, NSW, do a patching job above her.
Bowen, Qld. 1944-06-06. Torn fabric on a control surface of this Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft received a patch by three WAAAF members. From left: Aircraftwoman (ACW) Mavis Quinn of Lockhart
BOWEN, QLD. 1944-06-06. WAAAF AT WORK - A U.S. NAVY CONSOLIDATED PBY CATALINA AIRCRAFT RECEIVED ATTENTION AT NO. 1 FLYING BOAT MAINTENANCE UNIT (FBMU) RAAF. AIRCRAFTWOMAN (ACW) PAT MASON OF MARRICKVIL
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 RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat aircraft being hosed down with fresh water by 35873 Leading Aircraftman J. C. Walsh, fitter IIA
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.
Bowen, Qld. 1944-05-09. RAAF fitters working on the engines of a Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat, serial no. A24-76, coded RB-V, at No. 1 Flying Boat Maintenance Unit.
