The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 MARRICKVILLE, NSW, TAKES A TIN OF DOPE FROM ACW MAVIS QUINN OF LOCKHART, NSW WHILE ACW JEAN HEWENS OF SINGLETON, NSW, STANDS BY WITH THE BRUSH AND PAINT GUN. NOTE THE IDENTIFYING AMERICAN STAR.
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. 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 Ma
Probably Townsville, Qld. C. ?1944. Informal group portrait, of members of WAAAF. Left to right: Aircraftwoman (ACW) Margaret Toose of Roseville, NSW; Sergeant (Sgt) Pearl Shepherd of Hamilton, Qld; A
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. In the waist blister of a RAAF Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat, two senior engineers check over their "snag list" of matters calling for special attention during a Catali
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
