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6th August 2018, 09:09
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Re: F/Sgt Charles McCormac's rescue by RAAF Catalina 16/9/42
Another snippet of information, from the book "Challenging Horizons: QANTAS 1939-54", on pages 105-106; linked below, and screen-capture of pages attached.
https://books.google.com.au/books?id...page&q&f=false Appears that No321 Squadron RAF (actually a Dutch operated squadron) was flying Catalinas from Ceylon to Perth on a semi-regular basis in late (November) 1942. Perhaps this is the squadron in question that did the rescue off Sumatra/Java on a regular patrol but diverted to Broome or Darwin after the rescue? ...geoff
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- converting fuel into noise. Last edited by bearoutwest; 6th August 2018 at 09:12. Reason: Re-phrasing for clarity. 
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