RAF loss on Madagascar September the 8th and december the 18th, 1942

[roumsetom]

Hello
thanks for answer.
Pamanzi was a airfield too. It was a two crossing grass runway. If I remenber, the Catalina was a seaplane with two wheels, isn't it?
Regards
Franck

[macfire]

Hi all,
Just a small point:
F/L J R Wyllie (a Kiwi) was RAF not RNZAF

Cheers
Tony

[Ex Shack]

Careful Ragnar, many, if not all, Catalinas had tricycle undercarriages and were Amphibians. If you look on the website for the Duxford Museum I think there is one there on its wheels.And there are many illustrations on Google Images
Regards
Dick

[macfire]

Only the PBY-5A and equivalent models had the inbuilt undercarriage.
Earlier models did not.
The picture above is from Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBY_Catalina
and shows a 205 Sqn Mk.I undergoing servicing at Singapore (with a Short Singapore in the background)

[Bill Walker]

First comment:

VA713 was a Consolidated built pure flying boat, originally ordered for the RCAF as 9713, but diverted to the RAF in a complicated swap.

Second comment:

I wouldn't ever try to correct Ragnar about anything to do with Cats/Cansos .

[roumsetom]

Hi all
Many thanks for your informations. Does one of you know about existance of photography of these planes taken in Madagascar or Comores?
Thank you in advance
Friendly
Franck