Item #100917 With the Catalinas at Melville Bay. Peter Fooks.

With the Catalinas at Melville Bay

Yirrkala (NT): Yirrkala Community School, 1992. 2nd edition, 3rd printing. Quarto, wraps, b&w illus, pmap, p 28. Very good condition.

Documents the Catalina flying boats at Melville Bay, which was a base for campaigns in the Pacific during WWII. Most of the photos shown are supplied by Jim Harrison: in 1944 and 1945 at the age of 19 he was stationed at the Catalina base, attached to No. 42 Squadron as a flight mechanic.Photos show the base, the planes, and aerial perspectives. Item #100917

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