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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: QANTAS CATALINA PILOTS

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Derek T Large

1982

Overview

Black and white photograph of group of 19 Qantas pilots who flew Perth to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) following the fall of Singapore in the Second World War. They are grouped in front of a plaque near the Catalina launching ramp west of Pelican Point, Crawley. The plaque, mounted on a large rock, commemorates their historic flights, 40 years previously.

Historical information

The flights between Perth and Ceylon in Qantas Catalina flying boats took more than 24 hours, hence the name 'Flight of the double sunrise'. The planes flew non-stop in radio silence. They maintained communications with Europe, by-passing south-east Asia, which had fallen to the Japanese in WW2

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cwa-org-43-2006.247

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Material

Photographic Paper

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Derek T Large

Keywords

ABRAHAMS, Joseph Hyam

JH Abrahams Reserve

Book: Qantas At War

Catalina Flying Boat Base

Year

Statement of significance

Record of event in WW1,centred on the Crawley base, City of Subiaco

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