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PHOTOGRAPH: CATALINA COMMEMORATIVE FLY-PAST

1983
Overview

Matt finished colour photograph of Qantas aircraft flying over the Swan River. Several yachts are moored on the river. The plane is in silhouette against white cloud. The flight was timed to coincide with the unveiling of a plaque commemorating the Qantas Catalina air service between Perth and Sri Lanka - then Ceylon, during WW II, following the fall of Singapore to the Japanese.

Historical information

The flights to Sri Lanka were known as the flight of the double sunrise because the planes left before dawn and flew into the sunrise twice before reaching their destination. They flew non stop in radio silence.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-43-2006.224
Item type
Width
130 mm
Height or length
90 mm
Inscriptions and markings

JFR McGeough

Year
Statement of significance

Historical event, unveiling plaque commemorating Catalina flights WWII.

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