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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH: CATALINA COMMEMORATIVE FLY-PAST

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JFR McGeough

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

Photographs

Material

Photographic Paper

Chemicals

Width

130 mm

Height or length

90 mm

Inscriptions and markings

JFR McGeough

Keywords

Catalina Club Of WA

World War Two

Postal Service

Pelican Point

JH Abrahams Reserve

Book: Qantas At War

Catalina Flying Boat Base

Year

Statement of significance

Historical event, unveiling plaque commemorating Catalina flights WWII.

Last modified

Wednesday, 1 May, 2024

Completeness

94

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