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Which Aerodrome Mk III
Could be Rose Bay , Sydney?
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Crawley Bay, Western Australia? That looks remarkably like the University of WA in the background.
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Asturias: Yes, a Saro London flying boat K9686, later lost on a mission to Norway in 1940. Not Rose Bay, though.
Well done, Dora-9 - it is indeed RAAF Crawley Bay /Pelican Point, starting point of the 3500nm Double Sunrise flights to Ceylon. As a sad footnote, the 4 Catalinas used were unceremoniously flown out to Rottnest Island and sunk in order to avoid payment to the U.S.A. under the terms of Lend Lease.
https://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/ducrawley.htm
Over to you, Dora!
A few more tales here for those interested:
https://gregoryno6.files.wordpress.c...rise-story.pdf
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Sunrise for the Black Cats
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Crawley Bay & Pelican Point some years later
Well done, Dora-9 - it is indeed RAAF Crawley Bay /Pelican Point, starting point of the 3500nm Double Sunrise flights to Ceylon. As a sad footnote, the 4 Catalinas used were unceremoniously flown out to Rottnest Island and sunk in order to avoid payment to the U.S.A. under the terms of Lend Lease.
https://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/ducrawley.htm
Over to you, Dora!
A few more tales here for those interested:
https://gregoryno6.files.wordpress.c...rise-story.pdf
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Sunrise for the Black Cats
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Crawley Bay & Pelican Point some years later
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My old stomping ground in fact. Nothing to hand, so OH.
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That looks remarkably like the University of WA in the background.
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A hangar was used in the construction of this building in 1921. A bit more tonight.........
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Poole Harbour?
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Sorry chaps I didn't mean to confuse you. The film clip of the Saro Londons was an addition to gen on the previous challenge not this new one.
So sadly it is not a 'Chippy' in Poole or Plymouth.
So sadly it is not a 'Chippy' in Poole or Plymouth.
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New Zealand?
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Use of the term 'ATM' instead of 'Cash Machine' on the chippy and 'enlisted men' rather then 'junior ranks' billeted at the hotel would indicate USA/Canada or possibly Windies.
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