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It has been said that the Catalina did forAustralia what the Spitfire did for England.

This is NO exaggeration!

General MacArthur said he could neverhave returned to Manila if it werenʼt for the“Allied” (read Australian) Catalinas.

There were US Catalinas in the Pacific butit was only the Australian PBY5A Catalinaswhich flew well up behind enemy lines andlaid the mines at the harbour entranceswhere the Japanese Navy operated from.

The Australians castrated the US builtamphibious Catalinas by removing thewheels and retraction systems. They alsoremoved the heavy armour plating andpainted all their CATS black.

They were never pressurised so had to flythrough tropical storms and navigate bydead reckoning to reach the Japaneseheld ports.

Like the Dambusters in UK they droppedtheir mines from a very low level in primelocations in the middle of the night. Themines were specially made to go off after aspecific number of passes (from 2 to 7) sothe Japanese never knew how and whenthey got there. Every harbour was minedand many Black CATS got lost.

This was not the only operation the CATSperformed. Rescuing downed airmen,servicing the Coastwatchers – manystories are told in the books CATS ATWAR and THE FABULOUS CATALINA byRobert Cleworth, just two of the booksavailable. Reg Cleworth, Robertʼs brother,was one of the CAT crews never to return,or ever been found!

As mentioned before the operation of theCatalina flying boat on and off the water isSPECTACULAR – a great attraction for TV

and press photographers and a greatAustralian story.

Your organisation can be part of it and getthe credit for sponsoring this project.

The Catalinas were based at Rathmines,on Lake Macquarie NSW. The launchingramp and hardstand areas are still inexistence and heritage listed and theCouncil and Heritage Authorities areplanning to build a hangar and “wash-down” area for our Catalina VH-CAT.

We have already purchased and flown toAustralia a wartime PBY6A Catalina. ThisCAT is slowly being restored to its originalwartime configuration when it will beregistered under the WARBIRD categoryavailable to take passengers on adventureflights.

Corporate Sponsor – Urgently Required

Photograph - Courtesy Harry Follas

The operation of the Catalina flying boaton and off the water is SPECTACULAR

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AMessagefromPhilipDulhunty

Neville Kennard, along with SirRichard Kingsland and NancyBird Walton were our FoundingSponsors and Patrons.Unfortunately they are no longerwith us – and even young PhilipDulhunty is in his 90th year.

PBY6A Catalina has already beenbought, flown to Australia andconverted from a water bomberback to its original configuration.

It is now sitting at BankstownAirport with a great team ofvolunteers working everyweekend to get her officialWARBIRD “limited” C of A.

There have been a few setbackswith corrosion and damage donewhen she was a bushfire waterbomber but when we are finishedshe will be better than NEW.

Hopefully this will be aroundSeptember this year BUT this isall in the hope that we can attracta sponsor to help us financially.This could be YOU, YOU ANDYOU.

Kerry Smith in Perth has beenthe most generous donor so farand our thanks go out to her!

We are trying to attract aCorporate Sponsor who wouldbenefit greatly from anassociation with us and lookforward to any suggestion orintroductions. An approachmaybe in the form of the letterunder Corporate Sponsorshipof this newsletter.

Philip Dulhunty Director The Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd

Visit to the Catalina Museumat Lake Boga, VictoriaContribution by Tony and Dianne Pye

Welcome... New Members 2014 • Donal Corrigan

• Robert Weatherby

We never miss calling in to the wonderful Catalina Museum at Lake Boga, Victoria.It's still going strong and giving very interesting display and stories with hands onCatalinas right there for you to see. This particular trip we were on motorbikes travellingback from Mildura where the AGM of the Ulysses Club was held. Many others called intoo, there were over 3000 at the AGM. Cheers Tony Pye


Extract from Flypast Magazine March 2014

My new job.... a labour of loveWhen I saw the distress call from Philip Dulhunty requesting for an Editor to help out with theCatalina Magazine, I felt that it was my calling to reply, so, reply I did and it was the quickest jobinterview I have ever had. I was nominted in the next email. Thank you Philip.

I have quite a connection to the Catalinas as my father was Flight Sgt. A.G. Ivan Joseph Londish,11th Squadron Catalinas, 5th Airforce Liberators. He was a most faithful and incredibly proud Catman and loved the flying boat. He passed away in March 2012. His plaque is on the Memorial Wallthere at Rathmines.

I would like you to all know I took this job in my Dadʼs memory. I know he would have loved theidea of me producing this magazine for you all. I have already enjoyed bringing this new lookemail magazine to you. I hope that you also enjoy it and I look forward to many more issues.

Thank you to Christina for all your help and now a new friendship. I live in Woodend, in theMacedon Ranges in Victoria, so quite a distance from Rathmines, but thankfully moderntechnology is on our side and I can perform my graphic duties from afar and still be partof the Catalina experience.

Thank you for having me in your lives.... Regards Lynny Ingles [email protected]

The Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd isrestoring a Consolidated Catalina VH-CAT, at Bankstown, near Sydney,Australia. It has already been convertedfrom a waterbomber and is now makingprogress with restoration of corroded partsto enable it to earn a Warbird C of A.

It has recently assigned sheet metalworkers Craig Hickey and PeterCrowhurst, to work alongside RayMolyneux to stem deterioration to theaircraft. John Russell of Airag Aviationhas also helped with rebuilding badlycorroded and collapsed sections of thehull.

Built in New Orleans, VH- CAT servedwith the US Navy in Alaska and the

Aleutian Islands, later flying as asubmarine warfare trials aircraft fromFlorida.Following an accident in 1951, it wasrepaired but placed in storage until beingwithdrawn from naval service in 1956.

It joined the US civil register as N9555Cbefore entering Chilean hands as CC-CNG. It was subsequently acquired byChilean aviator Roberto Parrague whore-registered the aircraft CC-CNP andnamed it Manutara II. Roberto used theaircraft to fly passengers and freight, andlater had it converted into a fire bomber.

The aircraft flew in this capacity in Spainand Portugal until it was withdrawn fromservice and placed in long term storage.

Acquired by Australian organisation TheCatalina Flying Memorial Ltd, New SouthWales, much work was needed in 2008before the amphibian was fit to flyto its new home.

Ray Molyneux worked on the aircraft inPortugal for five months, bringing it toflight condition and eventually sourcingand fitting two new engines. After alengthy transit, crossing a dozencountries, the Catalina arrived in Australiain December 2008, touching down inDarwin, then Rathmines, before finallylanding at bankstown where it has beenever since.

Long-term Catalina restoration in AustraliaStory & Photograph Lance Higgerson.

Condolidated CatalinaVH-CAT atBankstown, Australia,in December 2013.Photo LanceHiggerson

My father Ivan at Edinburgh, South Australia at the70th Anniversary of the 10th & 11th Squadron.


I probably have the oldest and best C180Ain Australia (if not the world). You maywonder why I donʼt fly out to yourwonderful Fly-Ins and to Coominya.

The reason is that there isnʼt enoughWATER out there for me to alight on! VH-BNJ is fitted with EDO2870 straightfloats and is not amphibious. I keep itoutside my kitchen door on the Lane CoveRiver in Sydney Harbour. I can take offand operate in uncontrolled airspace inR405 and when I am on the water I amjust another boat (capable of a speed inexcess of 10 knots). I need to havea boat driverʼs licence as well as myaviation licence.

So that I can carry a useful load with thefloats I have fitted a number of STOL KITS(Robertson Stol, WingX Stol, VortexGenerators, etc) but Iʼm flat out doing 105knots. I am fitted with VHF Marine Radioas well as Aviation VHF. My call sign onmarine radio is not Bravo November Julietbut “Seaplane BENJO” (and if anyoneknows any Japanese they will know whatthis means).

I am a member of the Volunteer MarineRescue organisation and have beenengaged in a few missions over the years.I keep a listening watch with all VMR

bases up and down the coast andfrequently have to relay messages fromboats out of range from their base station.

C180 - 185-206ʼs make great floatplanesand there are ten times as many places toland than there are airfields! Lakes,creeks, billabongs even swamps makeacceptable alighting areas west of theranges and on the east coast there is

almost a continuous chain of emergencyalighting areas. Of course, thatʼs not muchhelp if you canʼt swim or are afraid ofsharks and crocodiles.

In the Seaplane Pilots Association, wehave about 60 members in Australia – butthere are more seaplanes in Alaska thanthere are aeroplanes in Australia.

My Cessna 180A – VH-BNJContribution by Phil Dulhunty

VH-BNJ at Rathmines Catalina Festival on Lake Macquarie

The VH-BNJ – parkedoutside the kitchen door


Extract fromThe Flying Boat Daysby Peter Phillipps

This chapter is about the Catalina A24-381 fromRathmines in the book, which crashed on theisland in 1948.

Chapter 4:

Tragedy inParadise

The loss ofCatalinaA24-381

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Extract from The Flying Boat Days by Peter PhillippsContinued

NOTE: By strange coincidence Roy Wilson and Philip Dulhunty werethe greatest of mates being both officeboys together at the Perpetual TrusteeCo. in Sydney in 1940-41


Our very knowledgeable guide showed usthe Catalina which is being restored,explained its functions and pointed out thecareful and patient restoration work. Healso showed us where the pilots,navigators etc. sat inside the Catalina.

The kids were fascinated to see thepulleys and wires that connect the cockpitcontrols to the rudder and flaps. In a worldof high technology, itʼs nice to know thatyou can fly a plane with simple mechanicaldevices that you can see and touch.

After the aircraft tour, Patricio Parraguegave an interesting talk, with slides andpress clippings, in the clubhouse.

We learned a lot about the history of theCatalina and their vital contribution duringWorld War II, includingthe sea rescues,evacuations and thelaying of mines. Wehadnʼt realised before justhow important theCatalinas were to the wareffort. It was alsofascinating to hear thestory of Patricioʼs uncleand his very personalconnection to the flyingboats.

We were also interested to hear about thefund raising mission to build a hangar forthe Catalina at Rathmines on LakeMacquarie.

A couple of days after the visit, my eldestdaughter, who was unable to join us on theday, was grateful to receive some furtherinformation forwarded by the Club. She isvery interested in history, especiallyAustralian history, and loved learningabout the Catalinas. She followed up byreading the club website.

We were very impressedby the passion anddedication of therestoration team andentertained and informedby the stories andanecdotes. It was a greatmorning out and wewere all very glad thatwe made the trip to theairport to see firsthandsuch an important, yetlittle known, part of ourhistory.

Visit to Bankstown – City of Canada Bay Menʼs Shed and FriendsComment from Jim MetcalfeThe Vice President of the Sydney Stereo Camera Club, my family and I were recentlyinvited to visit the Catalina Restoration Project at Bankstown Airport

Saturday 23 November 2013

ʻThe kids were

fascinated to see the

pulleys and wires that

connect the cockpit

controls to the rudder

and flaps.ʼ


VALE - Ted Rayner 1914 - 2012

Sydney Morning Herald

Ted RaynerInspired.... Ted Rayner worked witha generation of geologists andgeophysicists who transformedgovernment mineral exploration.Photo: William Mottram

After the fall of Singapore in 1942, Raynerjoined the RAAF and, after initial training,was commissioned as a pilot officer. Hisaptitude for map reading and precisedirection-finding was soon recognised andhe was assigned as a navigation instructorto train other flyers.

In August 1943, Rayner was posted to No.3 Operational Training Unit at Rathminesto become a navigator on the Catalinaflying boats. In October, he was posted tothe newly formed No. 43 Squadron, basedthen at Karumba on the Gulf ofCarpentaria and later in Darwin. Raynerflew over enemy territory, bombed theenemy, laid mines and took part in anti-submarine patrols and air-sea rescue.

Rayner was promoted to flight lieutenantin 1944 and made his last official flight onMarch 23, 1945, in one of 12 Catalinasover Sydney for a Victory Loan parade.He was discharged the following monthbut never lost his interest in the Catalinasand his squadron. He was an organiser ofthe Catalina Aircrew Group and just a fewyears ago was involved in bringing one ofthe ageing aeroplanes back to Australiafrom overseas.

Edward Oswald Rayner was born on May21, 1914, in Granville, the second son ofOswald Rayner and his wife, Nellie.

He went to Parramatta High then won ascholarship to study at the University ofSydney. He graduated in 1934 with highdistinction in geology but did not have themoney to do the honours year that he wasoffered.

The NSW Geological Survey was hiring,and Rayner, as top of his year, was anobvious choice, but his older brother, Jack(later also adistinguishedgeophysicist) wasalready working thereand so perhaps fears ofperceived nepotism sawTed overlooked andlesser classmates hiredinstead.

So Rayner went toCloncurry in north-westQueensland to join thenew joint federal/state-sponsored AerialGeological andGeophysical Survey ofNorth Australia. Thisgave him unparalleledexperience and put himin contact with a generation of geologistsand geophysicists who went on totransform government mineral explorationin Australia.

In Cloncurry, Rayner also met Irene''Barney'' Parker and they were married in1938. He applied for armed service at theoutbreak of war but was refused becausehe was in a protected industry. The AerialGeological and Geophysical Survey of

Geologist had a love of earth and sky

North Australia closed in 1940 and Raynerfinally joined the NSW Survey but wasthen released and joined the RAAF.

After the war, Rayner returned to the NSWSurvey and the family settled inBalgowlah. He was soon heavily involvedin mapping for coal, copper and othermineral resources, carrying out detailedwork in the western coalfield at Cobar, and

Broken Hill. Later, he wasassigned to examine likelysources of uranium andwrote a comprehensivereport published by theUnited Nations.

Determined to make up forlost opportunities, Raynerdid a master of science in1957, with a thesis on theuranium deposits of NSW.In 1962, he earned a PhDfrom the University ofNSW with a thesis on theCobar ore-bodies. Thefollowing year he wasappointed assistant under-secretary at theDepartment of Mines and

stayed there until his retirement in 1974.

In his later years at the NSW Survey, hewas also an adviser to the minister formines. He also served on the University ofNSW's council and with many governmentand professional bodies.

Rayner enjoyed classical music, cricket,rugby league, swimming, sailing andcollecting stamps and minerals.

ʻRayner was promoted to

flight lieutenant in 1944

and made his last official

flight on March 23, 1945,

in one of 12 Catalinas

over Sydney for a

Victory Loan parade.ʼ

Although the geologist TedRayner had a long andsuccessful career directed toearthly matters concernedwith rocks and minerals, healso had a deep affection forthe sky, or for the planes thatflew in it, in particular theamphibious Catalinas, inwhich he spent three crucialwar years, from 1942 to 1945.


The USN and Marines used GrummanAvengers to lay mines these were torpedoBombers their bomb bays were largeenough with some slight modification tocarry the American MK12 mines. From myresearch they only laid (dropped is a betterword from about 1200 - 200 feet) about83 mines at the bottom end of Bougainvillein March 1943 (Tonolei Harbour)during theGuadalcanal Battles - the lack of furtheravailability of these aircraft provided theopportunity for the RAAF to offer itsCatalinas for minelaying.

The USAAF employed the B-29Superfortresses for the mass mine drops(12,000 mines in all) from 13,000 feet inShiminoseki Straits and to bottle up Kureharbour and laid them elsewhere inJapanese coastal waters in late March1945. The US 5th Air Force under GeneralKenny MacArthur's Air Force only usedB-24 Liberators to drop 24 mines at themouth of the Sepik River on 15 June 1944- they did not lay anymore mines after thatdate in WW2.

Apart from those incidences above theRAAF Catalinas exclusively mined everymajor port in the Southwest Pacific and asfar north as Wenchow on the ChineseCoast until 1 July 1945, usually from about200 feet. They also took over the miningfrom the USAAF after the loss of theirbases in China these were Liberators.

The number of targets visited was 52 flying1,130 sorties and they laid 2,512 minesthe mines were slung under the wingsusing wire strops attached to the bombracks - or in the torpedo Rack, if fitted, thebombs or mines were released byoperating switches in the forward sectionforward of the pilot's compartment (in thenose).

This is an extract from the C.A.C Erectionand Maintenance Instructions for a PBY-5B Catalina Circa 1942 - there may havebeen other variations of the theme - but itwould I think be much on the sameprinciple:

"The bomb release and fusing wires arebrought from the bomb plugs on the wingto the bomb fuse box, located on the aftface of the bulkhead No 2 on the port side,where all the release and fusing wires arebrought to the 5amp uses. The wiring isextended from the opposite side of thefuses to the terminal blocks provided in thepilot's switch panel on the forward face ofBulkhead #2. The bomb release wires areextended from the terminal block to the16 point selector switch, and from there tothe automatic distributor. The eight fusingleads that come from the wing through the5amp fuses are grouped in two sets,namely nose and tail fuses.

The two wires from these fuses extend tothe pilot's switch panel and then to thenose and tail fusing switches.

There are two switches on the maindistribution panel which effect theoperation of the bomb release system.The bombsight and the P.D.I switch, andthe bomb release switch are fused in themain distribution panel. The Bombsightand the P.D.I. lead terminates in the Pilot'sPDI junction box forward of the instrumentpanel and from there is extended to thebomb aimers switch panel. The bombrelease lead is brought to an 'On-Off'switch on the Pilot's switch panel and isthen wired into the 16 Point selectorswitch. This switch should remain in theOFF position until the bombs are to bereleased. This will prevent accidentalrelease by depressing any of the threefiring keys. One key is located in thebomb-aimer's compartment and the othertwo keys are located on the pilot's andco-pilot's control yoke. The selector knobshould be placed so that the indicationthrough the window on the switch reads'safe' except for jettison.”

Bomb Release“For selective bombing the 'Off-On' switchon the pilot's switch panel should beturned on and the selector knob on the16 point selector switch be turned toSingle or Salvo. The switch for the bomb tobe released is turned on and, dependingon the bomb's being nose or tail fused, thecorresponding fusing switch should beturned on, To release the selected bombfrom the rack, depress the firing key.

For train release of bombs turn theselector knob on the 16 point switch to'Distributor' position. Next, set theautomatic distributor for the number ofbombs to be released and the bombspacing desired. To start the train release,depress the firing key.

To jettison all bombs push the two slidingbars on the inside of the 16 point selectorswitch in toward the switch.

The bombs are loaded on to the racksusing a crank that is attached to the upperside of the wing and is operated by oneman. One man is stationed on the bombloading platform to guide the bombs. Oneor two men keep the bomb from swing forand aft with lanyards attached to thebomb. There is photograph of thisoperation in progress in Cat's at Warp.127.”

Bob Cleworth

Hi, John,I was most intrigued by the US Navywartime film on the role of the BlackCats. It is a fine example of what bothsides did with huge investment duringWW2 - that is, produce an endlessstream of really interestingpropaganda feature films, a few ofwhich I can recall seeing in newsreelsas a little boy (oops! - almostdisclosed my venerable age!)

The film also answered a questionwhich I had not asked - how did theCats carry (and release) bombs andtorpedoes? - apparent answer: wingmounts (before I knew they existed- but of course! - they must have hadmechanical release mechanisms- rather than today'selectronic/mechanical).

These feature films were not intendedto be an accurate portrayal of whathappened in a theatre of war - they didnot want to give away any informationwhich the other side may find useful,and they regularly provideddeliberately false information, in thehope that the other side wouldswallow it, and change their plans(spin merchants are clearly not arecent invention!!)

"Tige" should not be concerned - I amsure that his memory is more accuratethan the film was ever intended to be!

I would, however, really like to knowhow "Tige" remembers that the AussieCats both carried - and laid - mines?

CheersGraeme

Black Cats film– A Comment and a Question

Reply from TigeOur mine-laying was nothing like that!

And, I suspect that the American Cats

war may perhaps not have been

either. But then, perhaps I am wrong.

Time beggars forgetfulness?

ʻTigeʼ


Bill was born in Kew, Victoria, in 1921. Hespent the early years of his life inMelbourne, moving to Sydney with hisparents in 1925 when his father, Oliver,was appointed to run the Sydney branchof McPherson's Ltd.

The family settled in Rose Bay, but movedto Vaucluse shortly afterwards when Bill'sfather bought a block of land and built thefamily home at 36 Hopetoun Avenue. Billlived there with Bobbie caring for hisfather until he died in 1952.

Bill was educated at Miss Lewisʼkindergarten in Hopetoun Ave, then atVaucluse Public School, and afterwards atSydney Grammar School. He was anabove average student and keenlyinterested in sport, especially cricket, aninterest he maintained throughout his life.He became a member of the SydneyCricket Ground. Bill looked up to his fatherand was keen to enter the business world.He felt his father was an ideal example tofollow - he had no formal qualifications assuch, but was gifted and hard-working. Billlater regretted the fact that he had leftschool too early instead of matriculatingand going on to university. He made surehis children undertook tertiary education.

Bill began work as an office boy forAustralian General Electric in January1937. His father had also left school at thesame age. However, since Bill's father hadhelped him to secure his first job, hedecided after a few months to seekemployment elsewhere on his owninitiative. He applied and was offered aclerical position with WD & HO Wills atKensington in July 1937.

Bill remained with WD & HO Wills and itsassociated companies for over forty-fiveyears, retiring in 1982. At his retirement hewas Group Personnel AdministrationManager of AMATIL, a position he hadheld since 1965. At his eightieth birthdayparty in 2001, Bill said the best thing thathe had ever received from the companywas his darling wife, Bobbie, whom hemet while she was serving as a seniorcomptometer operator at WD & HO Wills.They married in June 1951.

Bill had only been working for three yearswhen war broke out. He enlisted in theRAAF in October 1940, having attendedspecial classes for six months. He joinedas an air gunner and spent five monthswith No. 13 Squadron in Darwin. He wasthen transferred to Nos. 11 & 20 CatalinaSquadrons at Port Moresby aftercompleting a Wireless Operatorʼs Courseat Parkes, NSW. He rejoined Nos. 11 & 20Squadrons then operating in the South-West Pacific. He was commissioned as anofficer in 1943, having completed aGunnery Leaderʼs Course.

His career in the RAAF came to an end

when he was badly wounded in actionwhile rescuing a downed Beaufighteraircrew off the island of Ambon. Therescue took place under intense enemyfire. Bill was awarded the DistinguishedFlying Cross for his gallantry in thataction. His citation read:

“Flight Lieutenant HASTIE was thegunnery leader and fire control officer of aCatalina aircraft detailed to rescue a crewforced down in the sea within vulnerablerange of enemy ground fire. The Catalinalanded under continuous A.A. Fire, andwhilst on the water was subjected to firefrom three machine gunposts and rifle fire fromenemy troops on thenearby shore. FlightLieutenant HASTIEdirected the Captain onthe positions of theenemy guns and theirrange whilst making theirlanding approach. Duringthe time the Catalina wason the water, taking therescued crew aboard, heassumed control of theaircraftʼs .5 guns andwhilst on this dutyreceived a severeabdominal wound.Despite this handicap and in great pain,he remained at his post until relieved byanother member of the crew. Even thenhe continued at his post and directed fireonto the target before receiving medicalattention.”

In 1945 Bill received the immediate awardof the Distinguished Flying Cross for hispart in this action. Months later, when herecovered from his extensive injury,

VALE - Norman William (Bill) Hastie DFC (1921-2014)Flight Lieutenant N.W. Hastie DFC W/Airgunner 20 Squadron

he was discharged from the RAAFand returned to civilian life and hisprevious job.

Over the next two decades Bill rose tobecome the Personal Assistant to theChairman of AMATIL, Sir Noel Foley. Hewas subsequently appointed as the GroupPersonnel Administration Manager. In1961-62 Bill spent a year on secondmentto British American Tobacco Co Ltd as amember of the directing staff at theirexecutive training center, ChelwoodVachery, in Sussex UK. The familyrelocated to England during this time.

Outside of his work, Bill served for manyyears on the committee of the VaucluseYacht Club and also on the committee ofthe Rose Bay Probus Club. He was avolunteer on the office staff of the NewSouth Wales Yachting Association andwas always interested in sailing. In hisyounger days he won many sailing eventsin his VJ, ʻGemʼ, and his VS, ʻ7:50ʼ,including the New South Wales StateChampionship in 1939 in the latter.

He remained active in his retirement yearsand his many interests included sailing,tennis, the occasional game of golf withBobbie, reading, Probus activities and hisnever-ending handyman tasks.

The wound he received in the war meantthat he never enjoyed good health fromthen on. He suffered serious back pain asa result of being shot and spent numerousoccasions in hospital as a result of variousmedical setbacks. During the last twodecades of his life he endured a chronic

and debilitatingneurological illness thatcrippled him. He bore it allwithout complaint and ingreat dignity.

Although Bill was reservedin his show of affection, hehad a deep and genuinelove for his wife, Bobbie,and was particularly proudof his children, Peter andJulie. He especiallyadmired Bobbie for thecontribution she made totheir lives. One of hisambitions as a father wasto make sure that hisfamily was left secure and

stable. He achieved that aim and felt histask was done. He was grateful for the lifehe had, particularly as he outlived his ownparents by more than thirty years.

He greatly enjoyed the opportunity to be agrandfather and great-grandfather. It wasfitting, therefore, that when he died at St.Vincentʼs Hospital, he did so in thepresence and embrace of several of hisgrandchildren.

ʻHe greatly enjoyed

the opportunity to be

a grandfather and

great-grandfather.ʼ


Patricio was awarded second place in an international photo competitionManutara II and Manutara III.

to Patricio ParragueCongratulations

The photo shows two of his models hanging with a fish line from the balcony, the fish line was removedand the cloud added in photo-shop. The last attachment is in 3D. The competition is projected with two

digital projectors and it is in full colour. Below are the originals and the final product.


Roger Matthysen – helping out in DorrigoRoger one of our CMFL volunteers, is a licenced helicopter mechanic and has been very busy lately helping out with all

the fires in Dorrigo – you are doing a great job Roger!

Many good people are out there helping.Our country is prone to ʻdroughts and flooding rainsʼ and fires.

Our thoughts are to all who are at the forefront keeping us safe.

Don

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Donations are tax deductible and are URGENTLY required. Catalina lovers and supporters should send their cheque contributions to:

The Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd, PO BOX 372 North Ryde, BC 2113ORDirect Deposit: ANZ Bank BSB 012 172 A/C No. 8370 26202

To obtain a tax deductible receipt for your direct deposit donation please email your details:[email protected] (Please note this a special email address for direct deposit donations only)

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BooksCats At War $45.00By Carol Gaunt And Robert Cleworth

The Fabulous CatalinaBob Cleworth $45.00

Never A Dull MomentPhilip Dulhunty $45.00

Donations - it all helps - with thanks.

Prices do not include postage.Please phone Christina on (02) 9870 7277 if you wish topurchase any merchandise.

List of Merchandise

DVDʼSFlight Of Felix $30.00

Black Knights $30.00

Great Planes – Pby Catalina $30.00

From Sea To Sky $30.00

Classic Cockpits $25.00

DVD Documentary –Operation Catalina Heritage $15.00

Maps/Pens/Cups/Photos/CardsLarge CAT Operations 60cmx46cm $20.00

Small CAT Operations 45cmx32cm $ 5.00

White A3 cutaway view of CAT $ 3.00

Pens $ 3.00

Cups $10.00

Photo of Catalina at Rathmines– small card 14cm x 11cm $ 1.00

Photo of Catalina at Rathmines- large card 22cm x 14cm $ 2.00

Rathmines Bags $ 8.00

Shirts/Caps/HandkerchiefsCatalina Caps $20.00

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