Intended for the Dutch East Indies navy but diverted to Australia. A48-1 used for training but later undertook coastal patrols in the vicinity of Sydney and the industrial cities of Newcastle and Wollongong. Its resemblance to the Nakajima A6M2-N floatplane made it vulnerable to friendly fire incidents. Photo shows A48-1 prior to the removal of the red centre disc from the roundel which was a general instruction to reduce confusion with Japanese markings.

Crashed November 1951.

Rathmines was an RAAF flying boat base on Lake Macquarie near Newcastle. The base closed in 1956 but the alighting area and sometimes the base, which has been preserved, are visited by seaplanes. Macquarie Air Service was based at the inland town of Bathurst 200km away the Macquarie a reference to the river on which the city sits. VH-ADS was ex RNZAF, which used it on floats at times. Still current, it has been has been on wheels for over 40 years.