Aircraft Photo of VH-EAW | Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina Mk.VI | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA | AirHistory.net #565312
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-EAW
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PB2B-2 Catalina Mk.VI
Licence-built by:Boeing Canada
C/n (msn):61159
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Location
City / Seaplane Base:Lord Howe Island - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:January 1948 to August 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 565312
Photo Comment

Sunk by a bomb placed in the cockpit while moored on Sydney Harbour on August 27, 1949. Owner of a competing flying boat airline charged but acquitted. Photo from: National Library of Australia

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