Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby |
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Accession Number | ART29944 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 17.8 x 25.4 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pencil on paper |
Maker |
Ashton, Richard |
Place made | New Guinea1: Papua New Guinea, Papua, Port Moresby |
Date made | 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright |
Damaged Catalina
Description
An RAAF Consolidated Catalina aircraft, which has been damaged by gunfire in a raid on Port Moresby, is shown. The Catalina was the most widely used flying boat of the war. It flew in all of the major theatres and was employed as a maritime patrol and attack aircraft, a long-range transport, a minelayer, and for air-sea rescue missions.