Catalina Dreaming
Andrew McMillan
Rescues, exciting missions and other stories about the famous Australian flying boats of WWII
Here is a personal history of the RAAF Catalina Flying boats based in Cairns, Karumba, Darwin and Melville Bay during World War II, and the men who flew and looked after them. This is the story of men from southern Australia trhrown into a hostile landscape, and their confrontations with tropical conditions, Aboriginal tribesmen, Yanks, air raids on Darwin, boredomand terror, sharks and of course the Japanese. Andrew McMillan has visited the bases, consulted the archives, and talked to many of the men involved.
RRP $21.95 ISBN 1-876631-28-7
198 x 128 mm | 216 pages | 165 gms