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RogerB



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:33 pm    Post subject: Re Catalina's Reply with quote

A very close friend of mine (now 94 years old) trained in the USA and Canada with the RAF and ended the war flying Catalina's in the Middle East. I hope to get hold of his Flight Log and write about his training and flying.

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Rick
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds interesting, some years back I bought a (print) drawing of a Catalina that had been signed by a number of people. Research showed that many, if not all, had been crew on Catalinas during the war.

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Ray White



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I used to work with an old chap called Tony Cass who flew them in the war. He didn't have a very good war and hardly ever spoke about it.
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Rootes75



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2018 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We saw a Catalina on Sunday at the Weston S Mare air day, lovely old plane and such a slow beast too.
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