WWII in Australia John Casey WWII in Australia John Casey

The Crash of RAAF Catalina (A24-52)

A small memorial sits on the outer side of the pool at the northern end of the Strand in Townsville, overlooking Cleveland Bay. It is a lonely and sad memorial to a tragic event that showed that in WWII, our airmen were not only subject to the perils of enemy action but also the prevailing weather conditions at the time.

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