AUSTRALIAN MILITARY
Early 1942, after a Japanese air raid against land based aircraft at Broome, the bombing of Darwin, and the total destruction of flying boats, the Royal Australian Air Force and Qantas sought to find a secret body of water where they could conceal and service their surviving flying boats. This is how Lake Boga, in Victoria, was chosen. Almost 1000 RAAF and WAAF personnel were soon stationed at No.1 Flying Boat Repair Depot, restoring RAAF Catalina, Dornier, and Martin Mariner flying boats. In mid-1943, Dutch aircraft and crews arrived at Lake Boga having escaped the Japanese forces in Java, Indonesia.
296 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports. ; 25 cm. Index: p. 292-296.
Bibliography: p. 290-291. First Edition. #020623
Australia. Royal Australian Air Force — Equipment — Maintenance and repair — History. | No. 1 Flying Boat Repair Depot (Lake Boga, Vic.) — History. | World War, 1939-1945 — Victoria — Lake Boga. | World War, 1939-1945 — Victoria — Swan Hill. | World War, 1939-1945 — Aerial operations, Australian. | Seaplanes.