| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | A24-30 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated 28 Catalina |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PBY Catalina |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina |
| C/n (msn): | 1097 |
| Operator Titles: | Australia - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Lake Boga / Flying Boat Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | Victoria, Australia |
| Collection: | Lake Boga Flying Boat Museum |
| Photo Date: | 21 April 2012 |
| Photo by: | Phil Vabre |
| Photo ID: | 38272 |
| Photo Comment |
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On this day the Lake Boga Flying Boat Museum officially opened its new hangar, built to house this Catalina. This aircraft is painted as RAAF A24-30 but it is in fact a composite aircraft put together from hulks found at various farms in Australia. The fuselage is from RAAF A24-38 cn 1097 (formerly an instructional airframe at Lake Boga), the cockpit section from Dutch Navy Catalina Y-72 or Y-76, and the wings are from an unidentified PBY-4. This photo is copyright © Phil Vabre, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 3 February 2018, and has since been viewed 224 times. |