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| Keywords: 43 Squadron RAAF Catalina aircrew Darwin Oct 1944 AWM NWA0705.jpg AWM caption Australia Northern Territory Darwin Informal group portrait of the crew of a RAAF Catalina of 43 Squadron RAAF captained by Flying Officer FO Armand Andre Etienne of West Perth WA discussing a rescue they carried out on a sister Catalina aircraft serial number A24-100 code number RK-L of 42 Squadron RAAF which had force landed in the open sea south of the South Western Celebes Peninsula after being damaged by anti-aircraft fire on a mine laying operation in Macassar Celebes Harbour The rescue operation entailed a round trip of 1800 miles mainly through enemy held territory <br> Identified but most positions unknown 415632 FO later Flight Lieutenant Flt Lt DFC Armand Andre Etienne Captain of West Perth WA seated second from left 408409 FO later Flt Lt Ian McCallister Robson of Sandy Bay Tas 428809 Flight Sergeant Flt Sgt later Warrant Officer WO John Joseph Sweeney Navigator of Newcastle NSW seated left wearing dark uniform with sergeant's stripes 428832 Flt Sgt later WO Raymond Victor Tumeth of Haberfield NSW 428360 Flt Sgt later WO Derek Fanshawe Robertson of Camberwell Vic 12912 Sergeant Sgt later PO Robert Richard Tingman of Brighton Vic 12223 Sgt later Flt Sgt Albert Leslie Warton of Sydney NSW A2398 Sgt Thomas Roy Elphick of Bondi NSW 33642 Corporal James Francis Burgess Oliver of Glen Innes of NSW NWA0705 1944-10-25 Department of Air Copyright expired - public domain PD-AustraliaGov PBY Catalina aircrew World War II people of the Royal Australian Air Force World War II forces of Australia in Australia No 43 Squadron RAAF ImageNote 1 213 192 87 103 640 494 2 Armand Andre Etienne Captain of West Perth WA ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 116 174 85 114 640 494 2 428809 Flight Sergeant Flt Sgt later Warrant Officer WO John Joseph Sweeney Navigator of Newcastle NSW ImageNoteEnd 2 | ||||
