Keywords: RAAF pilot with captured CANT Z.501 at Augusta 1943.jpg Pilot Officer John Hooke from Melbourne Victoria of No 3 Squadron RAAF an all Australian Fighter Bomber Squadron rowing out to an Italian CANT Z 501 Gabbiano seaplane which was captured intact when the port of Augusta Sicily Italy was occupied by Allied Forces This aircraft was flown by the squadron MEA0312 ca 1943-09 Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia World War II people of the Royal Australian Air Force CANT Z 501 Gabbiano No 3 Squadron RAAF Captured aircraft Black and white photographs |