Tag: Catalina

SAAF Boats

December 17, 2014

Article by Willie (Buskruit) Burger Velddrif   Dec 2014 SAAF Boats – Short History THE NOW ALMOST INVISIBLE BOND BETWEEN THE NAVY AND THE AIR FORCE By 1940, when the first South African forces were deployed in East Africa, the Mediterranean Sea was under German and Italian control. The Suez Canal was thus an ambush, just…
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The Catalinas of Lake St Lucia

January 17, 2011

THE CATALINAS OF LAKE St LUCIA By Jeff Gaisford Jeff Gaisford is currently Media Officer for Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife. He has a deep interest in the flying doats which operated in Zululand and this led to the writing of this article. It first appeared in World Air News and is reprinted here with kind permission.…
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Sunderlands of Lake Umsingazi

January 17, 2011

THE SUNDERLAND FLYING BOATS OF LAKE UMSINGAZI By Jeff Gaisford Jeff Gaisford has a deep interest in the flying doats which operated in Zululand and this led to the writing of this article. It first appeared in World Air News and is reprinted here with kind permission. 262 Squadron RAF used Catalina Bay at the…
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