RAAF 11 Squadron Hosts HARS
The Royal Australian Air Force recently celebrated the 70th anniversary of Number 10 & 11 Squadrons, based at Edinburgh South Australia. The Historic Aircraft Restoration Society was kindly invited to support RAAF history by attending with our Lockheed Neptune 273, PBY Catalina and C47 Dakota. All three aircraft made the cross country trip from home base in Albion Park some 2,000 kilometers round trip.
Both 10 & 11 Squadrons at operated the Lockheed Neptune, with 11 Squadron operating the venerable PBY Catalina. Both squadrons operated the C47 Dakota.
HARS expresses our thanks for the hospitality of the base and the two squadrons in allowing HARS to participate in this historic event.
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Awesome job guys congrats!
Any chance of visiting Temora later this year??
My late father often mentioned his “return to freedom” from Japan in a Cat (ex 2/30th Bn – POW – Nagasaki),so, nice to see such an excellent example is “operational”
His grandson visited Temora, as one of the 77Sqn four ship (AFA-18)display team “The Green Lemons” a few years ago now, so we are all looking forward to a family visit to HARS, to view the results of your considerable efforts & latest acquisitions, “at home”
Hi!
Great ship, great photos and wish I could be there! Especially great as I had three Catalinas of my own at the age of 7. My father ran a metal refinery at the the time, and three Catalinas was delivered to the yard, in order to be melted down. Two right side up, one upside down. It stayed in the yard for nearly a year and a half, giving us boys ample time to play i.e. fly on all sorts of exciting missions all over the world!
Keep up the good work guys and thanks for supporting my great memories!
Sincerely Yours
Harald Olsen (ret.)
harald@olsen.dk