Australia: 1948, MacQuarie Island, special flight Convair Catalina Amphibian A24
Australia
1948, MacQuarie Island, special flight Convair Catalina Amphibian A24-104, cover fwd. to England. In July the expedition engineer passed away, and a replacement was rushed to the island by air. There was no public announcement of the flight as usual, but a note appeared in newspapers that prepaid...