Keywords: 43 Squadron RAAF Catalina aircrew Cairns Jan 1944 AWM NEA0343.jpg AWM caption Cairns Qld 1944-01-10 Crew of a Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat coded OX-K of No 43 Squadron RAAF Patrol completed the crew boards a launch for shore <br> Left to right back row 10433 Sergeant Sgt C R Jones of Merbein Vic flight engineer 411308 Flying Officer R H Gibson of Trangie NSW second pilot 789 Flight Lieutenant Flt Lt K A Crisp of Nedlands WA second pilot 409007 Flt Lt J G Ryan of Brighton Vic captain 427100 Flight Sergeant Flt Sgt F N Lathby of Victoria Park WA wireless operator air gunner WOAG 427108 Flt Sgt G J Smith of Mt Lawley WA WOAG Front row 426142 Flt Sgt R D McMillan of Kedron Qld observer 19454 Sgt A H Gilmour of Lockhart NSW flight engineer 612241 Sgt J M Booth of Millthorpe NSW fitter-air gunner 71335 Sgt J G Weston of Cessnock NSW fitter-air gunner NEA0343 1944-01-10 Harrison John Thomas Copyright expired - public domain PD-AustraliaGov No 43 Squadron RAAF World War II people of the Royal Australian Air Force World War II forces of Australia in Australia PBY Catalina aircrew Consolidated Catalina RAAF John Thomas Harrison |