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   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Keith Willshaw"  wrote in message news:tvepco$js36$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   On 21/03/2023 14:07, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Britain had the excellent, locally produced Sunderland flying boat ...   
      
   But not enough of them and they lacked the range of the B-24   
      
   the RAF also used Catalina's, Lockheed Hudsons, Mosquitos and on D-Day   
   Hawker Typhoons. In the Med the RN used the Fairey Swordfish equipped   
   with radar and rockets, As nice a mix of old and new as you could find.   
   Post war of course the role passed to the Shackleton and Nimrod while   
   the RCAF used a version of the Avro Lancaster   
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   I just read that Sunderlands were prohibited from landing on the open sea to   
   rescue downed pilots. This describes how a Catalina in the Pacific could   
   (barely) do it:   
   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/legends-of-an-   
   cean-crossing-seaplane-180971743/   
      
   "Hull structure was overstressed. Leaks spewed from popped-out rivets.   
   Catalina crews walked around with a pocket full of golf tees, perfectly   
   sized to plug a hole."   
      
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