This picture shows a scene during a flight by a Sunderand flying-boat, manned by members of the Royal Australian Air Force, while escorting a high seas convoy. The squadron is well on the way to creating a record for the number of hours flown on active service. The bomb-aimer, in the nose of the aircraft, sets his bomb sights as the Sunderland swings away from die convoy to inspect a suspicious vessel.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21214, 10 September 1940, Page 5
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72This picture shows a scene during a flight by a Sunderand flying-boat, manned by members of the Royal Australian Air Force, while escorting a high seas convoy. The squadron is well on the way to creating a record for the number of hours flown on active service. The bomb-aimer, in the nose of the aircraft, sets his bomb sights as the Sunderland swings away from die convoy to inspect a suspicious vessel. Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21214, 10 September 1940, Page 5
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