> [Default] On Sun, 11 May 2008 20:59:50 -0400,
> "Hyfler/Rosner"
> rcn.com> magnanimously proffered:
>

>>In February 1942 Barraclough reformed No 209 Squadron,
>>equipped with the Catalina flying boat, before leaving in
>>June for the Indian Ocean to support the Eastern Fleet for
>>the Madagascar campaign.

>
> I know it was during a war and that many pilots and crew
> were lost
> (including my wife's father who was an RAF squadron
> leader), but I
> can't help but be envious of being able to fly one of the
> most elegant
> and beautifully designed aircraft ever built - the
> Catalina flying
> boat.
>