TRIP TO CHATHAMS
CATALINA FLYING BOAT p.A. AUCKLAND, June 7 A flight from Auckland to the Chatham Islands was made to-day by a Catalina flying boat of No. 5 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1o pick up a seriously ill member of the hospital staff there. Rough conditions prevented the aircraft from taking off with the patient, \vho is suffering from ear trouble, and the return flight was postponed until to-morrow. The Catalina, commanded by Flight Lieutenant Warnes, left Mechanics Bay at 7.40 a.rrt. and arrived at its destination at 1.21 p.m. It will fly to-day to Wellington and land at Evan’s Bay, where the patient will be transferred to another aircraft and will be flown to Christchurch for admission to hospital. This course was decided on when permission was not granted for the Catalina to land on Lyttelton Harbour.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26792, 8 June 1948, Page 9
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