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The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has conducted a memorial service for the families of the 10 crew members of RAAF No. 11 Squadron Catalina A24-50 who perished on a war-time mission 78 years ago.
In honour of the lost aviators, a No. 11 Squadron P-8A Poseidon flypast opened the commemoration held at the Catalina Memorial on the Cairns Esplanade.
Catalina A24-50 was reported missing on 2 September 1943 while on a sea-mining operation to Sorong, in occupied Dutch New Guinea. Initial searches found no sign of the aircraft, however in April 2018 it was finally located at Fakfak in Papua, Indonesia.