Keywords: NWA0981No.42SqnCatalina1945.jpg Darwin NT Survivors disembarking from a Consolidated Catalina aircraft code RK-0 serial no A24-95 of No 42 Squadron RAAF into a RAAF launch no 011-12 on arrival at Darwin after they had been picked up from a Japanese hospital The survivors were from the United States Army Air Force flying in a Douglas C47 transport aircraft which crashed into the sea The survivors washed ashore on Jamdena Island in the Tanimbar Group were Captain Otto Leipske of Waukesha Wisconsin pilot; Lieutenant Howie Crothers of Little Rock Arkansas 2nd pilot; Captain John Rodof of Tulsex Oklahoma a passenger; Sergeant Frank Termin of Borger Texas radio operator; and Corporal Eugene Janicker of Cameron Texas an engineer NWA0981 c September 1945 Department of Air PD-Australia the Government of Australia <small>Per the link above to the Australian government site where the image was found the Australian government considers this to be public domain worldwide http //www awm gov au/copyright/</small> Consolidated Catalina RAAF Black and white photographs Yamdena 1945 in Indonesia Maluku in the 1940s Disembarking in air transport |