Keywords: PBY Catalina rescues 76 Sqn RAAF pilot from Solomon Sea 1944.jpg A Consolidated PBY Catalina taxies to rescue warrant officer J E C Shorty Arthur Burnie of Tasmania a pilot of No 76 squadron RAAF from a rubber dinghy in which he was adrift in the Solomon Sea after bailing out of his Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk aircraft OG0503 1944-01-27 John Thomas Harrison Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia Consolidated Catalina RAAF No 76 Squadron RAAF Solomon Islands Campaign Combat Search and Rescue |