Don't miss out on the headlines from National. Followed categories will be added to My News. Mr Mitchell was an aircraft mechanic assigned to maintain the Catalinas which were used to transport ...

Plane spotters paradise as a Catalina flying boat landed at Sunshine Coast Airport enroute to Bankstown where it will be restored to its wartime configuration. The aircraft, purchased in Portugal last ...

The fly-past at 9am will open a special commemoration ceremony on the Cairns Esplanade, where a plaque will be unveiled in tribute to the lost crewmen. The Poseidon aircraft, which will be flown by ...

Mr Mitchell was an aircraft mechanic assigned to maintain the Catalinas which were used to transport anti-submarine depth chargers. They were extensively used to defend the waters north of Darwin for ...