Asturias: Yes, a Saro London flying boat K9686, later lost on a mission to Norway in 1940. Not Rose Bay, though.
Well done, Dora-9 - it is indeed RAAF Crawley Bay /Pelican Point, starting point of the 3500nm Double Sunrise flights to Ceylon. As a sad footnote, the 4 Catalinas used were unceremoniously flown out to Rottnest Island and sunk in order to avoid payment to the U.S.A. under the terms of Lend Lease.
https://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/ducrawley.htm
Over to you, Dora!
A few more tales here for those interested:
https://gregoryno6.files.wordpress.c...rise-story.pdf
Sunrise for the Black Cats
Crawley Bay & Pelican Point some years later
