Hedfan eto - Regarding your search in Pembroke docks and
problems identifying parts - although I expect you will be
aware of this nevertheless I will mention that Catalina PBYs also operated from Pembroke - just in the event that some parts may be of Catalina origin - although no doubt you will have taken this into account.
Its strange how sometimes one can know a person assumed to have led an ordinary hum drum life - only to discover otherwise - As I found out
when an old friend I had known for years - an Arthur Daly replica - one day by chance disclosed that he had been the pilot of a Catalina during the war - patrolling over enemy infested seas over Biscay - as he produced a full size photo of himself crew and Cat. taken at Pembroke Dock !
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