Talk:Hippolyte De La Rue

Catalinas
The statement that De La Rue "lobbied for a force of long-range Catalina flying boats to augment the Hudsons of his general reconnaissance unit in the west, No. 14 Squadron, but none were made available" might need some qualifications. For much of the war the US Navy's Catalina-equipped Patrol Wing 10 was based at Perth and made maritime protection patrols. While the wing was initially greatly under-strength, it was available to keep an eye on the WA coast. This unreliable source has some details. I suspect that De La Rue's concern would have been that the USN aircraft weren't under Australian command and that the number of planes was low at times. The RAAF certainly never placed a great deal of priority on defending the Perth region - at best there were only a couple of squadrons equipped with medium-range aircraft available, though some B-24 squadrons were formed in WA in 1944 and made maritime patrols as part of their training program. Nick-D (talk) 23:33, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep, re-checked the source for that statement, plus quick squiz in Gillison and Odgers, and can't see mention of the USN's Cats. I could say "lobbied RAAF Headquarters for a force of long-range Catalina flying boats..." to qualify it a bit. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:00, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Looks to me that the source in question mentions the USN Cats from mid-1942, whereas De La Rue lobbied in April 1941, so tweaked wording further to cover things. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 01:22, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
 * That looks good to me Nick-D (talk) 04:58, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

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