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Hope, Thomas and tour Consolidated PBY Catalinans emergency landing in Australia in 1944. US Navy pilot James Ferguson standing beside Jerry Colonna with moustache and Bob Hope in the background. Camden Haven River in Laurieton, New South Wales. The problem was a broken fuel line, that was repaired. The plane took off the next day to Naval Base Sydney for a show. The crew of the PBY: James Frank Ferguson (pilot), Robert (Bob) Dudley Sheppard (co-pilot), Robert (Bob) Scott,, R.V. Babcock, and William (Bill) Ward.

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Original publication: US Navy troops
Immediate source: https://www.ozatwar.com/ozcrashes/nsw113.htm

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1944

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US Navy
(Life time: 1944)

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