File:43 Squadron RAAF Catalina aircrew Darwin Oct 1944 AWM NWA0705.jpg

English: AWM caption : Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin. Informal group portrait of the crew of a RAAF Catalina of 43 Squadron, RAAF, captained by Flying Officer (FO) Armand Andre Etienne of West Perth, WA, discussing a rescue they carried out on a sister Catalina aircraft, serial number A24-100, code number RK-L of 42 Squadron, RAAF, which had force landed in the open sea south of the South Western Celebes Peninsula after being damaged by anti-aircraft fire on a mine laying operation in Macassar (Celebes) Harbour. The rescue operation entailed a round trip of 1800 miles, mainly through enemy held territory.

Identified, but most positions unknown:

• 415632 FO (later Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt, DFC))
• Armand Andre Etienne (Captain), of West Perth, WA (seated, second from left)
• 408409 FO (later Flt Lt), Ian McCallister Robson of Sandy Bay, Tas
• 428809 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) (later Warrant Officer (WO)), John Joseph Sweeney (Navigator), of Newcastle, NSW, (seated left wearing dark uniform with sergeant's stripes)
• 428832 Flt Sgt (later WO), Raymond Victor Tumeth of Haberfield, NSW
• 428360 Flt Sgt (later WO), Derek Fanshawe Robertson of Camberwell, Vic
• 12912 Sergeant (Sgt) (later PO), Robert Richard Tingman of Brighton, Vic
• 12223 Sgt (later Flt Sgt), Albert Leslie Warton of Sydney, NSW
• A2398 Sgt, Thomas Roy Elphick of Bondi, NSW
• 33642 Corporal, James Francis Burgess Oliver of Glen Innes of NSW