From Baghdad by flying boat

Skywriters The view from a Short Solent, a type used slightly later than Torquil George’s BOAC trip. AEROPLANE Having read the Flight Line column in the January 2018 issue describing the fascination of flying boats, it brought back memories of a flight I had in early 1945. My mother, sister and I were returning from Iraq to the UK, and the first part of our journey was to be on a flying boat. Our journey started on Lake Habbaniya, 60