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10 March 2009
Trawler found

A missing fishing trawler has been found washed up on a reef in North Queensland by members of 37 Squadron. The crew from Royal Australian Air Force Base Richmond spotted the trawler yesterday morning while conducting a search and rescue mission aboard a C-130 Hercules.

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Leading Aircraftman Shane Blair, from No. 1 Combat Communications Squadron, scans the ocean.  He is an observer during the search and rescue mission to find for a fishing trawler in North Queensland.
The fishing trawler was found washed up on a reef in North Queensland by members from RAAF base Richmond aboard a C130 Hercules.

(Date taken: 10 March 2009)
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Corporal Tiemo Modersitzki, No. 1 Combat Communications Squadron, scans the ocean as an observer, during the search and rescue mission to find for a fishing trawler in North Queensland.
The fishing trawler was found washed up on a reef in North Queensland by members from RAAF base Richmond aboard a C130 Hercules.

(Date taken: 10 March 2009)
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The view from a left window of a C130 Hercules showing a reef similar to the one where the fishing trawler was found, during the recent search and rescue.

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The fishing trawler found washed up on a reef in North Queensland by the members from RAAF base Richmond during the search and rescue.

(Date taken: 10 March 2009)
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The fishing trawler found washed up on a reef in North Queensland by members from RAAF base Richmond aboard C130 Hercules involved in the search and rescue.

(Date taken: 10 March 2009)
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