They didn't have it when my rescue patrol pulled them out.
Until returning to Argentia on 26 April, she operated on Weather Station No. 1 gathering meteorological information and maintaining air-sea rescue patrols.
As the crossing point was across from Easy's position, Sink volunteered Heyliger to lead the rescue patrol.
While there he was promoted to captain and given the British Military Cross for the rescue patrol.
Reformed in Ceylon on 23 July 1942, the squadron's Catalinas flew anti-submarine and air-sea rescue patrols out of Koggala for the remainder of the war.
In addition, she served on air-sea rescue patrol in Leyte Gulf until 27 November when she departed Leyte for the United States.
The navy also sent along an intercepted radio message from a Russian rescue patrol in the Elburz Mountains.
On air-sea rescue patrol 6 June 1942, she made three depth charge runs on an underwater sound contact.
After invasion forces stormed ashore 1 April, she tended observation and patrol planes at Kerama Retto and performed air-sea rescue patrol.
RNZAF machines often clashed with Japanese fighters, notably during an air-sea rescue patrol on Christmas Eve 1943.