"Singhalese women labourers assist in the repair of the hardstanding areas of the RAF flying boat station at Red Hills Lake, Ceylon, September 1944. Parked behind them are Consolidated Catalina Mk IVs of No. 240 Squadron." Singhalese women labourers line up for bucket loads of gravel, dug by the men, to repair the hard standing areas of the flying boat station at Red Hills Lake, Ceylon. Parked behind them are Consolidated Catalina Mark IVs of No. 240 Squadron RAF.