The wreck of a Dutch seaplane (Dutch Flying Boat wrecks) – a favourite destination of tourists coming to Broome. The remains of a seaplane – the testimonies of Japanese airstrike on the city during World war II - located 1 km from the beach town beach.

March 3, 1942 10 Japanese aircraft flew over the Broom, heading to occupied Timor island. In the city there was no military protection except for a few local shooters military units, because it was believed that the Japanese just don't reach Broome, Western Australia with the supply of fuel, which were available on their planes. However, nine Zero and one reconnaissance plane "Bab", equipped with spare fuel tanks, denied this. At 9.30 am they raided a flotilla of 16 Dutch seaplanes and seven aircraft standing on the runway, among them two bombers.

Planes "Zero" did the operation with ease, using tracer charges to burn the helpless aircraft. Only one aircraft – a small seaplane U.S. Navy – managed to survive the massacre. The tragedy consisted in the fact that on Board the Dutch seaplanes were women and children. The exact number of victims is still unknown, but it is believed that the dead were more than 100 people. Many bodies were never found.

Muddy Bay shore Slayers kept the remains of the Catalina aircraft in good condition. During the low tide they become visible to those who walks in the shallows from the beach, town beach.