VPB-52
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VPB-52 was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy. The squadron was established as Torpedo Squadron 3D15 on 12 July 1928, redesignated Patrol Squadron 3-S on 21 January 1931, redesignated Patrol S
VP-52 PBY-5 Black Cats, December 1943
VP-52 PBY-5 at NAS Jacksonville, October 1944
Consolidated PBY Catalina
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The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina, is an American flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated Aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. In U.S. Army service, i
VPB-52
…Lapwing, USS Teal and USS Gannet to test the ability of surface vessels to support flying boat operations at remote locations. 21–22 June 1937: Twelve PBY-1 Catalinas of VP-3F under the command of Lieutenant Robert W. Morse flew nonstop from NAS San Diego, California, to FAB Coco Solo, completing the 3,292 miles…
A Canadian built Canso A representing a United States Army Air Forces OA-10 operated in the UK.
PBY waist gunner mounting port side gun blister (1942)
Two technicians servicing the Twin Wasp engine of a Catalina, August 1942
A radar-equipped PBY-5A from VP-6(CG) over Greenland, in 1945