Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Over Aleutians, Alaska

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Caption: 
PBY-5A of VP-51, Fleet Air Wing 4 (FAW-4). Commanded by US Navy Captain Leslie Gehres, FAW-4 consisted of three squadrons of Consolidated PBY Catalina patrol seaplanes. On March 15, 1943, FAW-4 headquarters moved westward from Kodiak to Adak, just before the Battle of Komandorski Islands on March 27, 1943. VP-51 was commanded by Cdr. Turner Day.
Caption Written By: 
Jason McDonald
Photographed By: 
Bristol
Archive: 
National Archives
Date Photographed: 
Monday, March 1, 1943
City: 
Aleutians
State/Province/Oblast: 
Alaska
Country: 
United States
Copyright Notice: 
Caption ©2007 MFA Productions LLC Image in the Public Domain

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