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Description Slavage of a U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina (BuNo 08409) from Partol Squadron VP-45 at Casco Cove, Attu, Alaska (USA), on 27 August 1943. The PBY sank to a depth of 30 m during take-off in high swells on 23 August.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2005.024.002.026
Author Capt. Lewis R. Devoe, USNR

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