PBY's in Movies. 'Always' Starring Richard Dreyfuss and John Goodman. This featured one of the SLAFCO PBYs, N9505C. 'Coastal Command' A wartime RAF propaganda...
PBY@yahoogroups.com
Jul 1, 2003 7:15 am
11864
PBY related book list: 40 jaar luchtvaart in Indie. (Dutch) By: Gerard Casius and Thijs Postma. ISBN: 90-6013-944-5 Published: 70 jaar...
PBY@yahoogroups.com
Jul 1, 2003 7:15 am
11865
Heijo I'm working on it - I have somewhere i my library something on this If I have time to loook for it I'll let you know but don't despair someone with more...
Bob Cleworth
jclewort@...
Jul 1, 2003 10:08 am
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Heijo. ust a thought - there were Cat services all around OZ in the 50's - its unreal - most of them went bust - some survived - we really are frontier people...
Bob Cleworth
jclewort@...
Jul 1, 2003 10:12 am
11867
Viscious and public attacks on the president during a time of war are much different than expressing differences of opinion on an issue. Most of the American...
OK but why here? Leave me outta this crud, Hank VP 61 VPB23...
haries@...
Jul 1, 2003 6:04 pm
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Right on,get tired of assumption that as Vet I must be this or that.Im vocal about my beliefs,when challenged but try not to inject them here. Hank...
haries@...
Jul 1, 2003 8:23 pm
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One book not on the list: North Atlantic Cat By Don McVicar ISBN: 0 906393 25 6 Published:1983 216(?) pages Gives the account of the author during his time...
Hello John Roy and members. John, welcome to the PBY e-mail group. John wrote the following message: "My father served with RCAF 161 (Jan 15 - June 20 '44) and...
Allan The second attachment (ie: not the photo) looks very interesting but no matter how a Manipulate the file, I cannot get the text distinct enough to read...
welcome John and I remember the British were in indian type tents near the runways atReyjkavik. We installed our tents right nextto theirs as our seaplanes...
angieroy@...
Jul 2, 2003 1:23 pm
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David: Yes. I will try that again and send it as a scan but will also send a copy direct. It is a sheet showing how U.S. Navy patrol squadrons were...
John, I've done some research on both 161 and 162 Sqns RCAF and have copies of the ORBs (Operations Record Books) for both squadrons. If you have any specific...
Hello, Group… I hold a copy of an article from the Honolulu Advertiser for 13 Sep 1939 – VP 13 w/ 14 PBY-4s had arrived 7:19 AM that morning at Ford...
Lou: I know Buz LeFever, and Dennis Szabo are deceased. Curtis Tetley resides at the retirement home at or near Mayport, FL. My 89 year old mind can't recall...
Frank mentioned Capt Farwell here on the internet this week ...The Capt was with us in VP84 Iceland and was responsible for much of the VP84 Reunion we had...
angieroy@...
Jul 3, 2003 10:49 pm
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Here is a Fourth of July card for you,....you need Machromedia Flash to display it. E-cards by Jacquie Lawson - www.jacquielawson.com...
I recently acquired a copy of: "And I Was There," by Rear Admiral Edwin T. Layton, USN (Ret.). The sub-title is: Pearl Harbor and Midway - Breaking the...
TWMcCarthy@...
Jul 4, 2003 1:27 am
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Tom,thanks,will be on the look out for that book.Seems someplace along the line I came across the Admiral.Wish my brother in law was still with us,somewhere in...
Larry Katz
papakatz@...
Jul 4, 2003 2:06 am
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Yes, indeed, I'll confirm what Tim says about Eddie Layton's book. I have worked through it, at least parts of it in considerable detail. If you're into WWII...
Hello members. Booksearch on the internet, go to: www.abebooks.com http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookSearchPL Search for: Title: "And I was there" ...
Independence Independence Hello Americans: A reflection upon our American heritage just before enjoying our upcoming holiday. Have you ever wondered what...
George B Winter
pbycat@...
Jul 4, 2003 2:26 pm
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I found a wonderful 4th of July page that I wanted to share with you. Please visit this awesome site at www.grace24u.org/july4th.html TURN ON YOUR...
George B Winter
pbycat@...
Jul 4, 2003 2:28 pm
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Sometime ago I got an email from a PBY'er wanting to know MacDill AFB phone numbers and I had a card with them on it so supplied his needs. Now, I am away from...
angieroy@...
Jul 4, 2003 2:34 pm
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Some time, if you have time on your hands and want to get a real insight into the motivations behind the signers of the Declaration Of Independence, go to...
w5vb
w5vb@...
Jul 4, 2003 4:12 pm
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Thanks to Lou for his comments. It was just exactly what I hoped for from the list (and especially Lou and maybe one or two others that were close to the ...
TWMcCarthy@...
Jul 4, 2003 5:42 pm
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Here are pictures of the strut mounted jatos I was talking about in earlier emails. This was done in 1941/42 at Annapolis MD on what looks like a PBY2. This...
Larry McLeod
lmcleod@...
Jul 5, 2003 12:48 am
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Group, Walt B., Crider,Lou,Stu and others. PBY related as this how results of searches were reported. KPH the ex RCA coast station will return to the air for...
haries@...
Jul 5, 2003 4:19 pm
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Thanks, Hank, for the note; it brings back memories of old times. That was part of a commercial radio op's, Radio Officer's job, to copy CW and SITOR...
w5vb
w5vb@...
Jul 5, 2003 7:27 pm
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Larry, On 23 September 1942, PBY-2 #0478 was damaged when she caught fire on takeoff with an experimental launching device from Severn River, Annapolis. The...
