Group: Not to beat a dead horse, but in more than 20 years in the Navy I don't ever recall a single reference to the Pledge of Allegiance. We did sometimes ...
Hello members. For those of you that are interested in the PBY, I posted a beautifull picture of the Canadian Warplane heritage Canso on the PBY picture...
Hello PBY members. A request from Terry Butterfield.... Please ask the PBY group if anyone has the following information? If they could scan the page in and...
William, Can't help you much in your quest, but following is a list of the crew that went missing in your cousin's plane: Lt(jg) Richard W. Ball, PPC; Lt(jg)...
Heijo, Group, Great picture. George Clow VE3FGB of Burlington,Ont. is a member of Flying Boat ARS and is connected with the Museum. He gets to be surrounded by...
haries@...
Jul 2, 2002 3:37 am
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Here ya go ... From: "Heijo Kuil" <hkuil@...> To: <PBY@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 3:45 PM Subject: [PBY] A PBY question...instrument...
Larry McLeod
lmcleod@...
Jul 2, 2002 3:49 am
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You know, I think that all of our months are named after Roman Gods. Guess that means that we have to make them all illegal. Next, of course, some nitwit will...
is that a 5A or 6A panel? I never encountered an 'unmodified' 5A (not that I've ever REALLY seen an unmodified 5A) with dual artificial horizons. ... From:...
Allan Hanna
AHanna@...
Jul 2, 2002 2:29 pm
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<A HREF="http://stommel.tamu.edu/~baum/hyperref.html">Click here: Online Dictionaries, Glossaries and Encyclopedias</A> If you scroll way down to "MILITARY"...
LBlackwolf@...
Jul 2, 2002 4:31 pm
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HAPPY FOURTH TO YOU ALL ! ! ! I thought May and April were named for chicks ! Semper Fi Sean, OVER Sean Paul Milligan NAS Quonset Point ... From: Richard...
This panel is basically the same as the 6A panel but it also shows for the later 5A's. I have drawings of the earlier 5A with one horizon and the later 5A/6A...
Larry McLeod
lmcleod@...
Jul 3, 2002 1:44 am
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From 46624 on, there were just 15 PBY-5A; thereafter production at New Orleans was PBY-6A. In the words of New Orleans Bulletin 28-199 - "In conformity with...
Heijo, please let me back in, Have missed the group...thanks, roy John 3:16...
royangie@...
Jul 3, 2002 7:26 pm
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Group, Most people say "Happy 4th of July!",....I say "Happy Independence Day"! And,...it is because of you guys, and many untold others that we even have an...
Hi Roy.....glad to see you back so I have some one to argue with. Hope you had a pleasant and enjoyable trip. Will be talking to you later. Best, Walt...
Butter1942@...
Jul 5, 2002 12:48 am
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Will one of you gentlemen who is into these terrific photos look into your old shots and see if you can come up with a nice picture of a DC54. Somehow I lost...
Larry, There was a big change to the electrical system in the PBY-6A. I'm wondering if the change was also brought in for the last few -5As, as was the...
Ragnar, Thanks very much for listing the names of the full crew that went missing in my cousin's PBY on 24 July 1944. It's the first time I've seen this full...
(See attached file: drivethejaps.gif) Group, Have any of you who served in the Aluetians seen this before? I'm sure all that served in the Pacific will enjoy...
Group: Jim Teegarden has started to load many pictures from 2nd ERS Vets personal collections onto the 2nd ERS web site (www.pbyrescue.com). When he's done,...
Group: For those of you that operate the 28-5ACF (civilian version), under U.S. registry, you should be aware (if you're not already) that you can operate...
Thank you for accepting me into your group. My interest in Catalinas is of a personal nature. I have an unusual story that has just unfolded recently and it...
larry1@...
Jul 10, 2002 6:21 pm
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Can anyone give me any information on river operations carried out by PBY's in WWII? Who? Where? When?...
larry1@...
Jul 10, 2002 7:25 pm
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Larry, Just what do you mean by "river operations?" For instance, there was a MAJOR sea plane Navy training base at Jacksonville, FL where many PBYs operated...
River operations? More specific, please. Dutch and even a couple of USN and probably Australian Catalinas flew in and out of the Sepik River in the New Guinea...
Larry: VP-63 operated from the Sabu River in French Morocco during WWII...
Desoto1950@...
Jul 10, 2002 11:53 pm
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The St Johns river flowing north from near Melbourne, Fl flows to the ocean at Jacksonville, fl. Therefore, all PBY's that were stationed or transit to...
