Marc, David, and group members, This photo is in the latest issue of Flightpath Magazine. I've requested permission to send this, no answer yet, I'll send it...
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David Legg
david_legg@...
Jan 1, 2000 2:49 pm
Attn Terence Geary and Marc Commandeur Commenting on Terence's e-mail of 31/12, note that C-GFFC was not taken down to Moses Lake specificaly for the auction...
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David Legg
david_legg@...
Jan 1, 2000 4:53 pm
Wynnum You query the relevance of number 1730 to the nose section of Bu48368 at Wagga Wagga. That's an easy one to answer. All aircraft have a permanent ...
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William T. Larkins
wtl@...
Jan 1, 2000 8:27 pm
I don't have anything on PBY #202 but did find a negative to PBY-6A, USN 64063, as #207 at New York about 1947. Most of the reserve bases had three for four...
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Terence Geary
wreckfinder@...
Jan 1, 2000 11:30 pm
Thanks for your trouble..till I have the right number will leave Bu# blank, untill I finish listing all the PBY's of the accident reels.. Terence.. ... Thanks...
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Terence Geary
wreckfinder@...
Jan 1, 2000 11:46 pm
Your right that was my error it was a typo..is is registered as Bu#48426..do u want me shot or whipped?? Thats the way numbers are they why there were ...
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William T. Larkins
wtl@...
Jan 2, 2000 12:06 am
Perhaps the following will be of interest to some and give a feeling for how extensive the Naval Reserve use of PBY's was shortly after the end of World War...
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Terence Geary
wreckfinder@...
Jan 2, 2000 12:23 am
This is the way this aircraft is registered with the FAA, if person known or unknown dont like the way the plane or planes are registered..I would recommend...
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drexel
drexel@...
Jan 3, 2000 5:37 am
eGroups: pby digestRe: PBY at NAS New York '47 Thanks for the several answers to the PBY at NAS New York circa 1946-47 the one I flew in must have been one of...
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Terence Geary
wreckfinder@...
Jan 3, 2000 6:12 pm
Bob Woerner what was the sqd you were attached to during that time or was it just NARTU/RESTRA? Terence ... [Image] eGroups: pby Daily Digest 7 new messages ...
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Louis B. "Lou" Dorny
npodorny@...
Jan 3, 2000 7:50 pm
Drexel from Lou Any relation to Willmer F. Drexel, AMM1c, 405 45 45, USN, formerly of Patrol Squadron TWENTY ONE and deployed to support Patrol Wing TEN in ...
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Ragnar J Ragnarsson
ragsie@...
Jan 3, 2000 9:02 pm
On 9 July 1943, Lt(jg) S.E. Auslander, in a Brazilian based PBY-5A, 94-P-1, BuNo ????, of VP-94 USN, attacked and sank U-590 in position 0322N 4838W (about 170...
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David Legg
david_legg@...
Jan 4, 2000 8:11 pm
A while ago, 2 or 3 of you said you would like to see a copy of a brief 205 Squadron RAF history I had written for the Society magazine. One was Wynnum Graham...
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Louis B. "Lou" Dorny
npodorny@...
Jan 4, 2000 9:02 pm
David from Lou... Yes, very interested in No. 205 Squadron - especially during their service in the Far East 1941-2. I would welcome anything you have written...
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robert fleming
RLEDF@...
Jan 4, 2000 9:41 pm
I don't know how the rest of you guys feel, but I think we all owe Ragnar a debt of gratitude for putting out those WWII action...
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James C Sawruk
jsawruk@...
Jan 4, 2000 11:32 pm
Concur. Keep up the good work Ragnar and let me know when you get into the Japanese submarine losses as there are a few recent reassessments. Jim Sawruk ...
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Ragnar J Ragnarsson
ragsie@...
Jan 5, 2000 12:39 am
Thanks for your words of encouragement, Jim, and you too Bob. Once I've posted all 37 German u-boats lost to PBY Catalinas, I'll post what I have on Italian...
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SEAN MILLIGAN
jetsarekids@...
Jan 5, 2000 1:26 am
RAGNAR -- Let me join the chorus singing your praises for your excellent U-boat campaign ! I believe Mr AUSLANDER still lives in Rhode Island. Keep up the good...
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Ian Maw
imaw@...
Jan 5, 2000 3:18 am
I've been lurking on this group since its inception, and now that I finally have a scanner, I felt it was time to give a little something. These three photos...
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Louis B. "Lou" Dorny
npodorny@...
Jan 5, 2000 8:27 am
Hello, PBY Group… Can anyone help or point the way here? I would like to make contact with some fellow historians: In the UK: Christopher Shores and/or...
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Louis B. "Lou" Dorny
npodorny@...
Jan 5, 2000 8:34 am
All and Robert from Lou... I'll go along with that. I am focused on Patrol Wing TEN in the Far East in 1941-2, but as a German linguist with a better than...
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Wayne.Bawden@...
Jan 5, 2000 9:18 am
Hi all, my interest in Cats began in Cairns, Australia when on a diving trip on the Great Barrier Reef and I happened to be in a hotel directly opposite the ...
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Ragnar J. Ragnarsson
ragsie@...
Jan 5, 2000 9:34 am
Lou, In the past I've had good success making contact with authors of books by sending a letter to the pusblisher asking them to forward it to the author. ...
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Ragnar J. Ragnarsson
rjr@...
Jan 5, 2000 10:33 am
Lou, For your information, I do intend to make good use of my research. Only need to tie up a couple of loose ends before a book-size manuscript of VP-84's...
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Ragnar J. Ragnarsson
ragsie@...
Jan 5, 2000 10:44 am
Great pictures Ian. Do you know the equivalent RCAF serial nos. of these Cansos? I'm interested because No. 162 (BR) Squadron RCAF operated Cansos in Iceland...
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Richard M. Douglass
rmdover2u@...
Jan 5, 2000 4:05 pm
Hello group, Wayne's posting has inspired me to get off my duff and make some comments on a wonderful coastwatcher book I just finished reading. The book is...
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Richard M. Douglass
rmdover2u@...
Jan 5, 2000 4:15 pm
For Lou and all the Patwing 10 followers out there- The January 2000 issue of AVIATION HISTORY has an article entitled Aerial Reconnaissance in the Far East....
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Richard M. Douglass
rmdover2u@...
Jan 5, 2000 4:20 pm
Ragnar, Ditto on Sean's sentiments. You have really been doing a fine job; most appreciated. Richard Douglass...
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Don Kirchner
connection@...
Jan 5, 2000 5:07 pm
Hello ~ My name is Don Kirchner, and I'm logging on with this message to all of you. I'm amazed and fascinated with the amount of interest I see in something...
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Gene Guthrie
pbygus@...
Jan 5, 2000 5:40 pm
1-5-2000 Kirkland 0933 Good morning, Don, A very active group was formed a little over a year ago at NAS Whidbey to acquire a PBY5A, to build a replica...
