Ragnar & Group from Lou Lest it be construed that I see the matter from one side only, as a German linguist and vest-pocket naval historian, I have looked...
1956
Ragnar J. Ragnarsson
ragsie@...
Feb 1, 2000 2:52 pm
Lou, No, I never studied German, just picked some up along the way. When in school I had a choice of German as a 4th language or algebra. I choose algebra! Bad...
1957
Allan LeBaron
allan_lebaron@...
Feb 1, 2000 5:32 pm
Ragnar: Was the German submarine force all volunteer? I imagine they were at first but as losses mounted it must have been difficult to keep up the quality. ...
1958
Terence Geary
wreckfinder@...
Feb 1, 2000 11:26 pm
The U-boat site below..tells all regarding U-boatt losses by squadron & acft http://uboat.net/ U-boats lost to Catalina aircraft 1941 U-452 +, 1942 U-74 +,...
1959
victor frank
victorf@...
Feb 2, 2000 12:10 am
Carl: Read your notes concerning 2ndERS. I was assigned to the sqd. from the beginning at Hamilton Field until discharge in May 1945. The 12 original planes...
1960
Allan LeBaron
allan_lebaron@...
Feb 2, 2000 12:28 am
Victor: Any chance of your posting some of those 8mm photos. Most of the PBY footage I lnow of was PR stuff; clips of known a/c on specific operations are...
1961
Ragnar J Ragnarsson
ragsie@...
Feb 2, 2000 2:02 am
No, it doesn't tell all. I should know, because I'm the person who overhauled all the aircraft vs. u-boat losses (not only PBY Catalinas) for the site owner, a...
1962
pbycat@...
Feb 2, 2000 2:28 am
Victor: I for one plus most of the group would love to have a copy of that Film. George Winter...
1963
Wynnum B Graham
wbg@...
Feb 2, 2000 5:27 am
Victor, from Wynnum in Cairns, Australia. I'd love to get a chronology of your main events - squadron first form up, training you did, transfer flights, dates...
1964
Wynnum B Graham
wbg@...
Feb 2, 2000 8:32 am
Group, and Lou. Lou might have a special interest in this for Empire Flying Boat ops to Ambon, Namlea, etc. Lou, do let me know if you get this. Most of this...
1965
pbycat@...
Feb 2, 2000 4:15 pm
I finally (I hope) learned how to use my scanner. This will be first test. George...
1968
pbycat@...
Feb 2, 2000 8:12 pm
Three Pat Wing Ten RM's now. Larry I will give you the honors of suppling the names to this beautiful group. My wife far right. Albuquerque Reunion PBY Assoc...
1969
pbycat@...
Feb 2, 2000 8:12 pm
Group: This is the PBY That was at the reunion that members flew. First picture of the old Cat. Second -L-R-Myself-A.Austin, Glenda, (Dawson's daughter) and...
1970
pbycat@...
Feb 2, 2000 8:28 pm
Bob: Explain this photo? I hope the group does't mind this intursion, but these are peolpe you are talking with, old but still with memories (sometimes). ...
1971
pbycat@...
Feb 2, 2000 8:46 pm
Goofed again....
1972
Eric McKay
ricmac@...
Feb 2, 2000 9:12 pm
Crawley Vets & group The newspaper text would not scan satisfactorily , so I am about to get a bit of typing practice: Headline: " WA CATALINA WAR ROLE...
1973
Eric McKay
ricmac@...
Feb 2, 2000 9:12 pm
Crawley Vets and Group. The attached pic appeared in this mornings press. Trust the reproduction is satisfactory. The pic shows a very modern building with a...
1974
frank de lorenzo
frankd@...
Feb 2, 2000 9:26 pm
Pardon me for jumping in but here are 2 shots of the PBY hanging from the overhead in the Pensacola Museum. There are so many planes there that it is ...
1975
robert fleming
RLEDF@...
Feb 2, 2000 10:14 pm
To George , Frank, Eric, and group: I'm sorry to say, George, that the photos of the PBY-5A which was at Ottawa and the photo of...
1977
larry Katz
papakatz@...
Feb 2, 2000 11:10 pm
Eric, thanks for the information, This is sure exciting for one who was there from March of 1942 with VP101 until we left in August of 1944...
1980
larry Katz
papakatz@...
Feb 2, 2000 11:42 pm
From Left to Georges wife, Jay Collins and his wife Nick Scura pointing to his wife Margo, she passed away last year during the summer months,my wife Lorene,...
1982
Petur Johnson
ppj@...
Feb 3, 2000 12:25 am
I must concur with Arnold Timmer: too much mail, too heavy attachments, too much unread. Although an avid Catalina fan since I can't remember when (more than...
1986
Heijo Hindrik Kuil
hkuil@...
Feb 5, 2000 12:27 am
Hallo Coert and members I think it's time to figure out a way of handling pictures. I will look into setting up an extra web site where pictures can be send to...
1989
Allan LeBaron
allan_lebaron@...
Feb 5, 2000 1:09 am
Here's one Wynnum clued me into. On 19 February 1942, a massive air attack on Darwin took place from four Jap carriers which had participated in the 7 Dec rain...
1992
Francis H Clifton
FHCPBYFOR@...
Feb 5, 2000 3:39 am
The following is an eye-witness account of the sinking of a Japanese sub on September 15, 1943 in the Solomon Islands area. The PBY is from VP-23. "I read in...
1994
Herman de Ridder
herman.de.ridder@...
Feb 5, 2000 8:39 am
Hi group Was reading the emails about the size of the photos and the idear of Heijo to do an extra site photos only. There is however an other option and that...
1998
TWMcCarthy@...
Feb 5, 2000 7:58 pm
I know there has been considerable discussion about the "Black Cats" but I was not directly involved with that so I hope the following is not redundant. I...
1999
Ragnar J Ragnarsson
ragsie@...
Feb 5, 2000 8:00 pm
I've read some about Catalinas seconded from the RAAF to Quantas being fitted with auxilary fuel tanks in the hull for the 3100 NM flights between Perth,...
2000
heijo kuil
hkuil@...
Feb 5, 2000 8:09 pm
Hello members I have created an EXTRA group for all the PBY pictures. It might not be necessary, but it might be handy to have all the pictures together, like...
