Dear Fellow PBY (and other flying boat/seaplane/floatplane) Enthusiasts, I am posting this notice on the egroup site to tell you about my new book, which was...
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heijo kuil
hkuil@...
Apr 1, 2000 11:19 pm
Hello Members. For those who want to fly a Catalina/Canso.. Greetings, Heijo, Group creator. Chuck Ellsworth Advanced Flight Training Specializing in P.B.Y....
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heijo kuil
hkuil@...
Apr 2, 2000 5:49 am
Hello members. The web-site address for PBY flight training is: http://www.pbyflighttraining.com/index.html Greetings, Heijo ...
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Wynnum B Graham
wbg@...
Apr 2, 2000 6:00 am
Hello group, I've just been looking into VP-52 which got its PBYs about June41, ferried to Norfolk and in July 1941 renumbered to VP-72. I've been trying to...
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heijo kuil
hkuil@...
Apr 2, 2000 6:24 am
Hello members. There is a new movie coming out April 21st called "U-571". See: http://www.u571.com/ I saw a preview which showed a german U-boat in action. ...
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pbycat@...
Apr 2, 2000 1:17 pm
Wnnym: I will also send you a copy of VP-52 changed to VP-72 and the moved to Agentia and now my problem is to find it in my crazy filling system. This info...
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SEAN MILLIGAN
jetsarekids@...
Apr 2, 2000 3:35 pm
Hello Heijo and Group! Re forthcoming movie 'The U-571' "preview did not show any aircraft". Heijo - Look close - there is an a/c, albeit very briefly view...
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SEAN MILLIGAN
jetsarekids@...
Apr 2, 2000 3:40 pm
Hello Wynnum -- Early VP-52 / VP-72 ops at NAS QUONSET POINT are depicted on two pages of my book QP VOL I book "Gem of the Atlantic" More info here at the...
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Louis B. "Lou" Dorny
npodorny@...
Apr 2, 2000 6:50 pm
Hello, Group from Lou... In the USN, aviation associated ships were always commanded by a qualified naval aviator. This included seaplane tenders. In Patrol...
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Ragnar J Ragnarsson
ragsie@...
Apr 3, 2000 12:57 am
On 3 June 1944, F/L R.E. MacBride, in Canso A #9816/T of No. 162 Squadron RCAF, operating from Wick, Scotland, attacked and sank U-477 in position 6359N 0137E...
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Ragnar J Ragnarsson
ragsie@...
Apr 3, 2000 12:57 am
Wynnum, I haven't done any research on VP-72 so far, but I can tell you from my experience of researching other squadrons, that prior to December 7 1941...
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frank de lorenzo
frankd@...
Apr 3, 2000 6:58 pm
Rob: Thank you for your complimentary remarks on my PB2Y Coronado article that you found in the VPNavy web site. I'm sorry that I am unable to help you in...
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Heijo Hindrik Kuil
hkuil@...
Apr 4, 2000 1:07 am
Hello George and members. If Bill Scarbrough has e-mail, please ask him to join the group. If he wants to join, ask him to send a message to me at: ...
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Bobsaero@...
Apr 4, 2000 1:32 am
I would imagine it is the same stainless steel folding Danforth anchor used on the PBY. They were common in marinas after the war as reserve anchors but were...
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RLEDF@...
Apr 4, 2000 2:33 am
To George Winter, Bob Blankenship, and group: I am sorry to say, George, that I can be of no help whatever on the subject which you...
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Carlos H. Blazquez
chbblaz@...
Apr 4, 2000 9:00 pm
Hi Colin: I would like to get a copy of your book. Is a money order on my bank First National good. I could get a U.S. Post Office Money Order, but if the...
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heijo kuil
hkuil@...
Apr 4, 2000 11:31 pm
Hello members. I good not resist sending the "funny truth" From Australian Aviation magazine April 2000 edition. 1. Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is...
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Carlos H. Blazquez
chbblaz@...
Apr 5, 2000 1:08 am
Hi Colin: I received a reply to my e-mail, but you did not mention whether you would prefer a Bank Money Order or a US Post Office Money Order? Please let me...
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FHCPBYFOR@...
Apr 5, 2000 2:28 am
The following is from Jan/Feb issue of THE BLACK CAT LOG, Newsletter for WW II VP/VPB-23, Don Klotz, editor. It reads as follows; ARLINGTON HONORS FOR VP-23...
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Bill and Laurie Gordon
wlgordon@...
Apr 5, 2000 4:40 pm
George Have "PBY in action" on page 47, with black cat on a bomb, in front of me. Have question about the cat and bomb. The cat and the bomb appear to be...
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pbycat@...
Apr 5, 2000 8:59 pm
Bob and Laurie: Look at VP-54's site www.fortunecity.com/millenium/redwood/372/cover.htm Check with Bob Blankenship he was a member of VP-54 and he belongs to...
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James Sawruk
jsawruk@...
Apr 5, 2000 11:07 pm
Francis, After doing a lot of work to identify them, I have been invited and will attend the burial ceremony for this VP-23 crew. I had provided the initial...
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wsneed3994@...
Apr 6, 2000 2:32 am
Gang: The Vp54-VPB54 insigna was drawn by Howard Miner. It was a circle with a Black Cat riding on the Yellow Bomb that was going downward. The circle was...
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LBlackwolf@...
Apr 6, 2000 5:25 am
A wonderful man (fellow lister was so kind to send this to me for my dad) I don't think you can find it anywhere else and please just view it for your own...
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Bill and Laurie Gordon
wlgordon@...
Apr 6, 2000 2:42 pm
Leslie Many thinks to you. Bill Gordon ... From: <LBlackwolf@...> To: <pby@egroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 10:25 PM Subject: Re: [PBY] color...
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pbycat@...
Apr 6, 2000 3:35 pm
Bill: Check out www.vpnavy.com/vp54.html George...
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wsneed3994@...
Apr 6, 2000 5:51 pm
Gordon: Tis is out of Tom Doty's webb. This maybe could have been a later logo at some of the reunions that we have had. The Black Command Logo is an after ...
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Carlos H. Blazquez
chbblaz@...
Apr 7, 2000 3:30 pm
Hello Don: With considerable interest I read your notice from the Jan/Feb issue of The Black Cat Log concerning the Arlington honors for the crew of VP-23. It...
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R. O. Blankenship
blankens@...
Apr 7, 2000 8:20 pm
Hi Bob I just got back from a few days at Pensacola with the Navy Amateur Radio Club and am sorry to be so long in responding. The location you are looking for...
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James Sawruk
jsawruk@...
Apr 7, 2000 10:25 pm
Carlos, As it turns out, the 8 VP-23 crewmen are going to or have been buried at different locations with 3 at Arlington, 1 at the Punch Bowl in Hawaii, 2 at ...
