I find the latest copy concerning , among others, the island of Los Negros, adjacent to Manus. My memory of the harbor at Manus was awaking from an afternoon ...
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Wynnum B Graham
wbg@...
Jul 3, 2000 5:47 am
Bill, I recorded this long time ago researching Catalinas operating from the Admiralties - By Sep44 Manus was said to all but rival Pearl Harbour in...
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Wynnum B Graham
wbg@...
Jul 3, 2000 6:08 am
Bill & group, A bit more on Manus etc - 23Oct44 [Timeframe - 20Oct44, MacArthur waded ashore Philippines.] VP-33 [and VP-34] was ordered up to the...
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Richard Neiswonger
wa6agl@...
Jul 3, 2000 8:26 am
tell me more about VP 33 and VP 34 during the war years.. would like to hear anything about them since I served in VP 34 in 47, 48, and 49 and VP 33 was...
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Wynnum B Graham
wbg@...
Jul 3, 2000 11:43 pm
... 33 ... Richard and group, more on VP-33 &VP-34 Cheers from Wynnum. VP-34 Served in the Caribbean until Jun43, then they moved to Perth, Western Australia,...
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heijo kuil
hkuil@...
Jul 4, 2000 2:18 am
Hello members. A message forwarded from Pim Goedbloed....... ... ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private,...
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RLEDF@...
Jul 4, 2000 2:33 am
Dear Richard: Wynnum has given you a complete summary of VP-33 and VP-34 in the South and Southwest Pacific. and theirs is quite a ...
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larry Katz
papakatz@...
Jul 4, 2000 2:40 am
Wynnum, terrific report, I am going to forward this to Paul Stevens as he left VP101 VPB29 and went to either one of those squadrons. Sometime in November of...
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Richard Neiswonger
wa6agl@...
Jul 4, 2000 5:08 am
Thank very much Wynnum for the history.. I really appreciate you taking the time to pass that all along.. What I was trying to find out is when the two...
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larry Katz
papakatz@...
Jul 4, 2000 3:54 pm
Just thought you might want to see what Paul Stevens had to say about Tom Christopher. I remember the Admiral was a fighter. ... Subject: Re: [Fwd: [PBY]...
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carl dagnese
cdagnese@...
Jul 8, 2000 1:58 am
This is a gif formatted copy of 10 pages of declassified official records from Maxwell AFB. It summarises the history of the 2nd ERS from it's conception...
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Allan LeBaron
allan_lebaron@...
Jul 8, 2000 11:02 am
Carl: Here is some back-up on charts. When VP-22 deployed in January 1942, LCDR Frank O'Beirne, USN, was their CO. His brother, Emmet O'Beirne, USN, was a ...
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Wynnum B Graham
wbg@...
Jul 9, 2000 4:46 am
Group, I've got an idea I read somewhere Brewster company manufactured wings for the Catalinas. I'm interested in where the various components were made. Can...
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Allan LeBaron
allan_lebaron@...
Jul 9, 2000 7:06 am
Wynnum: I seem to remember (but can't pinpoint a source) that Brewster essentially took over the Consolidated works when Consolidated moved from Buffalo to San...
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Pim Goedbloed
pim.goedbloed@...
Jul 9, 2000 9:49 am
Greetings group, Via this message I would like to know of any of you perhaps have some technical manuals for PBY-5A APU's. Any manual is welcome. To be more...
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haries@...
Jul 9, 2000 4:46 pm
Group, Few comments,joined right after PH and got in at time to see transition from self contained Squadrons to more Flite crew and Patsu. Went to Gen. service...
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larry Katz
papakatz@...
Jul 9, 2000 5:51 pm
Allan just mentioning Brewster Buffalo brings back so many extra memories. Like I told you some time ago, comming down from Exmouth passing Geraldton going to...
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larry Katz
papakatz@...
Jul 9, 2000 5:59 pm
Hank would you happen to have an old roster of the group you joined with the old timers of VP22? As you know they were our sister squadron when we left Ford...
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Wynnum B Graham
wbg@...
Jul 9, 2000 11:02 pm
Allan, That was Larry Bell who stayed behind at Buffalo and took up with what was left behind when Reuben Fleet took the Consolidated company out to San Diego....
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vpvpb23@...
Jul 10, 2000 2:19 am
For you guys that want to know more about the Brewster Buffalo, check out this site. Francis Clifton http://www.danford.net/buff.htm...
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Louis B. "Lou" Dorny
npodorny@...
Jul 10, 2000 10:28 am
Hank from Lou... You mentioned VP 61 forming up with some FAW10 veterans... have you got any more details? I am interested in what the Patrol Wing TEN vets...
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Louis B. "Lou" Dorny
npodorny@...
Jul 10, 2000 10:30 am
Hank and Larry from Lou... I have a smooth roster of VP 22 personnel that deployed to Patrol Wing TEN in January, 1942. I'll work it up for the web/e-mail and...
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haries@...
Jul 10, 2000 4:26 pm
Lou and Larry, This is from partial roster of VP 61 dated August10, 1942. I received it from Lt. Dilger in 1993 when I found him on FAW4 roster. Cant scan so...
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carl dagnese
cdagnese@...
Jul 11, 2000 3:41 pm
I've got a copy of the original roster for the 2nd ERS for when they first arrived at Oro Bay in July, 1944. It needs a little work because some of the...
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Heijo Hindrik Kuil
hkuil@...
Jul 11, 2000 10:53 pm
Hello members. At the moment, I am very busy moving. I will leave Montreal to return to Washington State, USA. I worked temporarily at Bombardier Aerospace,...
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wayne.bawden@...
Jul 12, 2000 4:04 am
... was the bright red ball on his starboard side (part of the insigna of the Australian Air Force) Reminds me of another interesting story (recounting from...
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larry Katz
papakatz@...
Jul 12, 2000 4:33 am
Wayne remembering this event, at that time the port blister was closed as we were about 60 miles north of Perth hugging the coast,I guess if the blister was...
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wsneed3994@...
Jul 12, 2000 6:06 am
Welcome Home to the USA. Take your time. Rome was not built n a day. Keep up the good work. Willie Sneed...
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heijo kuil
hkuil@...
Jul 13, 2000 2:54 am
For those of you who have seen the movie "Always" The others should see this movie asap.... Thanks Herman! ... ...
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Wynnum B Graham
wbg@...
Jul 14, 2000 6:33 am
Hello group from Wynnum, I see in a few places that Consolodated-San Diego-built plane RCAF serial 9746 is quoted as construction number 417; similarly RCAF...
