To get as much publicity as possible it is decided that the ferry flight of PH-PBY will take place on 23 April. On the date previously set (16 April) the new...
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Marc Commandeur
pby@...
Apr 5, 1999 3:36 pm
PBY veteran Glen L. Berg dropped this in my guestbook: I joined VP81 in March 1944 (Solomon: Guadalcanal, New Georgia, (Munda). Bougainville and returned to...
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Marc Commandeur
pby@...
Apr 5, 1999 3:36 pm
Gentlemen, I put up another page on my web site. I scanned some pictures of P-212 through the years. I did not get to writing a short history yet. See the ...
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BUTTER1942@...
Apr 8, 1999 3:50 pm
I have been gone and am lost as to what you are referring to. Please clue me in. e mail was forwarded to me from pilotrod 2. Was in New Zealand recently and ...
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BUTTER1942@...
Apr 8, 1999 3:50 pm
Hi John I have been out of the country, otherwise would have made the airshow in Riverside. I had no idea there were still two operational PBY's still in ...
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BUTTER1942@...
Apr 8, 1999 3:50 pm
You have forgotten the most famous (infamous) knickname of all for radiomen..... 3 dits, four dits, two dits, dah, radioman, radioman, rah, rah, rah. In case ...
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Mark Aldrich
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Apr 9, 1999 5:37 am
Walt, What squadron wereyou with when you logged time in BuNo 08037? Do yoou still have your logbook? I am researching PBY movement and would really like to...
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Marc Commandeur
pby@...
Apr 9, 1999 5:37 am
OK, for those of you who lost track of this story (I almost did) an update. Bu No. 2459 which now is known as PH-PBY was bought by Cat Air from Holland some...
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BUTTER1942@...
Apr 9, 1999 5:37 am
I was just catching up on reading my e mail and found ur msg pertaining to Haw PBY's. I was in VJ-1 in San Diego when we and VJ-2, & VJ-3 moved to Pearl in...
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Marc Commandeur
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Apr 12, 1999 8:04 am
P-212 was constructed at Consolidated San Diego as c/n 1679. From 16 November 1943 she performed patrol flights over the Northern Atlantic as Bu. No. 48317 for...
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Marc Commandeur
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Apr 13, 1999 6:18 am
The May 1999 issue of the UK magazine Aircraft Illustrated reports that VP-BPS (which crashed into the Solent last July) has had her engines sent to the US for...
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BUTTER1942@...
Apr 13, 1999 6:18 am
In answer to ur e mail. I was in VP-84 operating out of Newfoundland and Iceland during 42 and 43 when I flew in BuNo 08037. Yes, I still have my old log...
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James C Sawruk
jsawruk@...
Apr 13, 1999 6:18 am
Marc, As a late comer to the evolving story, has PBY 2459 been sole and if so to who and what are the plans for it? Jim Sawruk ...
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hkuil@...
Apr 14, 1999 5:02 pm
Hello members There are a couple of interesting Catalina articles in the latest Warbirds International magazine (Volume 18 Number 1). One article from John...
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hkuil@...
Apr 14, 1999 5:02 pm
Hello Mark Aldrich and members Can you tell us something about the San Diego Catalina? Greetings Heijo Kuil <36f2ad53.76027d1-@...> wrote: Original...
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James C Sawruk
jsawruk@...
Apr 16, 1999 4:01 am
This is for Mark Aldrich in regards to PBYs "at" Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec.'41. First of all, please take into account the PBYs in the "Hawaiian Area'. This...
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hkuil@...
Apr 16, 1999 3:54 pm
Hello George and members Can you tell me more about Nils Christensen? Is he interested in Catalina's? (333 Sqd) If so, sent his E-mail address to my Hotmail...
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hkuil@...
Apr 16, 1999 5:06 pm
Hello NEW members This message is especially for members who recently joined the group but the last part might be interesting for everybody..... ... If you...
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WSneed3994@...
Apr 17, 1999 5:18 am
Hello PBY, Fans: My name is Willie Sneed. I went into the Navy in September of 1941 at Portland Oregon. I was three thousand mile from home and lonely and...
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R. O. Blankenship
roblank@...
Apr 17, 1999 5:18 am
Hi Folks The discussion of the identity of the PBYs and the BuNos might be assisted by some information I included in the VP/VPB54 War Diary which is included...
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George B Winter
pbycat@...
Apr 17, 1999 5:18 am
Hkuil---Nils does not have a computer but I will give you his address- Nils Christensen---126 Little Mountain Rd.---Salt Spring Island, B.C. ... Nils was in...
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Richard McCall
rmccall@...
Apr 18, 1999 4:43 pm
Hello, I'm Braeden McCall. I am one of the Flight Engineers for the Canso (PBY-5A) located at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. The museum is located at...
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herman
j.ridder@...
Apr 18, 1999 4:43 pm
Yesterday I went to an aviation fair at Schiphol, and they had a flight line with included PH-PBY. After seeing it I truly hope that the ferry flight will...
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Adolph P. Meisch Sr.
apmsr@...
Apr 19, 1999 5:09 pm
Hi. I'm a new member, I am a former PBY flight engineer. I flew in PBYs from October of 1944 to mid 1953. Iwnet thru PBY training at NAS Jacksonville FLorida....
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Marc Commandeur
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Apr 19, 1999 5:09 pm
Braeden is very active with C-FPQL from what I read from his e-mail messages to me. I forgot to thank him for a scan he sent me some time ago. Hope to here a...
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hkuil@...
Apr 20, 1999 3:07 am
Hello George and members Please sent the information about the reunion so all the members know about it and might want to come as well to meet former crew...
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Marc Commandeur
pby@...
Apr 20, 1999 5:04 pm
The PBY CIA URL can be found on my site at: http://www.catalina.demon.nl/pby/catalina_links.htm Marc ... -- ... Marc Commandeur...
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BOBSAERO@...
Apr 20, 1999 5:05 pm
Thought you might like to see a pic of a Librascope Center of Gravity computor for the PBY.Bob Swanson (Ex CAF Crew N-68756) ... eGroup home:...
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George B Winter
pbycat@...
Apr 20, 1999 5:05 pm
Hi Heijo and members: The PBY CATALINA INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION 1999 REUNION WILL BE HELD IN OTTAWA, CANADA AT THE TALISMAN HOTEL. S0.EPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER...
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hkuil@...
Apr 21, 1999 7:14 am
Hello Bob and members Thank you very much for sending the image of a CG computer. Is it a CAF museum item or so???? Greetings Heijo Kuil Everett Washington ...
