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LC-USZ62-76833: PBY-5 “Catalina” aircraft, 1943

LC-USZ62-76833: PBY-5 “Catalina” patrol bomer, July 1943. Gale rages about planes on Adak - Consolidated Catalinas (PBY) long range flying boats weather a 60-knot wind and snow storm on Adak Island, American base in the Aleutians. Crouched low a ground crewman makes his way against the wind, July 3, 1943. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Caption: PBY-5 “Catalina” aircraft, 1943. Gale rages about planes on Adak - Consolidated Catalinas (PBY) long range flying boats weather a 60-knot wind and snow storm on Adak Island, American base in the Aleutians. Crouched low a ground crewman makes his way against the wind, July 3, 1943. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Accession #: LC-USZ62-76833
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