L01-11.04.01 The Navy's "Black Cats"
![Portending bad luck for the Japanese, dark-painted Navy Consolidated Catalinas now prowl the night skies of the Pacific on search and bombing missions - thus keeping the enemy from his needed sleep. Known as "Black Cats," there are a number of these Catalina squadrons on duty in the Pacific. Shown here, men of the Black Cat squadron loll around in the shade provide by the black wing of a PBY night-prowler, waiting for orders. Portending bad luck for the Japanese, dark-painted Navy Consolidated Catalinas now prowl the night skies of the Pacific on search and bombing missions - thus keeping the enemy from his needed sleep. Known as "Black Cats," there are a number of these Catalina squadrons on duty in the Pacific. Shown here, men of the Black Cat squadron loll around in the shade provide by the black wing of a PBY night-prowler, waiting for orders.](/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/naval-subjects-collection/l01--aviation/l01-11-04-01-the-navy-s--black-cats-/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1496333042015.jpg)
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