[ARC5] Famous PBY Found

[Phillip Carpenter]

My father was a petty officer (E-5)/aviation machinist mate (AMM2C flight engineer) on a PBY-5A during WWII. He served with VP-81, Black Cats. He received a citation from Admiral Nimitz for helping to sink a Japanese submarine during the war. He served in the Atlantic theater from 1942-1943, they escorted the battleship South Dakota through the Canal Zone and then transferred to the Pacific theater from 44-45, seeing action in the Solomon Islands.

I found an ARB receiver on eBay like the ones used on some PBY-5As and will be restoring it as a tribute to my father's service. He passed away in January 2000.

I ordered an ARB manual today from Fair Radio Sales.

73s,

Phillip W4RTX



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> On Aug 12, 2015, at 4:35 PM, Leslie Smith <vk2bcu at operamail.com> wrote:
> 
>  Here, in Australia, Lake Macquarie was a Catalina base in WWII.
>  A group has acquired one, and is in the process of restoring it.
>  It flies.  The base was called "Rathmines".  Every year, in Oct/Nov,
>  the group hold an "open" day.
>  Some buildings survive.  (Mess, assembly etc.  Also
>  launching/maintenance ramps)
> 
> 
>  73 de Les Smith
>  vk2bcu at operamail.com
> 
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>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015, at 00:52, Sandy wrote:
>> Bravo, Bravo!  I remember the "hoard" of PBY's at Coco Solo base in 
>> Panama Canal Zone where i went as a kid 4 years old just after "Pearl 
>> Harbor Day".  We spent 4 years there and returned to New Orleans just 
>> before "VE" day.  Years later I got some rides in them in Brazil doing 
>> radio maintenance on oil platforms in the Amazon River delta area.  
>> Consolidated aircraft had a factory in New Orleans that made parts for 
>> them during the war.
>> 
>> I am sure some of the old PBY's restored in New Orleans' "Lakefront 
>> airport" are maybe still flying in Brazil?
>> 
>> 73 to all,
>> 
>> Sandy W5TVW
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>>> On 8/12/2015 9:29 AM, Robert Eleazer wrote:
>>>   The story of PBY-5A, CATALINA Strawberry 5 discovery and restoration for the US Navy museum in San Diego. It was the only remaining intact PBY-5 Catalina remaining in the World, and it was discovered in South Africa.
>>> PBY "STRAWBERRY 5" was the plane that found the Japanese carriers in the 'Battle of Midway'
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