[ARC5] [Milsurplus] History of the GO-series of USN

[Mike Everette]

Thanks, Wayne!  I stand corrected.  I think the Profile on the PBY was my source, and according to that publication PatWing Ten was equipped with PBY-2 and PBY-3 in the late 30s prior to deployment to the PI.  I forgot the info about their new aircraft, received before shipping out.
At the same time, the Army Air Corps in the PI was still flying B-10s, P-26s and P-35s, prior to the too-little-too-late reinforcement with B-17s and P-40s beginning in mid-1941.
73
Mike
WA4DLF



      From: Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
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 From the Profile Publication on the PBY:  Patrol Wing 10 (VP-101 and VP-102) had 28 PBY-4 aircraft during the period 1940 to 1942 in the PI.  All but two of their aircraft were lost during that period. So Patrol Wing 10 had just about the latest airplanes available, the later PBY-5A deliveries not starting until Dec 1941, by which time it was pretty much too late to get them to the PI. I recall reading that the USN had 80 PBY's on Midway at the time of the battle there in June 1942. WayneWB5WSV   
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