PBY-5 Catalina of US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-52 sits in Woendi Lagoon, Dutch New Guinea, 1944-45. As this photograph was taken, this airplane was in the process of slowly sinking, which it did a short time later.

Caption     PBY-5 Catalina of US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-52 sits in Woendi Lagoon, Dutch New Guinea, 1944-45. As this photograph was taken, this airplane was in the process of slowly sinking, which it did a short time later. ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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PBY Catalina   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 1,600 x 1,270 pixels
Photos at Same Place Biak, New Guinea, Dutch West Indies
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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1. Adrian mirino says:
10 Jan 2025 03:21:29 AM

I work in this area, we once dived and found this plane.
how many Catalina planes were sunk in the Wundi area.
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