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| Keywords: PBY-5 of VP-52 sinking off Galapagos in January 1942.jpg The U S Navy Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina 52-P-11 from Patrol Squadron 52 VP-52 attached to Patrol Wing 2 PATWING TWO based at Seymour Bay Galapagos shown here on 17 January 1942 as a crew from the light cruiser USS Richmond CL-9 attempted to salvage the downed aircraft The PBY-5 BuNo 2368 of VP-52 made a hard a landing off Galopagoas Island on 9 January 1942 due to fuel exhaustion The crew pilot Lt jg W T Sutherland ENS W J Lahodney RM1 L L Weiss NAP RM2 J P Carlson SEA1 H C Martin AMM2 J W Miller and RM3 W B Valyou was rescued The crewless plane was taken under tow by USS Richmond CL-9 eight days later but sank in bad weather Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-86000/NH-86973 html NH 86973 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1942-01-17 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina Patrol Squadron 52 United States Navy Pacific War in January 1942 1942 in aviation in Ecuador Galápagos Islands | ||||
