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PBY Catalinas on the ramp of the Luganville Seaplane Base, Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 1942 [Colorized by WW2DB]

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Caption     PBY Catalinas on the ramp of the Luganville Seaplane Base, Segond Channel, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 1942 [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase
Colorization Note   This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors.

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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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PBY Catalina   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 1,494 x 1,600 pixels
Photos at Same Place Luganville, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides
Added By David Stubblebine
Colorized Date 24 Feb 2023
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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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. John Myers Jr says:
8 Feb 2018 11:17:41 AM

I would really like to find more information on New Hebrides. Just found out from my father's discharge paper that is where he served during WWII.
2. E. Reid says:
6 May 2020 11:59:01 AM

My brother Corporal Paul E. Nicely passed away in Hospital New Hebrides Islands (Efate Isl?) 6/19/1944. 1940-1944 same outfit, 4th Marines Defense Battalion, Special Weapons Group, H Battery.
Were at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941, aborted Wake Island rescue,later9vj arrived Espiritu Santo, N.H. in 1942. Buried in Guantanamo Cemetery (?) Any thing to add to my research Appreciated.

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WW2-Era Place Name Luganville, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides
Lat/Long -15.5550, 167.1470
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