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PBY-5 Catalina of Patrol Squadron 23 on Sand Island, Midway, 1942. Note the depth bombs loaded under the wings.

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Caption     PBY-5 Catalina of Patrol Squadron 23 on Sand Island, Midway, 1942. Note the depth bombs loaded under the wings. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Midway, US Pacific Islands
Date  1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy via the Bobby Rocker Collection
 
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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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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 1,600 x 1,261 pixels



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