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80-G-1022360 Patrol Bombing Squadron Fifty-Two (VPB-52)

Patrol Bombing Squadron Fifty-Two (VPB-52)
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Title: Patrol Bombing Squadron Fifty-Two (VPB-52)
Caption: A VPB-52 PBY-5 flying boat alongside a native outrigger canoe, during a rescue mission to the N. W. end of McCluer Gulf in north western New Guinea, 13 August 1944. Women and children in the canoe are preparing to board the "Black Cat." Note very wide deck platform on the canoe. VPB-52 was then based at Biak.
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Catalog #: 80-G-1022360
Copyright Owner: National Archives
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Original Date: Sun, Aug 13, 1944
After this Year: 1940
Before this Year: 1949
Original Medium: BW Photo
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