Plane s/n
08231
Factory
Consolidated - San Diego
Ordered
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Model
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RAF Model
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Finished
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USN Model
PBY-5
USAF Model
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Destroyed
1943-Aug-01
From
To
Owner
Site
Country
s/n
1943-Aug-01
1943-Aug-01
United States Navy
Washington D.C.
United States
08231
From
To
Unit
Base
Site
Country
Unit s/n
1943-Aug-01
1943-Aug-01
VP-63
Pembroke Dock
South Wales
England
63-P-10
From
To
Action/Location
Site From/To
Country
1943-Aug-01
1943-Aug-01
Flight. Shot down at sea by eight JU-88s.
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Sunday
Sunday
600 miles from England, 300 miles off French coast.
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Service
Rate/Rank
Name
Post
Country
USN
Lieutenant
Robert I. Bedell
Co-pilot
United States
USN
AMM2c
David R. Carmack
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United States
USN
AMM2c
Robert B. Law
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United States
USN
ACM3c
Douglas C. Patterson
Waist gunner - strbd
United States
USN
___________
Arthur Rittel
Radio Operator
United States
USN
Lt(jg)
William E. Robertson
Navigator?
United States
USN
ARM2c
Werdin O. Rude
Waist gunner - port
United States
USNR
Lieutenant
William P. Tanner
Pilot
United States
Publication
Note
Page
Black Cats and Dumbos / WWII's Fighting PBYs
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Flying Cats / The Catalina Aircraft in World War II
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