Plane s/n
2291
Factory
Consolidated - San Diego
Ordered
____-___-__
Model
_________
RAF Model
_________
Finished
____-___-__
USN Model
PBY-5
USAF Model
_________
Destroyed
____-___-__
From
To
Owner
Site
Country
s/n
1940-Oct-31
1942-Jan-21
United States Navy
Washington D.C.
United States
2291
From
To
Unit
Base
Site
Country
Unit s/n
1940-Oct-31
1941-Jan-09
VP-14
NAS San Diego
North Island, San Diego, California
United States
14-P-11
From
To
Action/Location
Site From/To
Country
1941-Jan-05
1941-Jan-05
Flight: Ferry. Vaqueros (cowboys) or NAS Corpus Christi personnel helped pull plane to edge of lake, where it was tied to a tree. Pilots ran up full power and the rope was cut with an axe. The plane took off from the mud successfully, trailing 20 feet of rope for the remainder of the trip.
King Ranch, Texas
United States
Sunday
Sunday
________________________________
Pensacola, Florida
United States
Service
Rate/Rank
Name
Post
Country
USNR
Ensign
Robert B. Clark
Co-pilot
United States
USN
Lt.(jg)
Murray Hanson
Pilot
United States
Publication
Note
Page
Black Cats and Dumbos / WWII's Fighting PBYs
From, To, Site-from, Site-to, Action, Crew: inferred
145
Inteview: John Novak (VP-14)
Site-from, Action: inferred
_______
Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons - Volume 2: Chapter 3 - First VP-29 [aka VP-14 #2]
Site-from, Site-to, Action, Crew: inferred
194