File:PBY-5s VP-14 in flight Nov 1941.jpg

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Description Nine U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina patrol bombers fly in formation in the Hawaiian area, circa November 1941. These planes, from Patrol Squadron 14 (VP-14), arrived on Oahu on 23 November 1941. The plane closest to the camera is "14-P-1", which on 7 December 1941 was flown by Ens. William P. Tanner during the attack with USS Ward (DD-139) on a Japanese midget submarine. Most of the other planes were destroyed at Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photograph 80-G-279382.
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