A typical beat-up Cat. Note the search radar under the wings.
(Source: "Bless 'Em All" by Robert Hayes)
A Black Cat (believed to be with VP-52) prowls the South Pacific waters off New Guinea,
where the squadron was seaplane tender based in Namoai Bay. (USN Archives)
(Source: "PBY Catalina in Action" by
Squadron/Signal Publications)
Black Cat on patrol (M. T. Aldridge collection)
(Source: "Black Cats With Wings of Gold" by
Lt. A. J. Meuller (Ret))
Three Cats head north at dusk (U.S. Navy)
(Source: "Black Cat Raiders of WWII" by
Richard C. Knott)
A VP-23 Black Cat is viewed from another PBY.
(Photo sent by Leslie La Brie)
Black Cats outbound, looking for trouble. (U.S. Navy)
(Source: "Black Cat Raiders of WWII" by
Richard C. Knott)
They blazed a trail of burning ships from the Solomons to the Phillipines. (U.S. Navy)
(Source: "Black Cat Raiders of WWII" by
Richard C. Knott)
Not since David and his slingshot..... (U.S. Navy)
(Source: "Black Cat Raiders of WWII" by
Richard C. Knott)
NEW! -
Three VP-52 Black Cats in flight, December 1943
(this image is from the Dictionary of American
Naval Aviation Squadrons - Vol. 2)
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