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In The Air


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A typical beat-up Cat. Note the search radar under the wings.
(Source: "Bless 'Em All" by Robert Hayes)


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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)


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Black Cat on patrol  (M. T. Aldridge collection)
(Source: "Black Cats With Wings of Gold" by Lt. A. J. Meuller (Ret))


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Three Cats head north at dusk (U.S. Navy)
(Source: "Black Cat Raiders of WWII" by Richard C. Knott)


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A VP-23 Black Cat is viewed from another PBY.
(Photo sent by Leslie La Brie)


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Black Cats outbound, looking for trouble. (U.S. Navy)
(Source: "Black Cat Raiders of WWII" by Richard C. Knott)


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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)


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Not since David and his slingshot..... (U.S. Navy)
(Source: "Black Cat Raiders of WWII" by Richard C. Knott)


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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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