Plane s/n
XXXXX
Factory
___________________________________
Ordered
____-___-__
Model
_________
RAF Model
_________
Finished
____-___-__
USN Model
_________
USAF Model
_________
Destroyed
____-___-__
From
To
Owner
Site
Country
s/n
____-___-__
____-___-__
United States Navy
Washington D.C.
United States
_______
From
To
Unit
Base
Site
Country
Unit s/n
1942-Jun-03
1942-Jun-03
VP-42
Dutch Harbor
Umnak Island, Alaska
US Territory
42-P-6
From
To
Action/Location
Site From/To
Country
1942-Jun-03
1942-Jun-03
Flight: Patrol. Took off 0730; evaded enemy aircraft at 0915 and 1100; found fleet at 1200 and tracked for four hours. Attacked by Japanese Zeros, wounding Gillis and shooting away rudder cable. Returning to base with no rudder, ran out of fuel over Unimak Pass. Made a dead-stick landing. Spotted by another PBY; rescued by Coast Guard at 2140. Unable to tow the bullet-riddled PBY, they sank it at 2340 with .50 caliber machine guns.
Akutan Bay, Alaska
US Territory
Wednesday
Wednesday
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_________________________
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Service
Rate/Rank
Name
Post
Country
USN
___________
William Brady
Navigator
United States
USN
Lt.(jg)
Lucius Campbell
Pilot
United States
USN
AMM3c
Eugene Gillis
Gunner
United States
Publication
Note
Page
No Tumult, No Shouting / The Story of the PBY
From: approx
Crew.
026
No Tumult, No Shouting / The Story of the PBY
Action; Crew.
027
No Tumult, No Shouting / The Story of the PBY
Action; Crew.
028
Those Navy Guys and Their PBYs / The Aleutian Solution
From; Action; Site-from; Crew.
086
Those Navy Guys and Their PBYs / The Aleutian Solution
To; Action; Crew.
088