Photos: PBY-1

9-P-1 10-P-4 9-P-4 9-P-2 10-P-5(?) 9-P-? 10-P-? 9-P-6(?) 9-P-3(?) 1939-Jan-18 From the previous photo: This is actually an 18-plane trans-Pac from San Diego to Pearl Harbor on 1938-Jan-18. VP-9 had six PBY-1s (BuNos 0137-0142) and VP-10 had twelve PBY-2s. BuNo 0138 was transferred to VP-12 on Jan-17 in exchange for BuNo 0155. They must have really hustled to get 0155 re-painted in time! Caption: A/C: PBY-2/3 By: USN Date: 10 Jan 39 Unit: VP-9/10 En route to Coco Solo fm Nor Is Flt led by Capt Marc Mitscher, ComPatWing ONE 48 A/C - largest grp of A/C to fly 3000 miles Fm: Capt C.W. Swanson, USN (Ret) (Photo from the R.L.Lawson collection, courtesy of the Nat'l Museum of Naval Aviation)