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19th Jun 2009, 23:15

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Thread #362 is now visible. Here is an unusual visitor to Gander, a Russian Catalina. The source, Newfoundland Provincial Archives, says circa 1946, but as it is a PBY-6A lend-lease, it is possible it was photographed on a stop-over during a ferry flight. That would make the photo pre-1946. As over 100 PBY-6As were delivered to Russia via Gander, it probably wasn't that unusual.

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