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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Sep 2002, 09:00
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY WWII

An addition to my post of 11 Sept.
PBY roles in WWII -
I left out one of the roles performed by the Cat - Minelayer.

A number of Cat firsts were listed on this forum - there is also a
WWII...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Sep 2002, 08:30
Replies: 8
Views: 1,037
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

DC-3

P/Boat, I flew both the P&W Twin Row Wasp & the Wright Cyclone
versions. Much preferred the Pratt & Whitney.
x/w
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Sep 2002, 06:23
Replies: 8
Views: 1,037
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Thanks Pigboat, even found a photo of one I'd...

Thanks Pigboat, even found a photo of one I'd flown.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Sep 2002, 10:23
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY /DC3

Chuck,
When you put versatility into the equation you're right in saying the PBY wins by a country mile.
I reckon the PBY design team should have received a medal for their contribution to the war...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
11th Sep 2002, 09:11
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY WWII

PBY/Catalina WWII

Well fellas I've runout of leads for PBY stories - if nothing else this forum has shown that the PBY was an incredibly well designed aircraft for its role, ranking equally...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
8th Sep 2002, 08:21
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Catalina in bomber role

Catalina Raids on Rabaul (1942-43)

RAAF 11 Sqn & 20 Sqn operated Catalina's in the New Guinea area from various bases,mainly out of Port Moresby until Japanese bomber raids made it too dangerous...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Sep 2002, 01:58
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Pearl Harbour Attack - PBY sinks sub ??

Pearl Harbour Attack - PBY/Midget Sub

At 0740 the Patwing TWO Ops Officer advised CINCPAC that a Patrol Aircraft had depth charged & sunk a submarine south of the Pearl Harbour entrance.

In his...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Sep 2002, 06:44
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY & Jacque Cousteu Expeditions

IME I recall a doco I saw about 10 years ago in which J.Cousteu
fitted out a Cat for an expedition which I think was in the Red Sea?
Thanks for the web site , that book is a must have for the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Sep 2002, 08:34
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY & Pearl Harbour Attack

Thanks for your comment Lou, the info I have on this action I obtained from archives and is copied below.

Extract from the Report by CINCPAC to the Secretary of the Navy 15 Feb 1942
"The...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
30th Aug 2002, 07:07
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY & Pearl Harbour Attack

Midget Sub found
The midget sub sunk 07 Dec '41 in the Pearl Harbour approaches has been found by Hawaii Underseas Research Laboratory personnel on a submersible vehicle training dive.
As...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Aug 2002, 04:48
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY Midway

Thanks Lu, it sure was/is a versatile aircraft.
Looking at the high aspect ratio wing you can see it has good range, considering the low wing loading there was some very astute design work done...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Aug 2002, 09:04
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

MIDWAY - PBY in Attack Role ? I have read an...

MIDWAY - PBY in Attack Role ?

I have read an account of the Midway battle in which an unsuccessful attack was made by B-17's on the Midway Occupation Force,which was spotted by a PBY from Midway....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Aug 2002, 04:19
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY SAR role in USS Indianapolis Rescue

Thanks PBoat, I'll see if I can get a copy.

Do you know if Lt Marks & crew received any awards ??
They certainly deserved it.

In his book ( which I have not read yet ) Adm Morison describes...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
18th Aug 2002, 10:58
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY SAR role in USS Indianapolis Rescue

PBY's role in the last major SAR operation of the Pacific War.

When the survivors of USS Indianaplois were found by good luck, four days after being torpedoed, the PBY played a major role in the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Aug 2002, 05:03
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY Nav technique & Pearl Harbour

Thanks IME - If you think about a 20 hour sortie out of an island base in the Pacific such as Midway, a one degree error through out means you miss the base by 40nm !! Throw in any evasion tactics...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
16th Aug 2002, 06:47
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY Nav technique

To: I M Esperto

IME , you mentioned you had pal who flew Cats in WWII.
I'd be interested to hear what nav techniques were used
on the long range patrols over the Pacific.
I guess the B3 Gyro...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
12th Aug 2002, 08:24
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Pearl Harbour Attack - PBY sinks sub ??

I have come across a reference to a USN PBY dropping depth charges & sinking a midget submarine in the Pearl Harbour approaches at 0630 on the morning of the Japanese attack.
This is new to me & I...
Forum: Dunnunda, Godzone and the Pacific
3rd Aug 2002, 03:22
Replies: 96
Views: 11,135
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

As F/O on Bristol freighters carried * A small...

As F/O on Bristol freighters carried
* A small elephant from Melbourne to Launceston.
* Two prize stud bulls from Adelaide to Sydney. The two bulls were valued at many times the value of the B170.
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Aug 2002, 04:52
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Catalina - Aviation's first act of armed piracy

The world's first act of armed air piracy occured on July 16 1948 with the attempted take over of a Cathay Pacific Catalina enroute Macao to Hong Kong. The attempted hijack went badly & the aircraft...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
1st Aug 2002, 03:42
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Lunkenheimer, I once flew with an instructor who...

Lunkenheimer, I once flew with an instructor who in WWII had been involved in a low level dawn bombing raid against Jap shipping in Rabaul Harbour. The raid was mounted from Port Moresby which is a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
29th Jul 2002, 07:53
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Anti Flash Protective Clothing

Thanks Lu, for a very interesting story.
My sea time was in a destroyer at the end of the Korean War.
Gun Crews & Damage Control Crews were equipped with anti flash hoods & gauntlets, other...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Jul 2002, 04:28
Replies: 30
Views: 11,254
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Micro Burst - Avoidance

Thanks for the info bsevenfour,
I was probably drawing a long bow in describing both Cbs as Micro bursts, but on the other hand from my experience , I'd suggest that in the tropics it's the way to...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
28th Jul 2002, 03:43
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Anti Flash Protective Clothing

Lu, the USN not having this clothing at the time of Pearl is incredible. This snippet I picked up from a documentary.
I'm fairly certain that anti flash gear developed from lessons learnt in WWI &...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
27th Jul 2002, 08:00
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Midway

Thanks for that info RBF, of which I was unaware.
In your post of 17 June you mentioned an assessment re Pearl Harbour that if the fleet had been at sea the losses would have been heavier. I've...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Jul 2002, 09:11
Replies: 30
Views: 11,254
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Micro Burst - Avoidance

The two microburst incidents I could have been involved in I avoided by requesting a hold on both occasions. They painted up very well on the WX radar & were clear in 15 minutes. Declining the...
Forum: Questions
26th Jul 2002, 08:36
Replies: 12
Views: 1,670
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Flight watch - from the flight deck!!

One Ship one Captain
Divided responsibilty is a hazard to a good operation.
The best operation is provided by a pilot in command who analyzes enroute & alternate weather, plans responsibly, and...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
23rd Jul 2002, 10:08
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY Midway

I.M.Esperto
Reading further into Midway, we need to give credit to the codebeakers at CinC Pac. They had partially broken a tough Jap Navy code JN25 & so the Cats were looking in the right region,...
Forum: Questions
22nd Jul 2002, 08:17
Replies: 4
Views: 1,052
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Use of Landing Lights

The convention of using landing lights, day & night , to mark your position, seemed to come into general use about the time of the Vietnam War . The first time I encountered this procedure was on...
Forum: Questions
21st Jul 2002, 09:03
Replies: 31
Views: 7,230
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Braid & Rank

aviatopk, that reminds me of a system proposed many years ago in an attempt to make the sytem mean something.
The addition of a star was to be reserved for Capts & F/O's flying on International...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
21st Jul 2002, 08:42
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY WWII

I.M. Esperto:
I.M. in the case of Midway at least the PBY's had found the Jap fleet for Nimitz. For which the accounts of Midway never seem to give due credit, I was unaware of their role until it...
Forum: Questions
20th Jul 2002, 05:22
Replies: 31
Views: 7,230
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

BA Braid

Thanks for the info Firestorm - so it's really platinum ?

Try giving an Olympic athlete a platinum medal !!

BA should know that Gold= First Silver=Second Bronze=Third
Good Guys wear White...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
20th Jul 2002, 04:55
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY Catalina - the First Casualty of the Pacific War

Sure thing IME, I browsed a number of references including
Royal Australian Air Force 1939-1942, Douglass Gillison & Blood ,Tears & Folly, Len Deighton - which has many more references listed. Len...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Jul 2002, 06:17
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY Catalina - the First Casualty of the Pacific War

By late Nov/41 it was obvious the long expected Jap advance into SE Asia was imminent, but the whereabouts of the invasion armada was a mystery.
On his own initiative Adm T. Hart CinC Asiatic...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
15th Jul 2002, 08:15
Replies: 134
Views: 29,187
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

PBY Ditching

Thanks Sam, that one must have slipped past me when I was up North for a couple of months.
Is the current Kiwi PBY a working acft or a warbird?
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Jul 2002, 07:56
Replies: 89
Views: 8,988
Posted By Capt. Crosswind

Defenceless Flight Deck

Considering the consequences of a successful suicide hijack I find it difficult to understand the mind set of the anti gun proponents. (whose arguments are mostly fatuous at best.)

Their argument...
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