Keywords: HendersonFirstPBY.gif The first aircraft to land at Henderson Field was this U S PBY Catalina on August 12 1942 It landed and evacuated two wounded U S Marines http //www ibiblio org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-M-Guadalcanal/USMC-M-Guadalcanal-4 html 1942-08-12 PD-USGov Battle of the Tenaru Cactus Air Force Consolidated PBY Catalina |