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| Keywords: PBY-4s VP-21 at Sangley Point2 1939.jpg U S Navy Consolidated PBY-4 Catalina patrol aircraft from Patrol Squadron 21 VP-21 on the seplane ramp at the U S Naval Station Sangley Point Philippines circa 1939-1940 Note the masts of the Naval Radio Station in the background VP-21 deployed from Hawaii in September 1939 with fifteen brand new PBY-4 flying boats arriving on the 20th Seaplane tender USS Langley AV-3 deployed in support because there was no aviation support base in the Philippines What became Naval Air Station Sangley Point was only then started and the concrete seaplane ramp was only completed to a point it became useful in January 1940 This photo must have been taken shortly thereafter U S Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo series No http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/doncoms/Display php irn 16015745 QueryPage 2Femuwebdoncoms 2Fpages 2Fdoncoms 2FAdvQuery php 1988 122 001 ca 1940 U S Navy Photograph album kept by J K Gibbs during his service in the Pacific Fleet during the 1930s PD-USGov-Military-Navy Consolidated PBY Catalina Naval Station Sangley Point Philippines | ||||
