Photos: PBY-1
3-P-10
3-P-8
3-P-9

Photo: AN 38177, USN 428439
Caption: Part of a VP-3 Sqdn. in flight
PBY formation
Photographer may be Buda Von Wyen

VP-3 was based in San Diego during 1936 (Black Cats and Dumbos, p.132 and p.140) and flew 23 PBY-1s to Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone in 1937-Jun (PBY Catalina in Action, p.9).


(Photo courtesy of the Naval Historical Center, US Navy)