Photos: PBY-2

9-P-1 10-P-4 9-P-4 9-P-2 10-P-5(?) 9-P-? 10-P-? 9-P-8 or 9-P-6 9-P-3? 1939-Jan-10 This photo's caption is incorrect. VP-9 has PBY-1s (notched elevators) and VP-10 has PBY-2s. (I can't see the top-side carburetor air-intakes of a PBY-3 on any of these planes.) Lt.Cmdr Spencer H. Warner is leading this flight consisting of 18 planes that departed San Diego 1938-Jan-18 and arrived Pearl Harbor Jan-19. The flight did break a record; perhaps in number of planes? See log book of Joel C. Stovall. Caption: A/C: PBY-2/3 By: USN Date: 10 Jan 39 Unit: VP-9/10 En route to Coco Solo fm Nor Is Flt led by Capt Marc Mitscher, ComPatWing ONE 48 A/C - largest grp of A/C to fly 3000 miles Fm: Capt C.W. Swanson, USN (Ret) (Photo from the R.L.Lawson collection, courtesy of the Nat'l Museum of Naval Aviation)