PBY ON PATROL Part 1

Description

1) MS Gunners putting parachutes & 50 cal. machine gun into PBY-5.2) CU Plane crew climbing up past waist hatch, & pilot & co-pilot, into waist hatch in preparation for patrol.3) MS Plane Capt. & MM 1/c checking oil on engines before starting.4) MS Plane Capt. & MM 1/c turning engine over by hand in preparation for starting.5) MS Engines being started on PBY-5.6) MS 50 Cal. gun crew on ramp. PBY-5 taxiing out BG.7) MS PBY-5 being let down ramp into water.8) LS PBY-5 taxiing out for take off.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities