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Seaplanes working from USS Cumberland Sound VS-17
Seaplanes working from USS Cumberland Sound VS-17
Seaplanes in formation working from USS Cumberland Sound VS-17 1943
Seaplane working from USS Cumberland Sound VS-17 1944
Seaplane departing
Seaplanes returning from day's search. USS Cumberland Sound VS-17
Towing plane to be hoisted aboard USS Cumberland Sound VS-17, Hilo, Hawaii.
Servicing a plane on the deck of the USS Cumberland Sound VS-17, 1944
Hoisting the J2F6 aboard the USS Cumberland Sound AV-17. This is the first one (unknown what that "first one" note on the photo means).
Seaplane coming on board USS Cumberland Sound AV-17 for servicing. 1944 (There was no notation on the original photo, but this appears to be a captured Kawanishi H8K2.)
PBM seaplane being hoisted aboard the USS Cumberland Sound AV-17.
Seaplane being serviced near the USS Cumberland Sound AV-17. (There was no notation on the original photo, but this appears to be a captured Kawanishi H8K2.)
Plane being hoisted on board USS Cumberland Sound AV-17
The black duck in Ulithi, 1945
Plane crash - no details known
Plane crash - no details known
Patrol plane being brought up on deck of the USS Cumberland Sound AV-17 for servicing, 1944 (There was no notation on the original photo, but this appears to be a captured Kawanishi H8K2.)
Two PBMs lock horns after one goes adrift. Eniwetok, December 1944
Clumsy PBMs lock horns at Eniwetok, December 1944
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That is a nice use of a captured Japanese sea plane. I hope nobody mistook it and shot our guys down.
Sharp eyes, Mike! I’ve added a note to the photo. I’d sure like to know the story behind that one.