File:PBY-4s VP-21 at Sangley Point2 1939.jpg

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Description 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.
Date circa 1940
date QS:P,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo series No. 1988.122.001
Author U.S. Navy (Photograph album kept by J.K. Gibbs during his service in the Pacific Fleet during the 1930s).

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