[Photo] VB-3 Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander Max Leslie ditched his SBD bomber near Astoria due to fuel exhaustion, Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942; a PBY flew nearby

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VB-3 Commanding Officer Lieutenant Commander Max Leslie ditched his SBD bomber near Astoria due to fuel exhaustion, Battle of Midway, 4 Jun 1942; a PBY flew nearby

Source

United States National Archives

Identification Code

80-G-312004

More on...

PBY Catalina	Main article	Photos
Battle of Midway and the Aleutian Islands	Main article	Photos	Maps
Astoria (New Orleans-class)	Main article	Photos

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C. Peter Chen

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