US forces on Biak island, Dutch New Guinea, May-Jun 1944PBY-5 Catalina of US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-52 sits in Woendi Lagoon, Dutch New Guinea, 1944-45. As this photograph was taken, this airplane was in the process of slowly sinking, which it did a short time later.
US forces on Biak island, Dutch New Guinea, May-Jun 1944PBY-5 Catalina of US Navy Patrol Squadron VP-52 sits in Woendi Lagoon, Dutch New Guinea, 1944-45. As this photograph was taken, this airplane was in the process of slowly sinking, which it did a short time later.


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