US Navy personnel freeing a PBY-5A Catalina aircraft from frozen waters in the Aleutian Islands at Kodiak Bay, US Territory of Alaska, May 1942-Jan 1943

Caption   US Navy personnel freeing a PBY-5A Catalina aircraft from frozen waters in the Aleutian Islands at Kodiak Bay, US Territory of Alaska, May 1942-Jan 1943 ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 12 Mar 2011

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WW2-Era Place Name Kodiak, Alaska
Lat/Long 57.7359, -152.5095
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