A U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY-5A <i>Catalina</i> is loaded with depth charges and bombs at Adak in the Aleutians, in 1943. Note the derelict Consolidated B-24/PB4Y <i>Liberator</i> in the background.<br>
Note: The date given is "1 November 1943". However, the aircraft wear national markings as used between May 1942 and early 1943. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PBY-5A_Catalina_with_bombs_at_Adak_c1943.jpg" title="File:PBY-5A Catalina with bombs at Adak c1943.jpg">A similar view of the same aircraft</a> dates the photo to "circa spring 1943".
U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-8149
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