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 | | The memorable incident, one of many in the long, colorful history of the PBY, took place in an unlikely but lucky location for a seaplane, despite it being a desert in Texas. |
 | | Suddenly, the staccato coughs of powerful engines coming to life were heard, and then a full-throated roar rent the air as a giant, yellow-winged, two-motored airboat cast loose from her moorings and headed for the entrance of the bay where she would have a two-mile run. |
 | | Two squadrons of this wing were retained on the East Coast, the remaining two returning to San Diego by way of NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, NAS Coco Solo, Panama, Canal Zone and the Gulf of Fonseca, leaving NAS Norfolk, Virginia on May I and arriving San Diego May 10. |
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