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U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina, U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber (Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42, Form 2)
Aircraft Recognition Training Card, U.S. Naval Training School, Columbus, Ohio, December 8, 1942. This page identifies the Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina, a U.S. Navy patrol bomber flying boat, through paired photographs and standardized silhouette diagrams. Recognition training of this kind taught sailors and aircrew to instantly identify friendly and enemy aircraft by outline alone, a critical skill throughout the Pacific War. Project: 218069