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Photographs of LIFE veteran Loomis Dean, who was invited aboard this luxury post-war conversion of a consolidated...

Photographs of LIFE veteran Loomis Dean, who was invited aboard this luxury post-war conversion of a consolidated PBY-5A Catalina flying boat, one of the most versatile airplanes used in the Second World War. Before it was hosting blondes in polka dot bikinis, it served as a patrol bomber and submarine killer.More http://goo.gl/4Zd2DR.

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  1. Margaret Siemers (Siemers Rafter Room)October 28, 2015 at 11:15 AM

    Nice post and follow-up guys. Many thanks to you John W Poynton for this interesting look, and to you Steve Hart for the extra information on it. Love it when this happens.

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  2. Steve HartOctober 28, 2015 at 11:20 AM

    Thanks Margaret Siemers​ but my goo.gl link was kind of redundant when I followed John's, so I deleted it.

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  3. John W PoyntonOctober 28, 2015 at 11:56 AM

    Margaret Siemers Steve Hart Thanks, guys. Happy you liked it. The photos and story really transported me.

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  4. catman916October 30, 2015 at 8:31 PM

    The PBY Catalina was a U.S. Navy workhorse during WW 2 - the Navy's main patrol aircraft. It was a PBY that first discovered the Japanese fleet during the Battle of Midway.

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