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PBY-5 Catalina, Ens. William Tanner, VP-14, Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941

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Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina BuNo 2419 was flown by Ensign William Tanner of VP-14 on 7 December 1941. Tanner had been warned “to be alert during this period of great tension”. A few hours before the Japanese air raid, Tanner spotted a Japanese midget submarine trying to penetrate the harbor and destroyed it with the assistance of the destroyer USS Ward.

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Patrol Squadron 14

Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina BuNo 2419
commanded by Ensign William Tanner
VP-14, United States Navy
NAS Kaneohe Bay, Oahu Island, Hawaii

With the assistance of the destroyer USS Ward, Ensign Tanner and his crew
destroyed a Japanese Type A Kō-hyōteki-class submarine trying to penetrate
Pearl Harbor shortly before the Japanese surprise attack on 7 December 1941.

Artist: Gaëtan Marie

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