Patrol Squadron 22 (VP-22)
WWII Military Units; HistoryNT; Second World War, 1939-1945
0000-00-00
Darwin; Bathurst Island
United States of America
Navy
Catalinas
Patrol Squadron 22 (VP-22)
PatWing 10
Patrol Wing 10
1942-02-05
1942-02-23
VP-22 patrolled from Darwin with tender support supplied from the William B. Preston. While on a patrol mission she was shot down by the Japanese. The seriously wounded were picked up by the tramp steamer SS Florence-D which was sunk that same afternoon. Some of VP-22 crew made it to Bathurst Island and were rescued on 23 February by HMAS Warrnambool and returned to Darwin.
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Second Word War, 1939-1945; United States Navy; Catalina; Patrol Squadron 22; PatWing 10; Patrol Wing 10; Navy; Patrol Squadron 22 (VP-22)
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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/2927 [PictureNT : PH0106/0009, US Navy Catalina flying boat, Duncan Jenkins Collection]; http://www.ozatwar.com/usnavy/vp-22.htm [Patrol Squadron 22 (VP-22)]; http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=35635 [Patrol Squadron 22 (VP-22)]
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842581
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