The crew of Squadron Cat 44-33885 leaving from California with 11
other PBY's in June 1944 for New Guinea. (L to R standing) Lieutenant Leroy
Nelson, Lieutenant Alvin Haas (L to R sitting)
Sergeant Frederick Fritz, Technical Sergeant Ray Hundley, Private Gene
Spaulding. Sergeant Fritz would be killed on a mission
26 October 1944 when
the plane he was riding in ran out of fuel at altitude at night and crashed
into the sea. Lieutenant Haas was also on that mission but survived the
crash landing. (Courtesy Warren Nelson)
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