Aeronaves Abandonadas

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REGENTE DE LAS TIERRAS ALTAS
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VETERANO DE GUERRA DE MALVINAS
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PBY Catalina, Saudi Arabia.
In 1960, Thomas Kendall, his family, and a photographer from Life magazine set off on a round the world pleasure trip in this Catalina.
On 22nd March they touched down in the Gulf of Aqaba.
The following day they were attacked with automatic gun fire from a headland nearby by local people who had mistaken them for Israeli commandos.
Mr Kendall and his secratary were injured. After interrogation in Jeddah they were all released.
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"In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success"- Adm I. Yamamoto
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Yamamoto dies as a P-38 downs his Betty in April 1943
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Yamamoto's Betty wreck
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B-25 recovered from Sth. Carolina lake
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