Three Lockheed PV-1 Venturas patrol the skies over Kiska in the Aleutian Islands during the invasion of the island on August 15, 1943. The first PV-1 squadron to deploy to the combat zone was VP-135, which arrived in Adak in the Aleutians in April 1943.
Categories: 100 Years of Naval Aviation
 
 
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