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1944 Great Atlantic hurricane ...

Sun Sep 03, 2023 8:05 pm

"The 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane was a destructive and powerful tropical cyclone that swept across a large portion of the United States East Coast in September 1944. New England was most affected, though so were the Outer Banks, Mid-Atlantic states, and the Canadian Maritimes. The storm's ferocity and path drew comparisons to the 1938 Long Island Express, one of the worst storms in New England history.

Its precursor was first identified well east of the Lesser Antilles on September 4, but the disturbance only became well organized enough to be considered a tropical cyclone on September 9 northeast of the Virgin Islands. Tracking west-northwest, the storm gradually intensified, curved northward, and reached peak intensity as a Category 5 hurricane on September 13 north of the Bahamas. A day later, the storm passed the Outer Banks and later made landfall on Long Island and Rhode Island as a weaker hurricane on September 15. The storm eventually became an extratropical cyclone, moving northeast, and merged with another extratropical system off Greenland on September 16".
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_Grea ... _hurricane

September 14th was the day the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 passed by Hampton Roads, causing huge damage to the area. The photos below show large numbers of tiedowns visible to secure seaplanes at Naval Air Station Hampton Roads, VA.

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Whiteout censuring of certain items still in effect in late 1944 as seen on this PBY.

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Re: 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane ...

Tue Sep 05, 2023 2:54 pm

Mark Allen M wrote:
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Whiteout censuring of certain items still in effect in late 1944 as seen on this PBY.



Interesting by 1944 I would assume by the shape of the censoring blur, they were censoring the football shaped AN/APS-3 radar above and behind the cockpit. I believe the earlier ASE radar transmitter was further forward and smaller and was used with the underwing Yaki receiver antennas. I do note a bit of censoring under the wing, which could censor Yakis or stores? Happy to be corrected on the designations

Re: 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane ...

Wed Sep 06, 2023 8:10 pm

For what it’s worth, there was a brief article in the November 1, 1944issue of Naval Aviation News about this hurricane.

The issue is available here:

https://www.history.navy.mil/content/da ... 1nov44.pdf

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Re: 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane ...

Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:04 am

Does Naval Air Station, Hampden Roads, VA = NAS Norfolk or were they 2 separate air stations?
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