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wikipedia wrote:
........it was not until 10:25 on August 2 that the survivors were accidentally sighted by pilot Lieutenant Wilber (Chuck) Gwinn and copilot Lieutenant Warren Colwell on a routine patrol flight.


Is there any record of what type of aircraft and BuNo. sighted the survivors?

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If memeory serves it was Lockheed PV2...

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PV-1 Ventura or if you believe the movie an Albatross.

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Yep found it.

VPB-152, PV-1, BuNo. 49538

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http://www.amhf.org/images/Log_of_Sighting.gif


It's gotta feel good to save 317 lives

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taken immediately after returning from sighting the survivors. Front row, l-r: Herbert Hickman, Joseph Johnson and William Hartman. Back row, l-r: Warren Colwell, Wilber Gwinn.

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