Aircraft 73-P-12 of VP-73 attacked and sank U-582 while on convoy escort near Reykjavik, Iceland. A BIT OF HISTORY: "...20AUG42--German submarine sunk: U-464, by naval land-based aircraft (VP-73), North Atlantic Area, 61 d. 25 ' N., 14 d. 40' W...."

AIRCRAFT: VP-73 PBY BUNO: Unknown "...A U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina aircraft from Patrol Squadron VP-73 returning to Keflavik, Iceland, in early 1942..."

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5 October 1942: Aircraft 73-P-12 of VP-73 attacked and sank U-582, while on convoy escort near Reykjavik. 25 October – November 1942: VP-73 was transferred to French Morocco, based at Craw Field, Port Lyautey. The squadron was operational by 11 November.

2019年5月29日 · Accepted by the Navy on December 22, 1941, Bu. No. 2459 was the fourth amphibious PBY built for the United States Navy, and was immediately pressed into action upon arrival. Assigned to VP-73 as aircraft number 9, it was the first PBY to sink a U-Boat, when Lt. RB Hopgood’s crew discovered and sunk U-464 on August 20, 1942.

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant, Junior Grade Robert Brown Hopgood, United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism in...

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US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Pacific War, Louis B Dorny Osprey Combat Aircraft 62. This entry in the Combat Aircraft series looks at the varied uses of the Catalina in the Pacific theatre, where it served as successfully as a long range reconnaissance aircraft, a night bomber (the "Black Cat") and on air-sea rescue, or Dumbo duties.

In 1942 it was sent to Iceland as part of Squadron VP-73. There it made one of the first acoustic honing torpedo attacks, sinking three U-boats, and shared the kill of a fourth.