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 PBY-5A Catalina with Fleet Air Wing 4, on patrol over the Aleutians. Commanded by US Navy Captain Leslie Gehres, the FAW-4 consisted of three squadrons of Consolidated PBY Catalina patrol seaplanes. On March 15, 1943, FAW-4 headquarters moved westward from Kodiak to Adak, just before the Battle of Komandorski Islands on March 27, 1943. VP-51 was commanded by Cdr. Turner Day, Aleutians, Alaska.