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Photographer: Denise Boose
Taken: June 21, 2015
Caption: San Diego: Birthplace of Naval Aviation Marker
Additional Description: Naval aircraft filled the skies over San Diego. TBFs, SBDs, F4F, and F6Fs were stationed at six naval air stations surrounding the city. Catalina and Coronado flying boats took off and landed in the bay while blimps stationed a few miles north of San Diego Bay patrolled the coastline looking for enemy submarines said to be lurking there. By the end of the war, San Diego's population had doubled standing at 600,000 and the city was a major economic center on the west coast.
Submitted: November 6, 2017, by Denise Boose of Tehachapi, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p402857
File Size: 0.495 Megabytes

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