USA handing over (anti submarine) aircraft to Japan according to the Australia Station Intelligence Summary dated 1 June 1955

An item reported that the USA would hand over to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force PV-2 twin-engined anti-submarine types, 4 Grumman Goose and 2 Catalinas. After this transfer was completed would in June 1955 the air wing consisting of 54 piston-engines namely 17 PV-2’s , 10 TBM Avengers, 4 Grumman Goose, 2 PBY Catalina’s, 3 S.51 helicopters, 4 S.55’s, 2 H.47’s and 12 SNJ Harvards’.

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Website Royal Australian Navy, Sea Power Centre.