He dropped all of his flares and float lights guiding a nearby ship to the first raft, and then circled the second raft at an altitude of 400 feet while a crewman on his airplane shined a lantern on it in order to maintain contact until the rescue ship arrived.
The squadron commanding officer lauded Press Maravich for an October 1944 nighttime Dumbo mission during which he spotted two rafts containing crewmembers of a downed New Zealand patrol bomber. It can refer to air quality, water quality, risk of getting respiratory disease or cancer. The squadron also flew air-sea rescue flights, called "Dumbos" after Walt Disney's flying elephant. The health of a city has many different factors. It was one of the famed "Black Cat" squadrons, their aircraft painted black to mask them during night operations against Japanese shipping and shore installations. Maravich received his first choice of aircraft with assignment to fly PBY Catalina flying boats, eventually serving with Patrol Bombing Squadron 54. He is sometimes over anxious in his work and would be able to accomplish more if he were fully relaxed." Another instructor highlighted that he was "hot-headed and excitable," characteristics that were oftentimes on display on the sidelines in his subsequent coaching career. On an evaluation sheet from that time, instructors found the 26-year old Press above average in the characteristics of enthusiasm and combativeness, with one writing, "Cadet Maravich is very conscientious about his work and tries harder than most students.
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