List_of_PBY_Catalina_survivors

List of surviving Consolidated PBY Catalinas

List of surviving Consolidated PBY Catalinas

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PBY Catalina Survivors identifies Catalinas on display, and includes aircraft designations, status, serial numbers, locations and additional information. The Consolidated PBY Catalina was a twin-engined American flying boat of the 1930s and 1940s, designed by Consolidated Aircraft Co. Several variants were built at five US and Canadian manufacturing plants.

Surviving Canso A G-PBYA at Duxford Flying Legends 2007

Main article: Consolidated PBY Catalina

Surviving aircraft

These complete examples of Catalinas have been preserved or restored to various levels including markings, nose art, original or representative paint schemes, and are on display at museums or at military bases, or are active aircraft potentially viewable at air events.

By default, 5-digit numeric serials known as Bureau Numbers (BuNo) are as issued by the US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer), presented here without the imaginary "BuNo" prefix. 4-digit serials in the form 9xxx, and 5-digit serials in the form 1xxxx are as issued to Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft.

Status Codes:

D = Display
A = Airworthy
S = Stored
R = Under restoration
More information Designation, Original serial ...
A May be Airworthy.[citation needed]

Notes

  1. [1]
    "A P-Boat Comes Home: The Journey of Consolidated PBY-5A Bu. No. 2459 Begins". May 29, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
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    Ogden, Bob (2007). Aviation Museums and Collections of North America. UK: Air-Britain. ISBN 978-0-85130-385-7.
  3. [3]
    Legg, David (2002). Consolidated PBY Catalina: The Peacetime Record. UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84037-276-1.
  4. [4]
    "Welcome – National Naval Aviation Museum". National Naval Aviation Museum.
  5. [5]
    "History of the Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum". Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Consolidated OA-10 Catalina". National Museum of the United States Air Force™.
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    "Aircraft – Catalina". Aviation Heritage Museum of WA. Western Australia: RAAF Association of WA. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  8. [8]
    CASA Australian Civil Aircraft Register
  9. [9]
    "Aircraft Inquiry".
  10. [10]
    "Catalina Flying Memorial". www.catalinaflying.org.au.
  11. [11]
    Felix flies home Retrieved: 27 February 2018.
  12. [12]
    "Iconische Catalina vliegboot wordt gerestaureerd in NTM!". 7 September 2020.
  13. [13]
    "Rathmines Catalina Association – Home". rathmines-catalina.com.
  14. [14]
    "Home – Palm Springs Air Museum". Palm Springs Air Museum.
  15. [15]
    "Cosford – RAF Museum". rafmuseum.org.uk.
  16. [16]
    "Danmarks Tekniske Museum – Helsingor – Denmark". www.aviationmuseum.eu.
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    "American Airpower Museum". American Airpower Museum.
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    "Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio". museoaeronautico.cl.
  19. [19]
    "Yanks Air Museum". Archived from the original on September 16, 2008.
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    "Pima Adds a Catalina… and a Privateer!". August 23, 2015.
  21. [21]
    "MUSEU AEROESPACIAL". aer.mil.br.
  22. [22]
    "CCARCS-RIACC – Quick Search Result". wwwapps.tc.gc.ca. 28 August 2013.
  23. [23]
    "World Catalina News – Latest online edition for PBY Catalinas".
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    "Canada Aviation and Space Museum". technomuses.ca.
  25. [25]
    "Aerial Visuals – Airframe Dossier – Consolidated-Canadian Vickers Canso A, s/n 11093 RCAF, c/n CV-435, c/r CF-NJL". aerialvisuals.ca.
  26. [26]
    "SAVE THE CANSO webpage". savethecanso.com. Retrieved: 12 April 2016.
  27. [27]
    The Canso project. cbc.ca. Retrieved: 13 August 2010.
  28. [28]
    "PBY Catalina International Association".

References

  • Andrade, John. "US Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicestershire UK: Midland Counties Publications. 1979. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
  • Legg, David. "Consolidated PBY Catalina: The Peacetime Record". Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press, 2002. ISBN 1-55750-245-5.
  • Ogden, Bob. "Aviation Museums and Collections of North America". UK. Air-Britain. 2007. ISBN 0-85130-385-4
  • Petit, Jean-Jacques. Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina en France. 2013 – 56 p ISBN 978-2-9528167-5-5
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