The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina (US Navy designation), is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated Aircraft in the 1930s and …

On 17 July 1944 RAF officer John Cruickshank, piloting a Mk IV PBY Catalina JV928 from the Shetland islands, came under heavy anti-aircraft fire from German Submarine U-361. …

The List of Consolidated PBY Catalina operators lists the countries and their naval aviation and air force units that have operated the aircraft: The Royal Australian Air Force operated the PBY …

The rebuilt prototype, designated XPBY-1, flew nonstop from Norfolk, Virginia, to San Diego, California, via the Panama Canal, a recordsetting distance of 3,443 miles. Production PBY-Is …

Oct 25, 2020 · Amid the subsequent hunt for the Bismarck, it was a RAF Catalina that first spotted the enemy warship west of Brest on May 26. The PBY-5 was piloted by Ensign Leonard B. …

The Catalinas of RAF Coastal Command played a key role in the Battle of the Atlantic, sinking a number of German submarines. Beyond Europe, RAF and Commonwealth Catalinas patrolled …

Sep 9, 2023 · In June 1940, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) had ordered an initial batch of seven PBY-5s. The RAF also ordered a large number of these aircraft. The British PBY-5 was …

The Consolidated PBY Catalina was the most-built flying boat of World War II: 3281 were built in the USA and Canada, and several hundred in the USSR. (The Soviet version was known as …

The Consolidated PBY Catalina was the U. S. Navy's most successful patrol flying boat of the war but naval aviators also used the PBY to attack ships at night, and to search for and rescue …

The designation Catalina IIIA was given to eleven PBY-5As, the only examples of the Amphibian version of the Catalina to enter RAF service. They came from a batch of PBY-5As delivered …