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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 ...
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 1940s. In US Army service it was designated the OA-10 , in Canadian service as the Canso and it later received the NATO reporting name Mop . [ 4 ]
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Consolidated PBY Catalina" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On 12 May 1962, an Eastern Provincial Airways Canso amphibian flying boat operating for Greenlandair (now Air Greenland) sank at Godthåb (now Nuuk) in Greenland, causing the death of 15 passengers. [ 1 ]
The Martin PBM Mariner is a twin-engine American patrol bomber flying boat of World War II and the early Cold War era. It was designed to complement the Consolidated PBY Catalina and PB2Y Coronado in service. A total of 1,366 PBMs were built, with the first example flying on 18 February 1939, and the type entering service in September 1940 ...
After having received Captain Burn's emergency transmission, the tower notified the United States Coast Guard (USCG) rescue center and a PBY-5A Catalina flying boat under the command of Lieutenant Ted Rapalus was airborne within six minutes. [5]
The final radio contact mentioned that the crew was flying at 7000 feet (2135 m) on instruments and descending. [98] January 3, 1943: Consolidated PBY Catalina (08097) 8: Unknown Atlantic Ocean US Navy aircraft went missing on patrol out of NAS Quonset Point. [99] January 16, 1943: Consolidated PBY Catalina (2310) 5: Unknown off Brunswick, GA
The accident was the 333 Squadron's third fatal accident with the Catalinas. [12] It was the first aviation accident in Svalbard and remained the deadliest aviation accident of a civilian nature in the territory until Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 in 1996, which killed 141 people. [13] The air force continued on the postal service until 1959.