- List of Consolidated PBY Catalina survivors
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- Main article: Consolidated PBY Catalina
PBY Catalina Survivors identifies Catalinas on display, and includes aircraft designations, status, serial numbers, locations and additional information. The 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
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Survivors
These complete examples of Catalina 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 are as issued by the US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics (Bu.Aer), presented here without the imaginary "Bu." prefix. 4-digit serials in the form 9xxx, and 5-digit serials in the form 1xxxx are as issued to RCAF aircraft.
Status Codes:
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- D = Display
- A = Airworthy
- S = Stored
- R = Under restoration
Designation Original Serial Displayed Identity Status Current location PBY-5A 02459 16-218" (MLD) A Stichting Neptune Association, Lelystad, Netherlands PH-PBY PBY-5A 05021 CF-HFL R Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada[1] PBY-5A 08109 48382" (RNoAF) D Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola, Stavanger, Norway[2] PBY-5 08272 A24-46 (RAAF) S Whaleworld, Albany, Western Australia PBY-5 08317 08317 D National Museum of Naval Aviation,[3] NAS Pensacola, Florida PBY-5A 33966 N3936A S Kermit Weeks, Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida PBY-5A 33968 N84857 D PBY Memorial Foundation Museum, NAS Whidbey Island, Washington PBY-5A 33993 434033" (USAAF) R McChord Air Museum, McChord AFB, Washington[1] PBY-5A 34027 N9505C A Comanche Air Inc, Ephrata, Washington PB2B-2 44248 VH-ASA D The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PBY-5A 46456 46456 R Historic Aircraft Restoration Project, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York N4582T PBY-5A 46457 46457 D Rescue Memorial Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico PBY-5A 46522 46522 A Erickson Group Ltd / Tillamook Air Museum,[4] Tillamook, Oregon N2172N PBY-5A 46539 PB-505" (AURI) D Museum Dirgantara Mandala (TNI-AU Museum), Adisucipto AB, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia PBY-5A 46582 6582" (USN) D Naval Air Station Jacksonville Collection, Jacksonville, Florida PBY-5A 46590 N68756 S Mark Pilkington, Midland, Texas PBY-5A 46595 4433879" (USAAF) D National Museum of the United States Air Force,[5] Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio PBY-5A 46596 DR.1-1" (SpAF) D Museo del Aire (Spain), Cuatro Vientos, Madrid, Spain PBY-5A 46602 46602 D National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida PBY-5A 46624 N9502C D Air Force Association Museum,[6] Bull Creek, Perth, Western Australia PBY-5A 46633 VP-BPS S Private, Weston, Dublin, Ireland PBY-6A 46643 6552 (FAB) D Força Aérea Brasileira, Belém Air Base, Belém, State of Pará, Brazil PBY-6A 46644 VH-EAX A Qantas Founders Outback Museum, Longreach Airport, Queensland, Australia[7] PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail) 46645 FP535" (RAF) D Royal Norwegian Air Force Museum, Bodo, Norway PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail) 46655 C-FIZU D Government Of Newfoundland And Labrador, St Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada PBY-6A 46662 N4NC A Wilson C Edwards, Big Spring, Texas PBY-6A 46665 VH-CAT R The Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd, Seia, Portugal PBY-6A 46679 A24-362" (RAAF) A HARS (Historical Aircraft Restoration Society), Albion Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia VH-PBZ PBY-5A 48287 N287 A Catalina Ltd PBY-5A 48294 N9521C A Training Services Inc TA, Virginia Beach, Virginia PBY-5A 48317 16-212 (MLD) S Militaire Luchtvaart Museum, Soesterberg, Netherlands PBY-5A 48334 N74821 R Classic Flyers, Tauranga, New Zealand PBY-5A 48374 YV-584CP S Caribbean Airline Services Inc, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela PBY-5A 48375 N96UC A Weeks Air Museum Inc, Tamiami, Florida PBY-5A 48406 48406 D San Diego Aerospace Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, California PBY-5A 48412 N7238Z S Caribbean Airport Facilities Inc, San Juan, Puerto Rico PBY-5A 48423 JV928" A Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc, North Weald Airfield, UK N423RS PBY-5A 48426 48426 A Carmacks Commercial Corp, Palm Springs Air Museum,[8] Palm Springs, California N31235 PBY-6A 63993 L-866 (RDAF) D RAF Museum,[9] Cosford, UK PBY-6A 64017 N285RA R Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim Airbase, Israel PBY-6A 64035 L-861 (RDAF) D Danmarks Tekniske Museum, Helsingor, Denmark PBY-6A 64041 N85U A Flying Fireman Inc, Spanaway, Washington PBY-6A 64054 HK-2115P S TAC (Transportes Aéreos Colombianos), Villavicencio, Colombia PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail) 64064 EC-FMC S SAESA (Servicios Aéreos Españoles S.A.), Ocana, Spain PBY-6A 64072 N7057C A American Airpower Museum,[10] Farmingdale, New York PBY-6A 64092 N324FA R Commemorative Air Force (CAF), Duluth, Minnesota PBY-6A 64097 N7179Y R Commemorative Air Force (CAF), St Paul, Minnesota PBY-6A 64107 N9825Z R Frederick C Peterson, Moses Lake, Washington OA-10A 44-33954 N57875 R Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska OA-10A 44-33972 N483CV A Flying Cat Aviation LLC, Sanford, Maine OA-10A 44-34009 405" (FACh) D Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio de Chile, Los Cerrillos, Santiago, Chile [11] OA-10A 44-34037 N2763A R C F Nichols, Yanks Air Museum,[12] Chino, California OA-10A 44-34081 VH-SBV R RNZAF Museum, Wigram AFB, Christchurch, New Zealand OA-10A 44-34085 CC-CDT A Ibero Chilena de Aviación, Santiago, Chile OA-10A 44-34094 E1497" (RCAF) D The Town of Botwood, Botwood, Newfoundland, Canada 28-5AMC/Canso A 9742 N68740 D Lone Star Flight Museum,[13] Galveston, Texas 28-5AMC/Canso A 9746 N5PY R Ron Ruble, Aurora, Oregon 28-5AMC/Canso A 9750 N206M R PBY-5A-427 LLC, Greybull, Wyoming Canso A 9752 6527 (FAB) D Museu Aeroespacial da FAB, Campo dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [14] Canso A 9767 N9767 A Catalina Air Trust (CAT), Paris, Melun, France Canso A 9810 47001 (SwAF) D Flygvapenmuseum, Malmslatt, Sweden Canso A 9815 C-FNJB R Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, McMinnville, Oregon Canso A 9830 C-FPQK D Fondation Aerovision Quebec/Quebec Air & Space Museum, Inc, St Hubert, Quebec, Canada Canso A 9837 C-FCRP D North Atlantic Aviation Museum, Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Canso A 9838 N4934H D Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler, Texas Canso A 11005 433915" (USAAF) A Catalina Aircraft Ltd, Duxford, UK G-PBYA Canso A 11024 C-FUAW S Buffalo Airways Ltd, Hay River, North West Territories, Canada Canso A 11042 31-P-5" (USN) A Athenian Airlift Services, Tatoi, Athens, Greece 5B-PBY Canso A 11047 N413PB A Hans Lauridsen, Glendale, Arizona Canso A 11054 NZ4017" (RNZAF) A The Catalina Club of New Zealand Inc, Auckland, New Zealand ZK-PBY Canso A 11060 A24-104" (RAAF) D RAAF Museum, Point Cook, Victoria, Australia Canso A 11074 N222FT A Wilson C Edwards, Big Spring, Texas Canso A 11084 9754" (RCAF) A Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Mount Hope, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada C-FPQL Canso A 11087 11087 (RCAF) D Canada Aviation Museum,[15] Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Canso A 11088 C-FPQM A Buffalo Airways Ltd, Gander, Newfoundland, Canada Canso A 11089 C-FPQO R Steve Hamilton and John Seibold, Rand, Republic of South Africa Canso A 11091 C-FNJC D Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Goose Bay, Newfoundland, Canada Canso A 11093 CF-NJL S David Dorosh, Gananoque, Ontario, Canada Canso A 11094 C-FNJE R Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS), Fairview, Alberta, Canada[16][17] Catalina I/PBY-5B FP216 (RAF) (none) D National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, Florida PBY-5" 53602 53602 (FAE) D Museo Aeronáutico de la Fuerza Aérea, Mariscal Sucre, Quito, Ecuador PBY-5" unknown A24-30" (RAAF) D Catalina Memorial Park, Lake Boga, Northern Victoria, Australia Notes
- ^ a b Ogden,Bob (2007). Aviation Museums and Collections of North America. UK: Air-Britain. ISBN 0851303854.
- ^ Legg,David (2002). Consolidated PBY Catalina: The Peacetime Record. UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1840372761.
- ^ National Museum of Naval Aviation
- ^ Tillamook Air Museum
- ^ National Museum of USAF
- ^ AFA Aviation Museum, Western Australia
- ^ CASA Australian Civil Aircraft Register
- ^ Palm Springs Air Museum
- ^ RAF Museum
- ^ American Airpower Museum
- ^ Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio de Chile
- ^ Yanks Air Museum
- ^ Lone Star Flight Museum
- ^ Museu Aeroespacial da FAB
- ^ Canada Aviation Museum
- ^ http://www.savethecanso.com
- ^ "The Canso project." cbc.ca. Retrieved: 13 August 2010.
References
- Andrade,John. "US Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicestershire UK: Midland Counties Publications. 1979. ISBN 0904597229.
- Legg, David. "Consolidated PBY Catalina: The Peacetime Record". Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press, 2002. ISBN 1557502455.
- Ogden,Bob. "Aviation Museums and Collections of North America". UK. Air-Britain. 2007. ISBN 0851303854
External links
- Catalina Aircraft Trust http://www.catalinaaircrafttrust.com/
- Australian civil aircraft register http://www.casa.gov.au
- The Catalina Society (Plane Sailing) UK http://www.catalina.org.uk
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