#Consolidated PBY Catalina

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Consolidated PBY-4 Catalina flying over a hangar and several North American SNJ Texans, Navy trainers, at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

Photographed by Thornton, H. Marion in the 1950s.

Alaska State Library: ASL-P338-0409

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'Black Cats on the Beach'

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina sur une plage de l'atoll d'Ulithi – Guerre du Pacifique – Iles Carolines – 13 mars 1945

©Naval History and Heritage Command – NH 309720

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Ad for Rohm & Haas Company’s Plexiglas - 1938.

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1944 Catalina Flying Boat landing on Lake Wanaka

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US Navy Catalina over the Aleutian Islands, 1943

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina

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A Consolidated PBY Catalina coming in through the ice.

Photographed on February 23, 1956.

Captain Lloyd H. (Kinky) Bayers Collection, 1898-1967.

Alaska State Library Digital Collections: ASL-MS10-4-086-07-0881

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December 1943. A Consolidated PBY 5 Catalina starboard side, waist gunner manning a .50 caliber machine gun. ‘Black Cat Squadron’ VP-12 at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal.

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

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Consolidated PBY Catalina seaplane of Norwegian arctic explorer Bernt Balchen after landing on ice, during a rescue mission in Greenland, 1943.

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1943 PBY making a graceful arrival at the International Seaplane Meeting at Bisscarrosse, France

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The rescue of Brigadier General Nathan Twining and his party of 14 who had been adrift in the Coral Sea for 5 days after their B-17 aircraft was forced to ditch, 1 Feb 1943. Note PBY Catalina of Patrol Squadron VP-91

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Catalina

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Consolidated PBY Catalina photographed from USS President Jackson APA-18 off of Rendova - 1943.

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(Front to Back) USS Saratoga (CV-3), USS Enterprise (CV-6); USS Hornet (CV-12) and USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) docked at the Air Station's piers, in Naval Air Station, Alameda, California, circa mid-September 1945.

Note: the Consolidated PBY Catalinas parked at the far left.

NHHC: 80-G-701512

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Consolidated PBY Catalina

Manufacturer:Consolidated Aircraft CorporationType:Patrol bomberCrew:7 to 9

Dimensions:

Length: 63 ft. 10 in. Height: 18 ft. 6 in.   Wingspan: 104 ft.  Wing Area: 1,400 sq. ft.Weight:

Empty: 17,526 lb. Gross: 34,000 lb.Performance:

Max Speed: 189 mph at 7,000 ft.  Ceiling: 18,100 ft.  Range: 2,990 miles

Armament:

Two .30-in. and two .50-in. flexible-mounted machine guns and provisions for four 1,000 lb. bombs