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.
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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 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 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 |
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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 Naval Aviation Museum,[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 Museum, Kirtland AFB, 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 Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida |
PBY-5A | 46624 | N9502C | D | Aviation Heritage Museum of WA,[6] Bull Creek, Perth, Western Australia |
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, Bankstown Airport, Bankstown, NSW, Australia |
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 | R | Cavanaugh Air llc, Addison, Texas |
PBY-5A | 48294 | N9521C | A | Training Services Inc TA, Virginia Beach, Virginia; displayed at Military Aviation Museum |
PBY-5A | 48317 | 16-212 (MLD) | S | Militaire Luchtvaart Museum, Soesterberg, Netherlands |
PBY-5A | 48334 | N74821 | D | Classic Flyers, Tauranga, New Zealand |
PBY-5A | 48352 | A24-88 | R | Australian National Aviation Museum Moorabbin, Australia |
PBY-5A | 48375 | N96UC | R | World's Greatest Aircraft Collection Inc., Polk City, Florida |
PBY-5A | 48406 | 48406 | D | San Diego Air & Space Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, California |
PBY-5A | 48412 | N7238Z | R | Rathmines Catalina Memorial Park Trust, Australia (under restoration for static display) |
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 | Danish Aviation Museum, Stauning, Denmark |
PBY-6A | 64054 | HK-2115P | S | TAC (Transportes Aéreos Colombianos), Villavicencio, Colombia |
PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail) | 64064 | EC-FMC | R | David Pajus, 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 | D | 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; Civilian experimental with 4 engines. |
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 | Pacific Flying Boats Ltd, Victoria, British Columbia, 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) | R | The New Zealand Catalina Preservation Society Inc (previously 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 | N427CV | A | Greatest Generation Naval Museum, Gillespie Field, El Cajon, CA |
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] |
PBY-5/Catalina I | FP216 (RAF) | (none) | D | National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, Florida; Fuselage only with port side skin removed.[18] |
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
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- ↑ "The Canso project." cbc.ca. Retrieved: 13 August 2010.
- ↑ http://www.pbycia.org/pbycia.nsf/a2f5c3a530852977882567a5002492f4/8218b131b091e78b882567a5002538d5!OpenDocument
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
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
- The New Zealand Catalina Preservation Society Inc http://www.nzcatalina.org.nz