List of surviving Consolidated PBY Catalinas
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.
Survivors[]
These complete examples of Catalinas 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 Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft.
Status Codes:
- D = Display
- A = Airworthy
- S = Stored
- R = Under restoration
Designation | Original serial | Displayed identity | Status | Current location | Notes | ||||
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Owner/airport | Town | Region | Country | ||||||
PBY-5A | 2459 | 16-218 (MLD) | A | Collings Foundation[1] | Stow | Massachusetts | United States | Under restoration to original configuration | |
PBY-5A | 5021 | CF-HFL | R | Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum[2] | Halifax | Nova Scotia | Canada | ||
PBY-5A | 8109 | 48382 (RNoAF) | D | Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola[3] | Stavanger | Rogaland | Norway | ex Royal Danish Airforce | |
PBY-5 | 8272 | A24-46 (RAAF) | S | Whaleworld | Albany | Western Australia | Australia | ||
PBY-5 | 8317 | 8317 | D | National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola)[4] | Pensacola | Florida | United States | ||
PBY-5A | 33966 | N3936A | D | Kermit Weeks, Fantasy of Flight | Polk City | Florida | United States | ||
PBY-5A | 33968 | N84857 | R | PBY Memorial Foundation Museum | Oak Harbor | Washington | United States | ||
PBY-5A | 33993 | 434033 (USAAF) | D | McChord Air Museum (McChord Field)[2] | Lakewood | Washington | United States | ||
PBY-5A | 34027 | N9505C | D | Comanche Air | Ephrata | Washington | United States | ||
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) | New York City | New York | United States | N4582T | |
PBY-5A | 46457 | 46457 | D | Rescue Museum (Kirtland AFB) | Albuquerque | New Mexico | United States | ||
PBY-5A | 46522 | 46522 | A | Erickson Aircraft Collection | Madras | Oregon | United States | N2172N | |
PBY-5A | 46539 | PB-505 (AURI) | D | Dirgantara Mandala Museum (Adisucipto International Airport) | Yogyakarta | Java | Indonesia | ||
PBY-5A | 46582 | 6582 (USN) | D | Naval Air Station Jacksonville Collection | Jacksonville | Florida | United States | ||
PBY-5A | 46590 | N68756 | S | Mark Pilkington | Midland | Texas | United States | ||
PBY-5A | 46595 | 4433879 (USAAF) | D | National Museum of the United States Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB)[5] | Dayton | Ohio | United States | ||
PBY-5A | 46596 | DR.1-1 (SPAF) | D | Museo del Aire | Madrid | Community of Madrid | Spain | ||
PBY-5A | 46602 | 46602 | D | National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola) | Pensacola | Florida | United States | ||
PBY-5A | 46624 | N9502C | D | Aviation Heritage Museum[6] | Perth | Western Australia | Australia | ||
PBY-6A | 46643 | 6552 (FAB) | D | Brazilian Air Force (Belém Air Base) | Belém | Pará | Brazil | ||
PBY-6A | 46644 | VH-EAX | A | Qantas Founders Outback Museum (Longreach Airport)[7] | Longreach | Queensland | Australia | ||
PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail) | 46645 | FP535 (RAF) | D | Norwegian Aviation Museum (Bodø Airport) | Bodø | Nordland | Norway | ||
PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail) | 46655 | C-FIZU | D | Government of Newfoundland and Labrador | St. Anthony | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | ||
PBY-6A | 46662 | N4NC | A | Wilson C Edwards | Big Spring | Texas | United States | ||
PBY-6A | 46665 | VH-CAT | R | The Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd. (Bankstown Airport)[8] | City of Bankstown | New South Wales | Australia | ||
PBY-6A | 46679 | A24-362 (RAAF) | A | Historical Aircraft Restoration Society | Illawarra Regional Airport | New South Wales | Australia | VH-PBZ [9] | |
PBY-5A | 48287 | N287 | R | Cavanaugh Air LLC | Addison | Texas | United States | ||
PBY-5A | 48294 | N9521C | A | Training Services Inc TA (Military Aviation Museum) | Virginia Beach | Virginia | United States | ||
PBY-5A | 48317 | 16-212 | R/ "PBY-5A / N1493V / 16-212] Collectie NMM. Retrieved: 14 October 2017.</ref> | MLD | Soesterberg | Utrecht | Netherlands | [10] | |
PBY-5A | 48334 | N74821 | D | Classic Flyers Museum | Tauranga | Bay of Plenty Region | New Zealand | ||
PBY-5A | 48352 | A24-88 | R | Australian National Aviation Museum (Moorabbin Airport) | Melbourne | Victoria | Australia | ||
PBY-5A | 48375 | N96UC | R | World's Greatest Aircraft Collection | Polk City | Florida | United States | ||
PBY-5A | 48406 | 48406 | D | San Diego Air & Space Museum (Balboa Park) | San Diego | California | United States | ||
PBY-5A | 48412 | N7238Z | R | Rathmines Catalina Memorial Park Association[11] | City of Lake Macquarie | New South Wales | Australia | under restoration for static display | |
PBY-5A | 48423 | JV928 | A | Southern Aircraft Consultancy (North Weald Airfield Museum) | North Weald | Essex | United Kingdom | N423RS, shipped to St Lucie County Airport, Fort Pierce, Florida on 25 January 2015 | |
PBY-5A | 48426 | 48426 | R | Carmacks Commercial Corp (Palm Springs Air Museum)[12] | Palm Springs | California | United States | N31235, currently[when?] under restoration | |
PBY-6A | 63993 | L-866 (RDAF) | D | Royal Air Force Museum Cosford[13] | Cosford | Shropshire | United Kingdom | ||
PBY-6A | 64017 | N285RA | R | Israeli Air Force Museum (Hatzerim Airbase) | Beersheba | Southern District | Israel | ||
PBY-6A | 64035 | L-861 (RDAF) | D | Danish Aviation Museum[14] | Helsingør | North Zealand | Denmark | ||
PBY-6A | 64054 | HK-2115P | S | Privat | Cloppenburg | Lower Saxony | Germany | ||
PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail) | 64064 | EC-FMC | R | John Sterling | Ocaña | Province of Toledo | Spain | ||
PBY-6A | 64072 | N7057C | A | American Airpower Museum[15] | Farmingdale | New York | United States | ||
PBY-6A | 64092 | N324FA | R | Commemorative Air Force (CAF) | Superior | Wisconsin | United States | ||
PBY-6A | 64097 | N7179Y | R | Commemorative Air Force (CAF) | Superior | Wisconsin | United States | ||
PBY-6A | 64107 | N9825Z | R | Frederick C Peterson (walk-through on YouTube) | Moses Lake | Washington | United States | ||
OA-10A | 44-33954 | N57875 | R | Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum | Anchorage | Alaska | United States | ||
OA-10A | 44-33972 | N483CV | R | Flying Cat Aviation | Sanford | Maine | United States | ||
OA-10A | 44-34009 | 405 (FACh) | D | Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio de Chile[16] | Santiago | Santiago Province | Chile | ||
OA-10A | 44-34037 | N2763A | R | C F Nichols, Yanks Air Museum[17] | Chino | California | United States | ||
OA-10A | 44-34081 | VH-SBV | D | Air Force Museum of New Zealand (Wigram Aerodrome) | Christchurch | Canterbury | New Zealand | ex-Cathay Pacific VR-HDH and built for USAAF as Canadian-Vickers OA-10A Canso | |
OA-10A | 44-34085 | CC-CDT | A | Ibero Chilena de Aviación | Santiago | Santiago Province | Chile | ||
OA-10A | 44-34094 | E1497 (RCAF) | D | The Town of Botwood | Botwood | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | ||
28-5AMC/Canso A | 9742 | N68740 | D | Pima Air & Space Museum[18] | Tucson | Arizona | United States | ||
28-5AMC/Canso A | 9746 | N5PY | R | Ron Ruble | Aurora | Oregon | United States | Bird Innovator, civilian experimental with 4 engines. | |
28-5AMC/Canso A | 9750 | N206M | R | Black Cat Aviation | Greybull | Wyoming | United States | ||
Canso A | 9752 | 6527 (FAB) | D | Museu Aeroespacial (Afonsos Air Force Base)[19] | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | ||
Canso A | 9767 | N9767 | A | Soaring by the Sea, LLC | Eugene | Oregon | United States | Originally RCAF; "Princess of the Stars" | |
Canso A | 9810 | 47001 (SwAF) | D | Swedish Air Force Museum (Malmen Airbase) | Linköping | Östergötland County | Sweden | ||
Canso A | 9815 | C-FNJB | R | Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum | McMinnville | Oregon | United States | ||
Canso A | 9830 | C-FPQK | D | Fondation Aerovision Quebec/Quebec Air & Space Museum[20] | Saint-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 | United States | ||
Canso A | 11005 | 433915 (USAAF) | A | Catalina Aircraft Ltd (Duxford Aerodrome)[21] | Duxford | Cambridgeshire | United Kingdom | G-PBYA | |
Canso A | 11024 | C-FUAW | A | Pacific Flying Boats[20] | North Saanich | British Columbia | Canada | ||
Canso A | 11042 | 31-P-5 (USN) | A | Athenian Airlift Services | Athens | Attica | Greece | 5B-PBY | |
Canso A | 11047 | N413PB | A | Hans Lauridsen | Glendale | Arizona | United States | ||
Canso A | 11054 | NZ4017 (RNZAF) | A | The New Zealand Catalina Preservation Society | Auckland | Auckland Region | New Zealand | ZK-PBY | |
Canso A | 11060 | A24-104 (RAAF) | D | RAAF Museum (RAAF Williams) | Melbourne | Victoria | Australia | ||
Canso A | 11074 | N222FT | A | Wilson C Edwards | Big Spring | Texas | United States | ||
Canso A | 11084 | 9754 (RCAF) | A | Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport)[20] | Hamilton | Ontario | Canada | C-FPQL | |
Canso A | 11087 | 11087 (RCAF) | D | Canada Aviation and Space Museum (Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport)[22] | Ottawa | Ontario | Canada | ||
Canso A | 11088 | C-FPQM | A | Exploits Valley Air Services[20] | Gander | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | ||
Canso A | 11089 | N427CV | A | National Museum of World War II Aviation | Colorado Springs | Colorado | United States | ||
Canso A | 11091 | C-FNJC | D | Government of Newfoundland and Labrador | Goose Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | ||
Canso A | 11093 | CF-NJL | S | David Dorosh[20] / Gananoque Airport[23] | Gananoque | Ontario | Canada | ||
Canso A | 11094 | C-FNJE | A | Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS)[20][24][25] | Fairview | Alberta | Canada | ||
Catalina I | FP216 (RAF) | (none) | D | National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola)[26] | Pensacola | Florida | United States | Fuselage only with port side skin removed. | |
PBY-5 | 53602 | 53602 (FAE) | D | Museo Aeronáutico de la Fuerza Aérea (Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport) | Quito | Pichincha Province | Ecuador | ||
PBY-5 | unknown | A24-30 (RAAF) | D | Catalina Memorial Park (Lake Boga Flying Boat Base) | Lake Boga | Victoria | Australia |
Notes[]
- ^ "A P-Boat Comes Home: The Journey of Consolidated PBY-5A Bu. No. 2459 Begins". May 29, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
- ^ a b Ogden, Bob (2007). Aviation Museums and Collections of North America. UK: Air-Britain. ISBN 978-0-85130-385-7.
- ^ Legg, David (2002). Consolidated PBY Catalina: The Peacetime Record. UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84037-276-1.
- ^ "Welcome – National Naval Aviation Museum". National Naval Aviation Museum.
- ^ "Consolidated OA-10 Catalina". National Museum of the United States Air Force™.
- ^ "Aircraft – Catalina". Aviation Heritage Museum of WA. Western Australia: RAAF Association of WA. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
- ^ CASA Australian Civil Aircraft Register
- ^ "Catalina Flying Memorial". www.catalinaflying.org.au.
- ^ Felix flies home Retrieved: 27 February 2018.
- ^ "Iconische Catalina vliegboot wordt gerestaureerd in NTM!". 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Rathmines Catalina Association – Home". rathmines-catalina.com.
- ^ "Home – Palm Springs Air Museum". Palm Springs Air Museum.
- ^ "Cosford – RAF Museum". rafmuseum.org.uk.
- ^ "Danmarks Tekniske Museum – Helsingor – Denmark". www.aviationmuseum.eu.
- ^ "American Airpower Museum". American Airpower Museum.
- ^ "Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio". museoaeronautico.cl.
- ^ "Yanks Air Museum". Archived from the original on September 16, 2008.
- ^ "Pima Adds a Catalina… and a Privateer!". August 23, 2015.
- ^ "MUSEU AEROESPACIAL". aer.mil.br.
- ^ a b c d e f "CCARCS-RIACC – Quick Search Result". wwwapps.tc.gc.ca. 28 August 2013.
- ^ "World Catalina News – Latest online edition for PBY Catalinas".
- ^ "Canada Aviation and Space Museum". technomuses.ca.
- ^ "Aerial Visuals – Airframe Dossier – Consolidated-Canadian Vickers Canso A, s/n 11093 RCAF, c/n CV-435, c/r CF-NJL". aerialvisuals.ca.
- ^ "SAVE THE CANSO webpage". savethecanso.com. Retrieved: 12 April 2016.
- ^ The Canso project. cbc.ca. Retrieved: 13 August 2010.
- ^ "PBY Catalina International Association".
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
- Petit, Jean-Jacques. Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina en France. 2013 – 56 p ISBN 978-2-9528167-5-5
External links[]
- Lists of surviving military aircraft
- Consolidated aircraft