Catalina under restoration in a building near the museum. In the back is the wing centre section with the engine mounts, in front of it is the tail section, on the left are the middle and outer wing sections, and part of the fuselage can be seen on the right. In the foreground are a blister and a float. Click here for a better view of the fuselage.

This Catalina is under restoration in a building near the museum. Initially on display at Bosbad Hoeven from 1957 until 1982, then at the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum at Kamp Zeist, Soesterberg until 1996. Trucked to Valkenburg for restoration, but wings severely damaged in a storm. Fuselage trucked to Schiphol in Jul 2004 for painting, and back to the museum by 2005. Unfortunately it was not returned to display, but stored in the museum's Annex at Soesterberg AFB. Trucked to Nieuw-Vennep in Aug 2020 for further restoration at the Nederlands Transport Museum, but museum closed and aircraft returned to Soesterberg in Sep 2023 for continued restoration, as seen here. Click here to see its other parts in the same building.

Caught by chance near my runway 06 approach position on the way to the QAPS Paintshop at Schiphol East.

Former US Navy as 48317. Registered as N1495V in 1951 for ferry flight to the Netherlands. To the Netherlands Navy as P-212 in 1952, later 16-212. Preserved at Bosbad Hoeven from 1957. Moved to the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum - MLM, Kamp Zeist in 1982 then to Soesterberg for storage in 2005. Moved to the Nederlands Transport Museum, Nieuw-Vennep for restoration in 2020. Back to Soesterberg in 2023.

Former US Navy as 48317. Registered as N1495V in 1951 for ferry flight to the Netherlands. To the Netherlands Navy as P-212 in 1952, later 16-212. Preserved at Bosbad Hoeven from 1957. Moved to the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum - MLM, Kamp Zeist in 1982 then to Soesterberg for storage in 2005. Moved to the Nederlands Transport Museum, Nieuw-Vennep for restoration in 2020. Back to Soesterberg in 2023.

Having been stored in the open for a great many years this Cat is undergoing restoration by 2021.

This aircraft was preserved in the Bosbad Park, a holiday camp/childrens park.

Preserved at the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum at Kamp Zeist near Soesterberg.

Ex USN BuAer 48317. Kon Marine serial really P-212 but P (16th letter in the alphabet) painted as 16. Visiting Blackbushe on 'essential business' during Farnborough week 1955. Aircraft now preserved.