The first RAAF Catalina taken from an RAF order. Became A24-1 after delivery. Crashed at Darwin on August 30, 1945.

Sold to Trans-Australia Airlines as a spares source. Scrapped at Bankstown airport in 1967. Photo via Ben Dannecker

This aircraft, the last of 3,305 PBYs built between 1936 and 1955, was undergoing long-term restoration at the time of the photograph. This has since stalled and in April 2024 it was moved by road to Vintage Aircraft Restorations at Felts Field, Spokane, WA., where it is planned it will be restored to airworthy and seaworthy condition. (With thanks to the key.aero web site).

Denmark bought a 1947-built a PBY-5A and this 1957-built PBY-6A to be operated by ESK 721 at Vaerlose AB for ice reconnaisance and SAR around Greenland. This plane flew with the United States Navy as 64035 and then 82-861 with the Danes before it became L-861.

Lost on January 15, 1994 when being ferried from the US to New Zealand. It was flying from Hilo, Hawaii, to Tahiti, when engine problems forced the aircraft to divert to Christmas Island. However, its heavy fuel load meant it could not maintain altitude and it had to land on the sea. N5404J sank 4 hours later. The seven people on board were rescued.

Built for the US Navy as 64017. Sold as N2846D in 1962 and converted to a fire bomber. Reregistered as N5555H then to the Protection Civile as F-ZBAV in 1964. Sold as CF-HNH in 1973 then reregistered as C-FHNH in 1979. To Aces High as G-BPFY in 1988 then reregistered as N212DM in 1989, back to G-BPFY in 1990 then to N285RA in 1998. To the Israeli Air Force Museum, Hatzerim in 2004. Flew out of North Weald but landed at Beauvais due to an engine failure. Left by road in 2008 and shipped to Hatzerim. Preserved in Israeli Air Force colours as 3401.

The Flygvapenmuseum's TP 47 was manufactured in 1943 under license in Canada. It was the first of the three aircraft to arrive in Sweden and was stationed at F 2 Hägernäs from 1949. The Flygvapnet retired the aircraft after almost 20 years, with a total flight time of 6,000 hours, and designated it for preservation.

Note the subtle change in colour scheme with blue engine cowlings and stripes tapering off behind the engines.

Aircraft based in Fiji at time of photo. NZ4037 was withdrawn from use and stored at Hobsonville, NZ, in October 1953. Sold for scrap in 1956. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Date range set as it can be seen in the background of this photo of XT-602.

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.

Photo by Piet Glas

A Canadian-Vickers built Canso, a license-built Catalina, was obtained by Sweden on 28 June 1949. It wassigned to F2 at Hägernäs, which was responsible for the air rescue service of the Swedish Air Force. In 1960, the Catalina would be taken out of service, but 47001 soldiered on until 1966. Its last flight was on 1 August 1966, to Malmen, where it joined the collection of the excellent Flygvapenmuseum.

The wonderfull PBY Catalina performing a flying display at the 2021 Sanicole sunset show.