586 results found
Registration / Serial:C-FNJC
Fleet number:5
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):CV-430
Operator Titles:Newfoundland and Labrador Forest Service
City / Airport:Goose Bay - Goose (CYYR / YYR)Map
Region / Country:Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Photo Date:30 June 1987
Photo from:Joop de Groot CollectionContact
Photo ID:836391Submit Correction
View count: 97
Photo by Piet Glas
Registration / Serial:C-FNJC
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):CV-430
Operator Titles:Newfoundland and Labrador Forest Service
City / Airport:Goose Bay - Goose (CYYR / YYR)Map
Region / Country:Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Photo Date:30 June 1987
Photo from:Joop de Groot CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:C-FNJC
Fleet number:5
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):CV-430
Operator Titles:Newfoundland and Labrador Forest Service
City / Airport:Goose Bay - Goose (CYYR / YYR)Map
Region / Country:Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Photo Date:30 June 1987
Photo from:Joop de Groot CollectionContact
Photo ID:836391Submit Correction
View count: 97
Photo by Piet Glas
Registration / Serial:C-FNJC
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):CV-430
Operator Titles:Newfoundland and Labrador Forest Service
City / Airport:Goose Bay - Goose (CYYR / YYR)Map
Region / Country:Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Photo Date:30 June 1987
Photo from:Joop de Groot CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:47001
Military Code:79
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated Tp47 Catalina
C/n (msn):CV-244
Operator Titles:Sweden - Air Force
City / Airport:Linköping - Malmen (ESCF)Map
Country:Sweden
Collection:Flygvapenmuseum
Photo Date:15 August 2019
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Photo ID:833622Submit Correction
View count: 130
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.
Registration / Serial:47001
Aircraft Version:Consolidated Tp47 Catalina
C/n (msn):CV-244
Operator Titles:Sweden - Air Force
City / Airport:Linköping - Malmen (ESCF)Map
Country:Sweden
Photo Date:15 August 2019
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Registration / Serial:47001
Military Code:79
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated Tp47 Catalina
C/n (msn):CV-244
Operator Titles:Sweden - Air Force
City / Airport:Linköping - Malmen (ESCF)Map
Country:Sweden
Collection:Flygvapenmuseum
Photo Date:15 August 2019
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Photo ID:833622Submit Correction
View count: 130
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.
Registration / Serial:47001
Aircraft Version:Consolidated Tp47 Catalina
C/n (msn):CV-244
Operator Titles:Sweden - Air Force
City / Airport:Linköping - Malmen (ESCF)Map
Country:Sweden
Photo Date:15 August 2019
Photo by:Wim SonneveldContact
Registration / Serial:G-PBYA
Alternate Serial:433915
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBV-1A Canso A
Licence-built by:Canadian Vickers
C/n (msn):CV-283
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Miss Pick Up
City / Airport:Leopoldsburg - Beverlo (EBLE)Map
Country:Belgium
Event:42e Sanicole Airshow 2021
Photo Date:10 September 2021
Photo by:Roel BakkerContact
Photo ID:829850Submit Correction
View count: 49
The wonderfull PBY Catalina performing a flying display at the 2021 Sanicole sunset show.
Registration / Serial:G-PBYA
Alternate Serial:433915
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBV-1A Canso A
C/n (msn):CV-283
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Leopoldsburg - Beverlo (EBLE)Map
Country:Belgium
Photo Date:10 September 2021
Photo by:Roel BakkerContact
Registration / Serial:G-PBYA
Alternate Serial:433915
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBV-1A Canso A
Licence-built by:Canadian Vickers
C/n (msn):CV-283
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Miss Pick Up
City / Airport:Leopoldsburg - Beverlo (EBLE)Map
Country:Belgium
Event:42e Sanicole Airshow 2021
Photo Date:10 September 2021
Photo by:Roel BakkerContact
Photo ID:829850Submit Correction
View count: 49
The wonderfull PBY Catalina performing a flying display at the 2021 Sanicole sunset show.
Registration / Serial:G-PBYA
Alternate Serial:433915
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBV-1A Canso A
C/n (msn):CV-283
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Leopoldsburg - Beverlo (EBLE)Map
Country:Belgium
Photo Date:10 September 2021
Photo by:Roel BakkerContact
Registration / Serial:NZ4007
Military Code:XX-F
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):1339
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
Unit Markings:6 Sqn
City / Seaplane Base:Laucala Bay - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Fiji
Photo Date:June 1943 to December 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:828845Submit Correction
View count: 107
NZ4007 was declared surplus in 1951 and scrapped. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial:NZ4007
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):1339
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Laucala Bay - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Fiji
Photo Date:June 1943 to December 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NZ4007
Military Code:XX-F
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):1339
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
Unit Markings:6 Sqn
City / Seaplane Base:Laucala Bay - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Fiji
Photo Date:June 1943 to December 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:828845Submit Correction
View count: 107
NZ4007 was declared surplus in 1951 and scrapped. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial:NZ4007
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):1339
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Laucala Bay - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Fiji
Photo Date:June 1943 to December 1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N4760C
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina
Manufacturers:Consolidated / Steward-Davis
C/n (msn):1547
City / Airport:Tacoma - McChord Field (KTCM / TCM)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Collection:McChord Air Museum
Photo Date:3 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:827714Submit Correction
View count: 56
Built for the US Navy as PBY-5A 33993. Transferred to the USAAF as OA-10 43-43847. Redesignated as an OA-10A in 1948. Sold as N4760C in 1954. Modified to a Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina. Damaged in a forced gear up landing near Neilsville WI in 1983. Repaired and preserved at the McChord Air Museum from 1987. Later repainted into USAF colours as 434033.
Registration / Serial:N4760C
Aircraft Version:Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina
C/n (msn):1547
City / Airport:Tacoma - McChord Field (KTCM / TCM)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:3 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:N4760C
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina
Manufacturers:Consolidated / Steward-Davis
C/n (msn):1547
City / Airport:Tacoma - McChord Field (KTCM / TCM)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Collection:McChord Air Museum
Photo Date:3 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Photo ID:827714Submit Correction
View count: 56
Built for the US Navy as PBY-5A 33993. Transferred to the USAAF as OA-10 43-43847. Redesignated as an OA-10A in 1948. Sold as N4760C in 1954. Modified to a Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina. Damaged in a forced gear up landing near Neilsville WI in 1983. Repaired and preserved at the McChord Air Museum from 1987. Later repainted into USAF colours as 434033.
Registration / Serial:N4760C
Aircraft Version:Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina
C/n (msn):1547
City / Airport:Tacoma - McChord Field (KTCM / TCM)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:3 April 1989
Photo by:Paul SeymourContact
Registration / Serial:PK-AKS
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Canadian Vickers Canso A
C/n (msn):CV-248
Location:Not known
Country:Indonesia
Photo Date:December 1946 to August 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:826829Submit Correction
View count: 96
Built in 1943 for the RCAF, serial 9814. Served at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Torbay, Newfoundland. Stored in June 1945. Sold through Charles H Babb Co to Shell subsidiary Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinea Petroleum Maatschappij (NNGPM). Delivered via Oakland in December 1946. The Canso was registered until August 1949. The photo source gives the date as 1953 which is highly unlikely. Another photo shows this aircraft on the water at Steenkool (now Bintuni), Bird's Head Peninsula, NNG. Photo from: Wereldmuseum
Registration / Serial:PK-AKS
Aircraft Version:Canadian Vickers Canso A
C/n (msn):CV-248
Location:Not known
Country:Indonesia
Photo Date:December 1946 to August 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:PK-AKS
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Canadian Vickers Canso A
C/n (msn):CV-248
Location:Not known
Country:Indonesia
Photo Date:December 1946 to August 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:826829Submit Correction
View count: 96
Built in 1943 for the RCAF, serial 9814. Served at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Torbay, Newfoundland. Stored in June 1945. Sold through Charles H Babb Co to Shell subsidiary Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinea Petroleum Maatschappij (NNGPM). Delivered via Oakland in December 1946. The Canso was registered until August 1949. The photo source gives the date as 1953 which is highly unlikely. Another photo shows this aircraft on the water at Steenkool (now Bintuni), Bird's Head Peninsula, NNG. Photo from: Wereldmuseum
Registration / Serial:PK-AKS
Aircraft Version:Canadian Vickers Canso A
C/n (msn):CV-248
Location:Not known
Country:Indonesia
Photo Date:December 1946 to August 1949
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:CF-FFZ
Fleet number:3
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina
Manufacturers:Consolidated / Steward-Davis
C/n (msn):1966
Operator Titles:The Flying Fireman
City / Airport:Smithers (CYYD / YYD)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:July 1963
Photo from:John Olafson CollectionContact
Photo ID:824315Submit Correction
View count: 121
The aircraft was damaged in a hurricane in Florida.
Registration / Serial:CF-FFZ
Aircraft Version:Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina
C/n (msn):1966
Operator Titles:The Flying Fireman
City / Airport:Smithers (CYYD / YYD)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:July 1963
Photo from:John Olafson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:CF-FFZ
Fleet number:3
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina
Manufacturers:Consolidated / Steward-Davis
C/n (msn):1966
Operator Titles:The Flying Fireman
City / Airport:Smithers (CYYD / YYD)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:July 1963
Photo from:John Olafson CollectionContact
Photo ID:824315Submit Correction
View count: 121
The aircraft was damaged in a hurricane in Florida.
Registration / Serial:CF-FFZ
Aircraft Version:Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina
C/n (msn):1966
Operator Titles:The Flying Fireman
City / Airport:Smithers (CYYD / YYD)Map
Region / Country:British Columbia, Canada
Photo Date:July 1963
Photo from:John Olafson CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:G-PBYA
Alternate Serial:433915
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBV-1A Canso A
Licence-built by:Canadian Vickers
C/n (msn):CV-283
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Miss Pick Up
City / Airport:Koksijde (EBFN)Map
Country:Belgium
Event:Belgian Open Aerobatic Championship Koksijde 2025
Photo Date:4 July 2025
Photo by:Vico SandersContact
Photo ID:822881Submit Correction
View count: 61
Registration / Serial:G-PBYA
Alternate Serial:433915
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBV-1A Canso A
C/n (msn):CV-283
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Koksijde (EBFN)Map
Country:Belgium
Photo Date:4 July 2025
Photo by:Vico SandersContact
Registration / Serial:G-PBYA
Alternate Serial:433915
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBV-1A Canso A
Licence-built by:Canadian Vickers
C/n (msn):CV-283
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Miss Pick Up
City / Airport:Koksijde (EBFN)Map
Country:Belgium
Event:Belgian Open Aerobatic Championship Koksijde 2025
Photo Date:4 July 2025
Photo by:Vico SandersContact
Photo ID:822881Submit Correction
View count: 61
Registration / Serial:G-PBYA
Alternate Serial:433915
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBV-1A Canso A
C/n (msn):CV-283
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Koksijde (EBFN)Map
Country:Belgium
Photo Date:4 July 2025
Photo by:Vico SandersContact
Registration / Serial:NZ4022
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):1470
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Luganville - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Vanuatu
Photo Date:October 1943 to December 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:822332Submit Correction
View count: 96
Spun into sea 10 miles south of Mbenga, Fiji on January 27, 1945 while operating with No.6 Squadron. During a post maintenance test flight the aircraft was deliberately stalled at 5500 feet but entered an uncontrollable spin and dived into the sea near Beqa Island. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial:NZ4022
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):1470
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Luganville - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Vanuatu
Photo Date:October 1943 to December 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NZ4022
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):1470
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Luganville - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Vanuatu
Photo Date:October 1943 to December 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:822332Submit Correction
View count: 96
Spun into sea 10 miles south of Mbenga, Fiji on January 27, 1945 while operating with No.6 Squadron. During a post maintenance test flight the aircraft was deliberately stalled at 5500 feet but entered an uncontrollable spin and dived into the sea near Beqa Island. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial:NZ4022
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):1470
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Luganville - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Vanuatu
Photo Date:October 1943 to December 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:N57875
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated OA-10A Catalina
C/n (msn):CV-465
City / Seaplane Base:Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip / Seaplane (PALH / LHD)Map
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Photo Date:27 May 2025
Photo by:Dietmar SchreiberContact
Photo ID:820277Submit Correction
View count: 44
Registration / Serial:N57875
Aircraft Version:Consolidated OA-10A Catalina
C/n (msn):CV-465
City / Seaplane Base:Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip / Seaplane (PALH / LHD)Map
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Photo Date:27 May 2025
Photo by:Dietmar SchreiberContact
Registration / Serial:N57875
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated OA-10A Catalina
C/n (msn):CV-465
City / Seaplane Base:Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip / Seaplane (PALH / LHD)Map
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Photo Date:27 May 2025
Photo by:Dietmar SchreiberContact
Photo ID:820277Submit Correction
View count: 44
Registration / Serial:N57875
Aircraft Version:Consolidated OA-10A Catalina
C/n (msn):CV-465
City / Seaplane Base:Anchorage - Lake Hood Strip / Seaplane (PALH / LHD)Map
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Photo Date:27 May 2025
Photo by:Dietmar SchreiberContact
Registration / Serial:"44-33879"
Alternate Serial:433879
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1959
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Snafu Snatchers
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:815728Submit Correction
View count: 78
Given USN BuNo 46595 in 1943, this Cat was demobbed as N9501C but by 1963 was operated by Panair do Brazil (for oil company Petrobras) as PT-AXM. In February 1963 it joined the Forca Aerea Brasileira with s/n 6551 designated as a C-10, continuing operations in the Amazon. Ferried to Fort Lauderdale in by March 1984, it flew on to the UASFM in July, the nose gear collapsing on landing at Wright Field. By 1988 it was presented as OA-10A 44-33879 of the 2nd Emergency Rescue Sqdn in the Pacific Theatre with a 'Snafu Snatchers' logo on the right side and mission marks on the left
Registration / Serial:"44-33879"
Alternate Serial:433879
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1959
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"44-33879"
Alternate Serial:433879
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1959
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Snafu Snatchers
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:815728Submit Correction
View count: 78
Given USN BuNo 46595 in 1943, this Cat was demobbed as N9501C but by 1963 was operated by Panair do Brazil (for oil company Petrobras) as PT-AXM. In February 1963 it joined the Forca Aerea Brasileira with s/n 6551 designated as a C-10, continuing operations in the Amazon. Ferried to Fort Lauderdale in by March 1984, it flew on to the UASFM in July, the nose gear collapsing on landing at Wright Field. By 1988 it was presented as OA-10A 44-33879 of the 2nd Emergency Rescue Sqdn in the Pacific Theatre with a 'Snafu Snatchers' logo on the right side and mission marks on the left
Registration / Serial:"44-33879"
Alternate Serial:433879
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1959
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:NZ4042
Military Code:PA-N
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PB2B-1 Canso A
C/n (msn):28118
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Hobsonville Airfield / Seaplane (NZHB) (closed)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:814812Submit Correction
View count: 131
Withdrawn from use in 1954 and scrapped two years later. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial:NZ4042
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PB2B-1 Canso A
C/n (msn):28118
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Hobsonville Airfield / Seaplane (NZHB) (closed)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NZ4042
Military Code:PA-N
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PB2B-1 Canso A
C/n (msn):28118
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Hobsonville Airfield / Seaplane (NZHB) (closed)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:814812Submit Correction
View count: 131
Withdrawn from use in 1954 and scrapped two years later. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial:NZ4042
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PB2B-1 Canso A
C/n (msn):28118
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Hobsonville Airfield / Seaplane (NZHB) (closed)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:1945
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:URSS-L-2
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated 28-2
C/n (msn):C-1
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown Province, Canada
Photo Date:August 1937 to September 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:808712Submit Correction
View count: 143
The early Catalina NC777 Guba (I) was bought by the USSR (URSS in French) to search for the airmen of URSS-N209, commanded by Hubert Wilkins. The photo source says the image may have been taken on the Mackenzie River near Aklavik, NT, but another source suggests search missions were flown from Coppermine (now Kugluktuk in Nunavut). Wilkins continued the fruitless search from Russia in January 1938. The flying boat became CCCP-N243. It was destroyed by gunfire from a German U-boat at Nova Zembla on 27 July 1942. Photo from: Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada
Registration / Serial:URSS-L-2
Aircraft Version:Consolidated 28-2
C/n (msn):C-1
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown Province, Canada
Photo Date:August 1937 to September 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:URSS-L-2
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated 28-2
C/n (msn):C-1
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown Province, Canada
Photo Date:August 1937 to September 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:808712Submit Correction
View count: 143
The early Catalina NC777 Guba (I) was bought by the USSR (URSS in French) to search for the airmen of URSS-N209, commanded by Hubert Wilkins. The photo source says the image may have been taken on the Mackenzie River near Aklavik, NT, but another source suggests search missions were flown from Coppermine (now Kugluktuk in Nunavut). Wilkins continued the fruitless search from Russia in January 1938. The flying boat became CCCP-N243. It was destroyed by gunfire from a German U-boat at Nova Zembla on 27 July 1942. Photo from: Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada
Registration / Serial:URSS-L-2
Aircraft Version:Consolidated 28-2
C/n (msn):C-1
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown Province, Canada
Photo Date:August 1937 to September 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NZ4013
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):08468
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Emirau Island - seaplane (closed)
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:April 1944 to September 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:807025Submit Correction
View count: 171
NZ4013 sunk while under tow after it water-looped taking off from the Segond Channel during a rescue mission on October 11, 1944. The museum says the location of this photo is Emirau Island but there is no specific reference to a flying boat base there. The full photo does show a slipway. There was an airfield complex on the island that was used by the RNZAF. The island was captured from the Japanese in March 1944. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial:NZ4013
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):08468
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Emirau Island - seaplane (closed)
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:April 1944 to September 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NZ4013
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):08468
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Emirau Island - seaplane (closed)
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:April 1944 to September 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:807025Submit Correction
View count: 171
NZ4013 sunk while under tow after it water-looped taking off from the Segond Channel during a rescue mission on October 11, 1944. The museum says the location of this photo is Emirau Island but there is no specific reference to a flying boat base there. The full photo does show a slipway. There was an airfield complex on the island that was used by the RNZAF. The island was captured from the Japanese in March 1944. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial:NZ4013
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):08468
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Emirau Island - seaplane (closed)
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:April 1944 to September 1944
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-BLSC
Alternate Serial:JV928
Military Code:Y
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina
Manufacturers:Consolidated / Steward-Davis
C/n (msn):1997
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Rotterdam / The Hague (EHRD / RTM)Map
Country:Netherlands
Event:Bevrijdingsvliegfeest 1985
Photo Date:5 May 1985
Photo by:Jan MakkusContact
Photo ID:806157Submit Correction
View count: 78
The fifth of May Memorial Air Display 1945-1985
Registration / Serial:G-BLSC
Alternate Serial:JV928
Aircraft Version:Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina
C/n (msn):1997
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Rotterdam / The Hague (EHRD / RTM)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:5 May 1985
Photo by:Jan MakkusContact
Registration / Serial:G-BLSC
Alternate Serial:JV928
Military Code:Y
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina
Manufacturers:Consolidated / Steward-Davis
C/n (msn):1997
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Rotterdam / The Hague (EHRD / RTM)Map
Country:Netherlands
Event:Bevrijdingsvliegfeest 1985
Photo Date:5 May 1985
Photo by:Jan MakkusContact
Photo ID:806157Submit Correction
View count: 78
The fifth of May Memorial Air Display 1945-1985
Registration / Serial:G-BLSC
Alternate Serial:JV928
Aircraft Version:Steward-Davis 28-5ACF EMQ Super Catalina
C/n (msn):1997
Display Paint:UK - Air Force
City / Airport:Rotterdam / The Hague (EHRD / RTM)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:5 May 1985
Photo by:Jan MakkusContact
Registration / Serial:"FAE 53602"
Military Code:602
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Ecuador - Air Force
City / Airport:Quito - Mariscal Sucre (SEQU / UIO) (closed)Map
Country:Ecuador
Collection:Museo Aeronáutico de la Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana
Photo Date:February 1977
Photo from:Jeff Peck Collection (via Tim Spearman)Contact
Photo ID:802215Submit Correction
View count: 122
Displayed at the museum since the early 1980s and still present at time of upload.
Registration / Serial:"FAE 53602"
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Ecuador - Air Force
City / Airport:Quito - Mariscal Sucre (SEQU / UIO) (closed)Map
Country:Ecuador
Photo Date:February 1977
Photo from:Jeff Peck Collection (via Tim Spearman)Contact
Registration / Serial:"FAE 53602"
Military Code:602
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Ecuador - Air Force
City / Airport:Quito - Mariscal Sucre (SEQU / UIO) (closed)Map
Country:Ecuador
Collection:Museo Aeronáutico de la Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana
Photo Date:February 1977
Photo from:Jeff Peck Collection (via Tim Spearman)Contact
Photo ID:802215Submit Correction
View count: 122
Displayed at the museum since the early 1980s and still present at time of upload.
Registration / Serial:"FAE 53602"
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Ecuador - Air Force
City / Airport:Quito - Mariscal Sucre (SEQU / UIO) (closed)Map
Country:Ecuador
Photo Date:February 1977
Photo from:Jeff Peck Collection (via Tim Spearman)Contact
Registration / Serial:N4582U
Alternate Serial:46457
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1651
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Albuquerque - International Sunport (KABQ / ABQ)Map
Region / Country:New Mexico, United States
Collection:USAF Rescue Heritage Hall Museum
Photo Date:5 October 2000
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:799140Submit Correction
View count: 99
Ex USN BuNo 46457 and Brazilian AF FAB 6510, painted to depict a USAAF OA-10. After retirement from the Brazilian AF in 1981 the aircraft was acquired by warbird collector David Tallichet, registered N4582U and in 1983 flown to the USA. In 1984 Tallichet negotiated an arrangement with the U.S. Air Force Museum and the aircraft was flown to Kirtland AFB where it remained for several decades. The registration N4582U was cancelled on 2nd December 2016 as exported to the Russian Federation, and the aircraft was last reported in 2021 at the UMMC Museum in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk, Russia. 
Registration / Serial:N4582U
Alternate Serial:46457
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1651
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Albuquerque - International Sunport (KABQ / ABQ)Map
Region / Country:New Mexico, United States
Photo Date:5 October 2000
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Registration / Serial:N4582U
Alternate Serial:46457
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1651
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Albuquerque - International Sunport (KABQ / ABQ)Map
Region / Country:New Mexico, United States
Collection:USAF Rescue Heritage Hall Museum
Photo Date:5 October 2000
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:799140Submit Correction
View count: 99
Ex USN BuNo 46457 and Brazilian AF FAB 6510, painted to depict a USAAF OA-10. After retirement from the Brazilian AF in 1981 the aircraft was acquired by warbird collector David Tallichet, registered N4582U and in 1983 flown to the USA. In 1984 Tallichet negotiated an arrangement with the U.S. Air Force Museum and the aircraft was flown to Kirtland AFB where it remained for several decades. The registration N4582U was cancelled on 2nd December 2016 as exported to the Russian Federation, and the aircraft was last reported in 2021 at the UMMC Museum in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk, Russia. 
Registration / Serial:N4582U
Alternate Serial:46457
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1651
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Albuquerque - International Sunport (KABQ / ABQ)Map
Region / Country:New Mexico, United States
Photo Date:5 October 2000
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Registration / Serial:16-212
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1679
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
City / Airport:Amsterdam - Schiphol (EHAM / AMS)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:26 July 2004
Photo by:Rolf WallnerContact
Photo ID:798672Submit Correction
View count: 214
Caught by chance near my runway 06 approach position on the way to the QAPS Paintshop at Schiphol East.
Registration / Serial:16-212
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1679
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
City / Airport:Amsterdam - Schiphol (EHAM / AMS)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:26 July 2004
Photo by:Rolf WallnerContact
Registration / Serial:16-212
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1679
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
City / Airport:Amsterdam - Schiphol (EHAM / AMS)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:26 July 2004
Photo by:Rolf WallnerContact
Photo ID:798672Submit Correction
View count: 214
Caught by chance near my runway 06 approach position on the way to the QAPS Paintshop at Schiphol East.
Registration / Serial:16-212
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1679
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
City / Airport:Amsterdam - Schiphol (EHAM / AMS)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:26 July 2004
Photo by:Rolf WallnerContact
Registration / Serial:A24-30
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):1097
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Area:Lake Boga / Flying Boat Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 September 2024
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Photo ID:796091Submit Correction
View count: 90
The complex retraction mechanism of the Catalina's port wingtip float.
Registration / Serial:A24-30
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):1097
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Area:Lake Boga / Flying Boat Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 September 2024
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Registration / Serial:A24-30
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):1097
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Area:Lake Boga / Flying Boat Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 September 2024
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Photo ID:796091Submit Correction
View count: 90
The complex retraction mechanism of the Catalina's port wingtip float.
Registration / Serial:A24-30
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
C/n (msn):1097
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Area:Lake Boga / Flying Boat Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Victoria, Australia
Photo Date:15 September 2024
Photo by:Phil VabreContact
Registration / Serial:PH-PBY
Alternate Serial:16-218
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):300
Display Paint:Netherlands - Navy
Aircraft Name:Karel Doorman
City / Airport:Rotterdam / The Hague (EHRD / RTM)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:5 May 2019
Photo by:Gideon van DijkContact
Photo ID:795998Submit Correction
View count: 82
Conducting a flypast at Rotterdam while on its farewell flight through the Netherlands. It left the country later that month.
Registration / Serial:PH-PBY
Alternate Serial:16-218
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):300
Display Paint:Netherlands - Navy
City / Airport:Rotterdam / The Hague (EHRD / RTM)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:5 May 2019
Photo by:Gideon van DijkContact
Registration / Serial:PH-PBY
Alternate Serial:16-218
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):300
Display Paint:Netherlands - Navy
Aircraft Name:Karel Doorman
City / Airport:Rotterdam / The Hague (EHRD / RTM)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:5 May 2019
Photo by:Gideon van DijkContact
Photo ID:795998Submit Correction
View count: 82
Conducting a flypast at Rotterdam while on its farewell flight through the Netherlands. It left the country later that month.
Registration / Serial:PH-PBY
Alternate Serial:16-218
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):300
Display Paint:Netherlands - Navy
City / Airport:Rotterdam / The Hague (EHRD / RTM)Map
Country:Netherlands
Photo Date:5 May 2019
Photo by:Gideon van DijkContact