Aircraft Photo of N331RS | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina | AirHistory.net #637992
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N331RS
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina
C/n (msn):2073
Location
City / Airport:Mundelein - Air Estates (closed)Map
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: -   Local: LL09   Other: -
Collection:Victory Air Museum
 
Photo Date:20 May 1981
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 637992
Photo Comment

Former US Navy 64002. Sold as N9548C in 1962. Reregistered as N331RS then sank in Lake Michigan after hitting a submerged object on landing in 1966. Wreck salvaged and moved to the Victory Air Museum in 1972. To the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH for parts and scrapped after the Victory Air Museum closed in 1986.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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