| Aircraft | |
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| 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 | |
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| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | Unknown Province, Canada |
| Photo Date: | August 1937 to September 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 808712 |
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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 This photo was added on 15 May 2025, and has since been viewed 74 times. |