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:Utrecht - Soesterberg (EHSB / UTC)Map
Country:NetherlandsAircraft Map
Collection:Nationaal Militair Museum - NMM
Event:Soesterberg Zomeroffensief 2025
Photo Date:30 August 2025
Photo by:KjellContact
Photo ID:841663Submit Correction
View count: 138
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.
Registration / Serial:16-212
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1679
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
City / Airport:Utrecht - Soesterberg (EHSB / UTC)Map
Country:NetherlandsAircraft Map
Photo Date:30 August 2025
Photo by:KjellContact
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:Utrecht - Soesterberg (EHSB / UTC)Map
Country:NetherlandsAircraft Map
Collection:Nationaal Militair Museum - NMM
Event:Soesterberg Zomeroffensief 2025
Photo Date:30 August 2025
Photo by:KjellContact
Photo ID:841663Submit Correction
View count: 138
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.
Registration / Serial:16-212
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
C/n (msn):1679
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
City / Airport:Utrecht - Soesterberg (EHSB / UTC)Map
Country:NetherlandsAircraft Map
Photo Date:30 August 2025
Photo by:KjellContact