PBY Catalina Survivors identifies Catalinas on display, and includes aircraft designations, status, serial numbers, locations and additional information. The

Consolidated PBY Catalina The Consolidated PBY Catalina is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft that was produced in the 1930s and 1940s. In Canadian service it was known as the Canso. It was one of the most widely used seaplanes of World War II. Catalinas served w ...

was a twin-engined American

flying boat A flying boat is a type of fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in that a flying boat's fuselage is purpose-designed for floatation and contains a hull, while floatplanes rely on fusela ...

of the 1930s and 1940s, designed by

Consolidated Aircraft The Consolidated Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1923 in aviation, 1923 by Reuben H. Fleet in Buffalo, New York, the result of the Gallaudet Aircraft Company's liquidation and Fleet's purchase of designs from the Dayton-Wright Company as the ...

Co. Several variants were built at five US and Canadian manufacturing plants. Catalina 2007

Surviving aircraft

These complete examples of Catalinas have been preserved or restored to various levels including markings,

nose art Nose art is a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of an aircraft, usually on the front fuselage. While begun for practical reasons of identifying friendly units, the practice evolved to express the individuality often constrained by ...

, original or representative paint schemes, and are on display at museums or at military bases, or are active aircraft potentially viewable at air events. By default, 5-digit numeric serials known as Bureau Numbers (BuNo) are as issued by the

US Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...

Bureau of Aeronautics The Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer) was the U.S. Navy's material-support organization for naval aviation from 1921 to 1959. The bureau had "cognizance" (''i.e.'', responsibility) for the design, procurement, and support of naval aircraft and relate ...

(BuAer), presented here without the imaginary "BuNo" prefix. 4-digit serials in the form 9xxx, and 5-digit serials in the form 1xxxx are as issued to

Royal Canadian Air Force The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; french: Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environm ...

aircraft. Status Codes: ::D = Display ::A = Airworthy ::S = Stored ::R = Under restoration

Notes

References

* Andrade, John. "US Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicestershire UK: Midland Counties Publications. 1979. . * Legg, David. "Consolidated PBY Catalina: The Peacetime Record". Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press, 2002. . * Ogden, Bob. "Aviation Museums and Collections of North America". UK. Air-Britain. 2007. * Petit, Jean-Jacques. Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina en France. 2013 – 56 p {{ISBN, 978-2-9528167-5-5

External links

Catalina Aircraft TrustAustralian civil aircraft registerThe Catalina Society (Plane Sailing) UKThe New Zealand Catalina Preservation Society
Consolidated PBY Catalinas PB1Y survivors