Before and after Dec. 7, 1941, the frequent appearance of big PBY Catalina flying boats skimming the wavetops in Pearl Harbor and Kaneohe Bay would have been an eye-catching sight. A PBY-5A Catalina ...

The Catalina, originating as the 1928 XPY-1 prototype and designated PBY by the U.S. Navy, became the most popular flying boat of WWII with over 3,300 built, evolving into amphibious variants and ...

Gordon was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary heroism" while serving as commander of a Catalina Patrol Plane that rescued 15 United States Army Fifth Air Force service members shot down in ...

When Ward Wages, 99, sat in the cockpit of the PBY Catalina stored on the tarmac at Superior's Richard I Bong Memorial Airport, it was the first time he had been in that type of plane since 1943.

Until someone turns up with a better weather yarn, airmen of the Aleutians forces will stick to Hannibal, the hitchhiking sea gull. Hannibal, the story goes, turned up on the wing of a Navy Catalina ...

The Consolidated PBY Catalina, known as the Canso, is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft that was produced in the 1930s and 1940s. A certified submarine hunter this aircraft was vital in protecting ...

Text printed on the recto side of the leaves, only. Mechanically reproduced from typescript. Probable date range of issue based on dates of production for the PBY-2. 1. Foreword -- 2. General ...

Text printed on the recto side of the leaves. Probable date range of issue based on dates of production for the PBY-3. 1. Foreword -- 2. General description -- 3. Power plant description -- 4. Engine ...