The Consolidated Model 28, more commonly known as the PBY Catalina (US Navy designation), is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft designed by Consolidated Aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s. In US Army service it was designated the OA-10, in Canadian service as the Canso and it later received the NATO reporting name Mop. [4] .

2019年8月31日 · It saw the arrival of three enormously capable, ahead-of-their-time airplanes that played a huge part in winning World War II: the Boeing B-17, Douglas DC-3/C-47 and Consolidated PBY flying...

2024年11月22日 · The PBY Catalina may not be as well-known as other aircraft from World War II, but its contributions were invaluable across multiple theaters of war. Known for its long-range capabilities and versatility, the Catalina played a vital role in reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfare, and air-sea rescue missions.

The PBY was involved in almost every major operation in World War II, and figured significantly in defeating the U-boat menace in the Atlantic.

The first PBY’s to enter combat in World War II were flown by Britain and her allies. PBY Catalina’s in the Royal Air Force In 1939, the Royal Air Force (RAF), ordered a single example of a commercial model of the PBY-4 flying boat for an evaluation which was still in progress when war was declared and a decision was made to order the ...

The Consolidated PBY Catalina was the most successful flying boat ever developed. The “Cats” were employed in World War II as patrol aircraft and bombers, and performed torpedo, antisubmarine, search-and-rescue, and transport roles.

2020年10月25日 · The PBY was an essential component of some of the most dramatic moments of the Second World War. This brief collection of wartime narratives illustrates the PBY’s wide range of diverse roles. An American piloting a British PBY got a fix on the battleship Bismarck, helping the Royal Navy eventually destroy the German battleship.

5 天之前 · The PBY had less room than the larger PBM flying boats. Image: Author. The successes continued with the most produced bomber of World War II, the B-24, and then the mother of all bombers, the B-36 Peacemaker, powered by six piston engines and four jet engines, a.k.a. “six turning and four burning.” Laddon believed a designer was responsible ...

A long-range patrol aircraft designed in the mid-1930s, the PBY became one of the most important aircraft of the war. From spotting the German battleship Bismarck, to locating the Japanese fleet off Midway, to its vital roles in air-sea rescue and sinking enemy submarines, the PBY was the war’s most successful flying boat.

The PBY Catalina and the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress were the only aircraft with sufficient range to be effective in the Pacific, at the beginning of World War II. Note that this early PBY does not have the characteristic fuselage blister windows.