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List of Consolidated PBY Catalina operators

January 01, 1970

Main article: Consolidated PBY Catalina

The List of Consolidated PBY Catalina operators lists the countries and their naval aviation and air force units that have operated the aircraft:

Military operators edit

Argentina edit

Australia edit

 
A formation of Australian Catalinas in 1943

The Royal Australian Air Force operated the PBY Catalina extensively. The Royal Australian Air Force ordered its first 18 PBY-5s (named Catalina) in 1940,[2] around the same time as French purchase. Some of these would be used to re-establish the British-Australian airlink through Asia as the Double Sunrise. By the end of the war the RAAF had taken delivery of 168 Catalinas. The RAAF used Catalinas in a wide range of roles including reconnaissance and anti-submarine patrols, offensive mine-laying and air-sea rescue, the deployment of folboats (collapsible canoes), notably the Hoehn MKIII military type for Commando raids.[3] The rescue of personnel and closer visual observation, as well as psychological warfare. In addition, RAAF PBYs were used to transport Australian personnel home at the end of the war.[2] The RAAF retired its last Catalina in 1952.[4]

Royal Australian Air Force

Brazil edit

  • 1st Air Transport Squadron (ETA-1)
 
Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A at RIAT, England in 2009. A version of the PBY-5A Catalina, this aircraft was built in 1944 for the Royal Canadian Air Force

Canada edit

Canada had its own close associations with the PBY, both as a manufacturer and customer. Under an agreement reached between the Canadian and U.S. governments, production lines were laid down in Canada, by Boeing Aircraft of Canada (as the PB2B-1) in Vancouver, and by Canadian Vickers (PBV-1) at the Canadair plant in Cartierville. Canadian manufactured aircraft serving with the RCAF were known as Canso A, and were equivalent to PBY-5A (with retractable landing gear). Eleven Canadian Home War Establishment squadrons flew Cansos and Lend Lease Catalinas and on both sides of the North Atlantic and on the Pacific West Coast of Canada. Two "overseas" squadrons flew from the British Isles, as well as over the Indian Ocean.

Royal Canadian Air Force

Chile edit

Colombia edit

Colombian Air Force
SATENA
Avianca
AIDA
Aeropesca
VIARCO

Cuba edit

Cuban Navy 1952-1961[15]

Denmark edit

 
Royal Danish Air Force PBY-6A Catalina L-866.
Royal Danish Air Force

Dominican Republic edit

Ecuador edit

France edit

Soon after the receipt of Britain's first order for production aircraft, a French purchasing mission ordered 30 aircraft in early 1940. Allocated the Consolidated identification Model 28-5MF, none of these were delivered before the Battle of France.

Greece edit

Royal Hellenic Air Force

A small number of RAF Catalinas were loaned to the RHAF after the liberation of Greece in 1944. These were eventually purchased by Greece and used as maritime patrol aircraft for the remainder of the war, and also into the post-war years where it saw service in the Greek Civil War against the Communist insurgents.[17]

Iceland edit

Icelandic Coast Guard

Indonesia edit

Indonesian Air Force[18]

Israel edit

 
A Catalina at the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim
Israeli Air Force

Japan edit

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
  • No. 91 Squadron JMSDF

Mexico edit

Mexican navy 6 units

Netherlands edit

Netherlands ordered 48 planes for use in the Dutch East Indies.

Royal Netherlands Air Force
Dutch Naval Aviation Service

New Zealand edit

From 1942 New Zealand used 56 non-amphibious PBY-5 and PB2B-1 Catalinas in the South Pacific, to replace the Short Singapore with the Royal New Zealand Air Force's 5 Squadron and 6 Squadron, initially operating out of Hobsonville and Fiji on maritime patrol and air-sea rescue roles. Additional RAF-owned aircraft were used by 490 (NZ) Squadron in the anti submarine role during the battle of the Atlantic. 490 squadron operated Catalinas out of Jui, West Africa, from 1943 until they were superseded by Short Sunderlands in 1944. The last RNZAF Catalinas were retired in 1953 and all had been sold or scrapped by the end of 1956.[19][20] An airworthy PBY-5A Catalina amphibian in 6 Squadron markings is privately owned.[21] The Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum is restoring a former fire training Catalina.

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Nicaragua edit

Nicaraguan Air Force

Norway edit

Royal Norwegian Air Force

Paraguay edit

Paraguayan Air Force originally ordered three PBY-5As in 1955. One was destroyed in the U.S. before delivery. The other two reached Paraguay and received serials T-29 and T-31. T-29 rescued ex-President Perón in October 1955 in Argentina. Both aircraft were transferred to Líneas Aéreas de Transporte Nacional (LATN) in 1956.

Peru edit

Philippines edit

The Philippine Air Force used the boats during the early independence fro commonwealth government .The PBY-5A Catalina that fulfilled the air-sea rescue role. All scrapped upon retirement.

 
Philippine Air Force Consolidated PBY Catalina 1954

South Africa edit

Consolidated Catalina PBY's were flown by 6, 10 and 43 Squadrons of the South African Air Force during World War II. The squadrons and aircraft were placed under command of SAAF Coastal Command and operated on the South African Indian and Atlantic coastlines. After World War II, Catalinas were utilized by 35 Squadron from 1945 to 1957.[22]

Spain edit

 
Spanish Air Force Catalina 74-21 on display at the Spanish Air Force museum in Cuatro Vientos, Madrid

The Spanish Air Force used one unit, under DR.1 designation and 74-21 indication, as a patrol bomber and firefighter plane between 1949 and 1954. This aircraft was a United States Army Air Forces unit, which landed by accident in the Spanish Sahara in 1943, and finally it was sold to the Spanish Air force for approximately US$100,000. It is currently on display at the Museo del Aire (Madrid).[23]

Spanish Air Force

Sweden edit

 
Swedish Air Force Consolidated PBY Catalina on display at the Swedish Air Force museum in Linkoping, Sweden

Three Canso amphibians, built by Canadian-Vickers, were bought by the Swedish Air Force in 1947. The Swedish designation was Tp 47. After modifications for their new post-war missions, they were based at Wing F2 at Hägernäs near Stockholm and were used mainly for air and sea rescue service. Also reconnaissance missions were flown.

The Tp 47 was equipped with PS-19/A radar. The aircraft had a crew of five and had also room for six stretchers. It was powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp 14-cylinder radial engines of 1.200 hp each. It was unarmed.

Swedish Air Force

Soviet Union edit

The Soviet Union had shown an interest, resulting in an order for three aircraft and the negotiation of a licence to build the type in USSR. When these three machines were delivered they were accompanied by a team of Consolidated engineers who assisted in establishment of the Soviet production facilities. This aircraft model, designated GST, was powered by two Wright R-1820-derived, nine-cylinder Shvetsov M-62 or ASh-62IR[24] single-row radial engines of 900 to 1,000 hp (671 to 746 kW). The first GST entered service towards the end of 1939. It is estimated hundreds more served with the Soviet Navy. Soviet Union also received 138 PBN-1 Nomad variant of the Catalina built by the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia along with 48 PBY-6As under the Lend-Lease Act.

Soviet Naval Aviation

Taiwan edit

The Republic of China Air Force operated PBY-5A as search and rescue (SAR) plane from 1952 to 1954.[25] At least one of these PBY-5A were later transferred to China Airlines in the 1959.[26]

United Kingdom edit

The British Air Ministry purchased a single aircraft for evaluation purposes, the Model 28-5. This was flown across the Atlantic Ocean to the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, Felixstowe, in July 1939. With the outbreak of war anticipated, the trials were terminated prematurely, and an initial 50 aircraft were ordered under as "Catalina I"s. These aircraft were similar to the PBY-5, except for installation of British armament. The name Catalina had been used by Consolidated for their commercial sales prior to the British order, and was eventually adopted by the US Navy on October 1, 1941.

Initial deliveries of the Royal Air Force's Catalinas began in early 1941 and these entered service with No. 209 and No. 240 squadrons of Coastal Command. In all, nine squadrons of Coastal Command were equipped with the Catalina, as were an additional 12 squadrons overseas. The total acquisition was approximately 700 spread over the following designations: Catalina Mk I, Mk IA (PBY-5A amphibian in RCAF service only), Mk IB, Mk II, Mk III, Mk IVB (Canadian built PBY-5, the PB2B-1), Mk IV, and Mk VI (a PBN-1 style tall tail version built in Canada). The Catalina Mk Vs, which would have been PBN-1s, were cancelled.

The RAF also acquired a former Soviet Navy GST which landed in Cyprus in November 1941, although it probably was not used before it was beached in a gale at Aboukir in February 1943.

In British service, the Catalina was fitted with .303 machineguns, typically a Vickers K in the bow and Browning Model 1919 in the waist. Some received the Leigh light to aid anti-submarine warfare by night.

Royal Air Force

United States edit

 
U.S. Navy Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina is loaded with depth charges and bombs at Adak in the Aleutians, in 1943.
United States Navy
United States Army Air Forces

Uruguay edit

Civilian operators edit

Australia edit

Ansett Flying Boat Services
Trans Australia Airlines

1 ex-Cathay Pacific/Macau Air Transport Company CBY-5A (acquired from United States Army Air Forces via RCAF) used from 1962-1966

Qantas

Between 1940 and 1945, five ex-RAAF aircraft were used by Qantas for a Ceylon to Perth service.

Brazil edit

Aero Geral
Cruzeiro do Sul
Panair do Brasil
Paraense Transportes Aéreos
TABA – Transportes Aéreos Bandeirantes
VASD – Viação Aérea Santos Dumont

Canada edit

The following PBY-5A are listed with Transport Canada[27]

Canadian Warplane Heritage
David Dorosh
Exploits Valley Air Services
Fondation Aerovision Quebec
Pacific Flying Boats
Savethecanso

Colombia edit

Satena

China edit

China Airlines

China Airlines was funded by two PBY-5A. At least one of the PBY was transferred from the Republic of China Air Force. it operates PBY-5A from 1959 to 1966. One of the aircraft was abandoned in 1962, while the other one was operated until 1966.[28]

China National Aviation Corporation

China National Aviation Corporation operated at least one Catalina or Canso amphibian[29]

TransAsia Airways

TransAsia Airways operates at least two PBY-5A from 1951 to 1958. One of the PBY was damaged by the strike of Typhoon at Taipei. The other PBY was missing while flying from Matsu Islands to Taipei.

Hong Kong edit

Cathay Pacific Airways/Macau Air Transport Company 1946-1961

2 ex-United States Army Air Force/Royal Canadian Air Force CBY-5A with one lost to crash in 1948

Iceland edit

Flugfélag Íslands

Operated a total of three Catalina's, named Gamli-Pétur, Sæfaxi og Skýfaxi, from 1944 to 1961.[30][31]

Loftleiðir

Operated two Catalina's, named Vestfirðingur and Dynjandi.[30]

Indonesia edit

Government of Indonesia

The Indonesian government chartered few Catalinas during Indonesian National Revolution[18]

Garuda Indonesian Airways

From KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf, operated 1950-1953

New Zealand edit

When Tasman Empire Airways TEAL was expanding post-war an ex-RNZAF Boeing PB2B-1 Catalina NZ4035 was acquired as a crew training aircraft in late 1947 as ZK-AMI. This was returned to the military in November 1948. A second PB2B-1 Catalina, NZ4038, was civilianised as ZK-AMP in December 1948 and used as a survey aircraft to establish the Auckland-Suva, Suva-Satupuala(W Samoa), Samoa-Aitutaki(Cooks), Cooks-Tahiti sector, later famous as the 'Coral Route'. This aircraft was returned to the RNZAF in 1951.

Paraguay edit

Líneas Aéreas de Transporte Nacional (LATN) operated two PBY-5As during the late 1950s and the early 1960s. They were registered ZP-CBA and ZP-CBB. ZP-CBB was destroyed in an accident in the Paraguay River in Asunción in 1957, killing its pilot LtCol. Leo Nowak. ZP-CBA was transferred to the FAP in the early 1970s. In the 1980s it was reserialed as FAP2002.

Philippines edit

Amphibian Airways, a Philippines-registered airlines operated PBY OA-10A in the late 1940s in the Philippines and Burma.

Venezuela edit

CVG Ferrominera Orinoco[32][33]

United Kingdom edit

BOAC

Between 1940 and 1945, two ex-RAF aircraft were used by BOAC for a Poole to Lagos service.

Caribbean International Airways Ltd. was operating Catalina passenger service between Grand Cayman, a current UK overseas territory, and both Tampa, Florida and Kingston, Jamaica in 1952.[34]

United States edit

Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines utilized Super Catalina aircraft during the late 1960s to serve destinations in Alaska that did not have airports.[35]

Alaska Coastal Airlines

This airline and its Catalina aircraft were acquired by Alaska Airlines in 1968.

Antilles Air Boats

Operated Super Catalina aircraft in the Caribbean during the 1970s serving San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and other destinations.[36]

See also edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to PBY Catalina.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Histarmar website, Consolidated Catalina page (retrieved 2015-01-24)
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Stewart (1994). Military Aircraft of Australia. Weston Creek, Australia: Aerospace Publications. p. 216. ISBN 1875671080.
  3. ^ Deployment and retrieval of Australian Hoehn folboats during the Pacific War, Hoehn 2011, pp.2, 66, 69, 70.
  4. ^ A24 Consolidated PBY Catalina, RAAF Museum
  5. ^ Kostenuk and Griffin, 1977, pp. 25-26
  6. ^ Kostenuk and Griffin, 1977, p. 49
  7. ^ Kostenuk and Griffin, 1977, p. 50
  8. ^ a b Kostenuk and Griffin, 1977, p. 67
  9. ^ Kostenuk and Griffin, 1977, p. 68
  10. ^ Kostenuk and Griffin, 1977, pp. 24-25
  11. ^ Kostenuk and Griffin, 1977, p. 27
  12. ^ Kostenuk and Griffin, 1977, p. 28
  13. ^ Kostenuk and Griffin, 1977, p. 31
  14. ^ Kostenuk and Griffin, 1977, p. 55
  15. ^ Hagedorn (1993)
  16. ^ Schrøder, Hans (1991). "Royal Danish Airforce". Ed. Kay S. Nielsen. Tøjhusmuseet, 1991, p. 1–64. ISBN 87-89022-24-6.
  17. ^ Carr, John (2012). On Spartan Wings: The Royal Hellenic Air Force in World War Two. Pen and Sword Aviation. pp. 70–72. ISBN 978-1848847989.
  18. ^ a b "Indonesian aviation 1945-1950." 14 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine adf-serials.com. Retrieved: 20 March 2021.
  19. ^ http://www.catalina.org.nz/RNZAF%20PBYs.htm
  20. ^ "Cat3".
  21. ^ Consolidated PBY5a Catalina article at the Kiwi Aircraft Images website
  22. ^ Becker (1991) p.117
  23. ^ https://www.defensa.com/espana/museo-aire-finalizo-restauracion-avion-anfibio-pby-catalina, August 12, 2016 El museo del Aire finalizo la restauracion de su avion anfibio PBY Catalina
  24. ^ Taylor, Michael J.H., ed. "GST Catalina." Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. New York: Crescent, 1993. p. 453. ISBN 0 517 10316 8.
  25. ^ The aircraft operation history 2013-12-16 at the Wayback Machine ROCAF
  26. ^ The first aircraft of China airlines 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine, News of China Airlines
  27. ^ Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result
  28. ^ China Airlines PBY-5A Airplane Model, China airlines
  29. ^ Best Air-Britain Archive Spring 2010, p. 35
  30. ^ a b "Catalina- flugbátar á Íslandi". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 May 1995. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  31. ^ Snorri Snorrason (22 June 2005). "Catalina -flugbáturinn TF-ISP fór fyrsta millilandaflugið". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 12. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  32. ^ "Consolidated Catalina/Canso Registry - A Warbirds Resource Group Site".
  33. ^ "Consolidated Catalina/Canso Registry - A Warbirds Resource Group Site".
  34. ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, May 1952 Caribbean International Airlines timetable
  35. ^ http://www.timetableimages.com, June 1, 1969 Alaska Airlines system timetable
  36. ^ http://www.airliners.net, photos of Super Catalina aircraft operated by Antilles Air Boats

References edit

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  • Best, Martin S. "The Development of Commercial Aviation in China: Part 10A: China National Aviation Corporation 1945–1949". Air-Britain Archive, Spring 2010. pp. 19–36. ISSN 0262-4923.
  • Creed, Roscoe. PBY: The Catalina Flying Boat. Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press, 1986. ISBN 0-87021-526-4
  • Crocker, Mel. Black Cats and Dumbos: WW II's Fighting PBYs. Crocker Media Expressions, 2002. ISBN 0-9712901-0-5
  • Dorney, Louis B. US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Pacific War. Botley, Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1-84176-911-8
  • Hagedorn, Dan. 1993. Central American and Caribbean Air Forces. Air-Britain. ISBN 0-85130-210-6
  • Hendrie, Andrew. Flying Cats: The Catalina Aircraft in World War II. Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press, 1988. ISBN 0-87021-213-3
  • Hoehn, John. (2011). Commando Kayak: The Australian Folboat, Pacific Campaign. hirschbooks.net & ozatwar.com/hoehn . ISBN 978-3-033-01717-7
  • Kinzey, Bert. PBY Catalina in Detail & Scale. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 2000. ISBN 1-888974-19-2
  • Knott, Richard C. Black Cat Raiders of World War II. Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press, 2000. ISBN 1-55750-471-7
  • Kostenuk, S. and J. Griffin. RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft: 1924–1968. Toronto: Samuel Stevens, Hakkert & Company, 1977. ISBN 0-88866-577-6.
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  • Scarborough, William E. PBY Catalina in Action (Aircraft number 62). Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1983. ISBN 0-89747-149-0
  • Scarborough, William E. PBY Catalina - Walk Around. Carrollton, Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc., 1996. ISBN 0-89747-357-4
  • Wagner, Ray. The Story of the PBY Catalina (Aero Biographies Volume 1). San Diego, California: Flight Classics, 1972.
  • Petit, Jean-Jacques. Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina en France. 2013 - 56 p ISBN 978-2-9528167-5-5

Further reading edit

  • Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2009). Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix (ed.). . Serie Aeronaval (in Spanish). Vol. 25. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. ISBN 9789872055745. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-01-26.

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United Kingdom 1 31 United States 1 32 Uruguay 2 Civilian operators 2 1 Australia 2 2 Brazil 2 3 Canada 2 4 Colombia 2 5 China 2 6 Hong Kong 2 7 Iceland 2 8 Indonesia 2 9 New Zealand 2 10 Paraguay 2 11 Philippines 2 12 Venezuela 2 13 United Kingdom 2 14 United States 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 Further readingMilitary operators editArgentina edit Argentine Naval Aviation 17 Canso received 1946 48 1 Australia edit nbsp A formation of Australian Catalinas in 1943 The Royal Australian Air Force operated the PBY Catalina extensively The Royal Australian Air Force ordered its first 18 PBY 5s named Catalina in 1940 2 around the same time as French purchase Some of these would be used to re establish the British Australian airlink through Asia as the Double Sunrise By the end of the war the RAAF had taken delivery of 168 Catalinas The RAAF used Catalinas in a wide range of roles including reconnaissance and anti submarine patrols offensive mine laying and air sea rescue the deployment of folboats collapsible canoes notably the Hoehn MKIII military type for Commando raids 3 The rescue of personnel and closer visual observation as well as psychological warfare In addition RAAF PBYs were used to transport Australian personnel home at the end of the war 2 The RAAF retired its last Catalina in 1952 4 Royal Australian Air Force No 11 Squadron RAAF No 20 Squadron RAAF observation No 40 Squadron RAAF had aircraft placed on establishment but not actually issued No 42 Squadron RAAF No 43 Squadron RAAF No 6 Communication Unit RAAF No 8 Communication Unit RAAF No 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight RAAF No 112 Air Sea Rescue Flight RAAF No 113 Air Sea Rescue Flight RAAF Seaplane Training Flight RAAF No 3 Operational Training Unit RAAF Search and Rescue Wing RAAF Brazil edit 1st Air Transport Squadron ETA 1 nbsp Canadian Vickers PBV 1A Canso A at RIAT England in 2009 A version of the PBY 5A Catalina this aircraft was built in 1944 for the Royal Canadian Air Force Canada edit Canada had its own close associations with the PBY both as a manufacturer and customer Under an agreement reached between the Canadian and U S governments production lines were laid down in Canada by Boeing Aircraft of Canada as the PB2B 1 in Vancouver and by Canadian Vickers PBV 1 at the Canadair plant in Cartierville Canadian manufactured aircraft serving with the RCAF were known as Canso A and were equivalent to PBY 5A with retractable landing gear Eleven Canadian Home War Establishment squadrons flew Cansos and Lend Lease Catalinas and on both sides of the North Atlantic and on the Pacific West Coast of Canada Two overseas squadrons flew from the British Isles as well as over the Indian Ocean Royal Canadian Air Force Article XV squadrons serving under direct command and control of the RAF with RAF owned aircraft No 413 Squadron RCAF Catalina I IB IV Jul 41 Dec 44 UK and Ceylon No 422 Squadron RCAF Catalina IB III IV Jul 42 Nov 42 while working up to operational status Operational Squadrons of the Home War Establishment HWE Based in Canada Eastern Air Command No 5 Squadron RCAF Catalina I Jun 41 Jul 41 Canso A Oct 41 Jun 45 5 No 116 Squadron RCAF Catalina I IB Jul 41 Aug 43 Canso A Sep 43 Jun 45 6 No 117 Squadron RCAF Catalina I IB IVA May 42 Dec 43 Canso A May 42 Aug 43 7 No 160 Squadron RCAF Canso A May 43 Jun 45 8 No 161 Squadron RCAF Canso A Nov 43 May 45 8 No 162 Squadron RCAF Canso A May 42 Aug 45 9 Western Air Command No 4 Squadron RCAF Canso A Dec 42 Aug 45 Catalina IB IVA Apr 44 Aug 44 10 No 6 Squadron RCAF Canso A Apr 43 Nov 43 Catalina IB IVA Sept 43 Aug 45 11 No 7 Squadron RCAF Catalina IVA Jan 44 Jul 45 Canso A Apr 44 Jul 45 12 No 9 Squadron RCAF Canso A Apr 43 Aug 44 Catalina I IB IVA Feb 44 Aug 44 13 No 120 Squadron RCAF Canso A Apr 43 Sep 43 Catalina IVA Sep 43 Apr 44 14 103 Search and Rescue Squadron Chile edit Colombia edit Colombian Air Force SATENA Avianca AIDA Aeropesca VIARCO Cuba edit Cuban Navy 1952 1961 15 Denmark edit nbsp Royal Danish Air Force PBY 6A Catalina L 866 Royal Danish Air Force No 721 Squadron RDAF received aircraft from No 722 Squadron RDAF in 1965 No 722 Squadron RDAF transferred aircraft to No 721 Squadron RDAF in 1965 16 Dominican Republic edit Ecuador edit France edit Soon after the receipt of Britain s first order for production aircraft a French purchasing mission ordered 30 aircraft in early 1940 Allocated the Consolidated identification Model 28 5MF none of these were delivered before the Battle of France Greece edit Royal Hellenic Air ForceA small number of RAF Catalinas were loaned to the RHAF after the liberation of Greece in 1944 These were eventually purchased by Greece and used as maritime patrol aircraft for the remainder of the war and also into the post war years where it saw service in the Greek Civil War against the Communist insurgents 17 Iceland edit Icelandic Coast Guard ICG Aeronautical Division Indonesia edit Indonesian Air Force 18 Israel edit nbsp A Catalina at the Israeli Air Force Museum in Hatzerim Israeli Air Force 69 Squadron Japan edit Japan Maritime Self Defense Force No 91 Squadron JMSDF Mexico edit Mexican navy 6 units Netherlands edit Netherlands ordered 48 planes for use in the Dutch East Indies Royal Netherlands Air Force No 321 Squadron RAF 1942 1945 squadron transferred to the Royal Netherlands Air Force Dutch Naval Aviation Service New Zealand edit From 1942 New Zealand used 56 non amphibious PBY 5 and PB2B 1 Catalinas in the South Pacific to replace the Short Singapore with the Royal New Zealand Air Force s 5 Squadron and 6 Squadron initially operating out of Hobsonville and Fiji on maritime patrol and air sea rescue roles Additional RAF owned aircraft were used by 490 NZ Squadron in the anti submarine role during the battle of the Atlantic 490 squadron operated Catalinas out of Jui West Africa from 1943 until they were superseded by Short Sunderlands in 1944 The last RNZAF Catalinas were retired in 1953 and all had been sold or scrapped by the end of 1956 19 20 An airworthy PBY 5A Catalina amphibian in 6 Squadron markings is privately owned 21 The Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum is restoring a former fire training Catalina Royal New Zealand Air Force No 5 Squadron RNZAF No 6 Squadron RNZAF No 490 Squadron RNZAF 1943 1945 Nicaragua edit Nicaraguan Air Force Norway edit Royal Norwegian Air Force No 330 Norwegian Squadron RAF 1942 1943 No 333 Norwegian Squadron RAF 1943 1945 transferred to the Royal Norwegian Air Force in November 1945 Paraguay edit Paraguayan Air Force originally ordered three PBY 5As in 1955 One was destroyed in the U S before delivery The other two reached Paraguay and received serials T 29 and T 31 T 29 rescued ex President Peron in October 1955 in Argentina Both aircraft were transferred to Lineas Aereas de Transporte Nacional LATN in 1956 Peru edit Philippines editThe Philippine Air Force used the boats during the early independence fro commonwealth government The PBY 5A Catalina that fulfilled the air sea rescue role All scrapped upon retirement nbsp Philippine Air Force Consolidated PBY Catalina 1954 South Africa edit Consolidated Catalina PBY s were flown by 6 10 and 43 Squadrons of the South African Air Force during World War II The squadrons and aircraft were placed under command of SAAF Coastal Command and operated on the South African Indian and Atlantic coastlines After World War II Catalinas were utilized by 35 Squadron from 1945 to 1957 22 Spain edit nbsp Spanish Air Force Catalina 74 21 on display at the Spanish Air Force museum in Cuatro Vientos Madrid The Spanish Air Force used one unit under DR 1 designation and 74 21 indication as a patrol bomber and firefighter plane between 1949 and 1954 This aircraft was a United States Army Air Forces unit which landed by accident in the Spanish Sahara in 1943 and finally it was sold to the Spanish Air force for approximately US 100 000 It is currently on display at the Museo del Aire Madrid 23 Spanish Air Force Sweden edit nbsp Swedish Air Force Consolidated PBY Catalina on display at the Swedish Air Force museum in Linkoping Sweden Three Canso amphibians built by Canadian Vickers were bought by the Swedish Air Force in 1947 The Swedish designation was Tp 47 After modifications for their new post war missions they were based at Wing F2 at Hagernas near Stockholm and were used mainly for air and sea rescue service Also reconnaissance missions were flown The Tp 47 was equipped with PS 19 A radar The aircraft had a crew of five and had also room for six stretchers It was powered by two Pratt amp Whitney R 1830 92 Twin Wasp 14 cylinder radial engines of 1 200 hp each It was unarmed Swedish Air Force Soviet Union edit The Soviet Union had shown an interest resulting in an order for three aircraft and the negotiation of a licence to build the type in USSR When these three machines were delivered they were accompanied by a team of Consolidated engineers who assisted in establishment of the Soviet production facilities This aircraft model designated GST was powered by two Wright R 1820 derived nine cylinder Shvetsov M 62 or ASh 62IR 24 single row radial engines of 900 to 1 000 hp 671 to 746 kW The first GST entered service towards the end of 1939 It is estimated hundreds more served with the Soviet Navy Soviet Union also received 138 PBN 1 Nomad variant of the Catalina built by the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia along with 48 PBY 6As under the Lend Lease Act Soviet Naval Aviation Taiwan edit The Republic of China Air Force operated PBY 5A as search and rescue SAR plane from 1952 to 1954 25 At least one of these PBY 5A were later transferred to China Airlines in the 1959 26 United Kingdom edit The British Air Ministry purchased a single aircraft for evaluation purposes the Model 28 5 This was flown across the Atlantic Ocean to the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment Felixstowe in July 1939 With the outbreak of war anticipated the trials were terminated prematurely and an initial 50 aircraft were ordered under as Catalina I s These aircraft were similar to the PBY 5 except for installation of British armament The name Catalina had been used by Consolidated for their commercial sales prior to the British order and was eventually adopted by the US Navy on October 1 1941 Initial deliveries of the Royal Air Force s Catalinas began in early 1941 and these entered service with No 209 and No 240 squadrons of Coastal Command In all nine squadrons of Coastal Command were equipped with the Catalina as were an additional 12 squadrons overseas The total acquisition was approximately 700 spread over the following designations Catalina Mk I Mk IA PBY 5A amphibian in RCAF service only Mk IB Mk II Mk III Mk IVB Canadian built PBY 5 the PB2B 1 Mk IV and Mk VI a PBN 1 style tall tail version built in Canada The Catalina Mk Vs which would have been PBN 1s were cancelled The RAF also acquired a former Soviet Navy GST which landed in Cyprus in November 1941 although it probably was not used before it was beached in a gale at Aboukir in February 1943 In British service the Catalina was fitted with 303 machineguns typically a Vickers K in the bow and Browning Model 1919 in the waist Some received the Leigh light to aid anti submarine warfare by night Royal Air Force No 119 Squadron RAF 1941 and 1941 No 190 Squadron RAF 1943 No 191 Squadron RAF 1943 1945 No 202 Squadron RAF 1941 1945 No 205 Squadron RAF 1941 1945 No 209 Hong Kong Squadron RAF 1941 1945 No 210 Squadron RAF 1941 1945 No 212 Squadron RAF 1942 1945 No 240 Squadron RAF 1941 1945 No 259 Squadron RAF 1943 1945 No 262 Squadron RAF 1942 1943 squadron transferred to South African Air Force as No 35 Squadron No 265 Squadron RAF 1943 1945 No 270 Squadron RAF 1942 1944 No 357 Squadron RAF 1944 No 628 Squadron RAF 1944 No 4 Coastal Operational Training Unit RAF 1941 1943 No 131 Coastal Operational Training Unit RAF 1942 1945 No 302 Ferry Training Unit RAF 1942 1945 United States edit nbsp U S Navy Consolidated PBY 5A Catalina is loaded with depth charges and bombs at Adak in the Aleutians in 1943 United States Navy VP 1 VP 2 VP 3 VP 4 VP 5 VP 6 VP 7 VP 8 VP 9 VP 10 VP 11 VP 12 VP 15 VP 16 VP 17 VP 18 VP 19 VP 20 VP 21 VP 31 VP 33 VP 34 VP 43 VP 44 VP 45 VP 52 VP 53 VP 54 VP 61 VP 62 VP 62 1943 4 VP 63 VP 83 VP 84 VP 91 VP 92 VP 93 VP 94 VP 100 VP 900 VP 905 VP 906 VP 907 VP 911 VP 916 VP 917 VP AM 5 VB 102 FltAirPhotoRonLant United States Army Air Forces 1st Emergency Rescue Squadron OA 10A 2d Emergency Rescue Squadron OA 10A 3d Emergency Rescue Squadron OA 10A 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron OA 10A Uruguay editCivilian operators editAustralia edit Ansett Flying Boat Services Trans Australia Airlines 1 ex Cathay Pacific Macau Air Transport Company CBY 5A acquired from United States Army Air Forces via RCAF used from 1962 1966 Qantas Between 1940 and 1945 five ex RAAF aircraft were used by Qantas for a Ceylon to Perth service Brazil edit Aero Geral Cruzeiro do Sul Panair do Brasil Paraense Transportes Aereos TABA Transportes Aereos Bandeirantes VASD Viacao Aerea Santos Dumont Canada edit The following PBY 5A are listed with Transport Canada 27 Canadian Warplane Heritage David Dorosh Exploits Valley Air Services Fondation Aerovision Quebec Pacific Flying Boats Savethecanso Colombia edit Satena China edit China Airlines China Airlines was funded by two PBY 5A At least one of the PBY was transferred from the Republic of China Air Force it operates PBY 5A from 1959 to 1966 One of the aircraft was abandoned in 1962 while the other one was operated until 1966 28 China National Aviation Corporation China National Aviation Corporation operated at least one Catalina or Canso amphibian 29 TransAsia Airways TransAsia Airways operates at least two PBY 5A from 1951 to 1958 One of the PBY was damaged by the strike of Typhoon at Taipei The other PBY was missing while flying from Matsu Islands to Taipei Hong Kong edit Cathay Pacific Airways Macau Air Transport Company 1946 1961 2 ex United States Army Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force CBY 5A with one lost to crash in 1948 Iceland edit Flugfelag Islands Operated a total of three Catalina s named Gamli Petur Saefaxi og Skyfaxi from 1944 to 1961 30 31 Loftleidir Operated two Catalina s named Vestfirdingur and Dynjandi 30 Indonesia edit Government of Indonesia The Indonesian government chartered few Catalinas during Indonesian National Revolution 18 Garuda Indonesian Airways From KLM Interinsulair Bedrijf operated 1950 1953 New Zealand edit When Tasman Empire Airways TEAL was expanding post war an ex RNZAF Boeing PB2B 1 Catalina NZ4035 was acquired as a crew training aircraft in late 1947 as ZK AMI This was returned to the military in November 1948 A second PB2B 1 Catalina NZ4038 was civilianised as ZK AMP in December 1948 and used as a survey aircraft to establish the Auckland Suva Suva Satupuala W Samoa Samoa Aitutaki Cooks Cooks Tahiti sector later famous as the Coral Route This aircraft was returned to the RNZAF in 1951 Paraguay edit Lineas Aereas de Transporte Nacional LATN operated two PBY 5As during the late 1950s and the early 1960s They were registered ZP CBA and ZP CBB ZP CBB was destroyed in an accident in the Paraguay River in Asuncion in 1957 killing its pilot LtCol Leo Nowak ZP CBA was transferred to the FAP in the early 1970s In the 1980s it was reserialed as FAP2002 Philippines edit Amphibian Airways a Philippines registered airlines operated PBY OA 10A in the late 1940s in the Philippines and Burma Venezuela edit CVG Ferrominera Orinoco 32 33 United Kingdom edit BOAC Between 1940 and 1945 two ex RAF aircraft were used by BOAC for a Poole to Lagos service Caribbean International Airways Ltd was operating Catalina passenger service between Grand Cayman a current UK overseas territory and both Tampa Florida and Kingston Jamaica in 1952 34 United States edit Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines utilized Super Catalina aircraft during the late 1960s to serve destinations in Alaska that did not have airports 35 Alaska Coastal Airlines This airline and its Catalina aircraft were acquired by Alaska Airlines in 1968 Antilles Air BoatsOperated Super Catalina aircraft in the Caribbean during the 1970s serving San Juan Puerto Rico St Thomas and St Croix U S Virgin Islands and other destinations 36 See also edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to PBY Catalina PBY Catalina List of surviving PBY Catalina aircraftNotes edit Histarmar website Consolidated Catalina page retrieved 2015 01 24 a b Wilson Stewart 1994 Military Aircraft of Australia Weston Creek Australia Aerospace Publications p 216 ISBN 1875671080 Deployment and retrieval of Australian Hoehn folboats during the Pacific War Hoehn 2011 pp 2 66 69 70 A24 Consolidated PBY Catalina RAAF Museum Kostenuk and Griffin 1977 pp 25 26 Kostenuk and Griffin 1977 p 49 Kostenuk and Griffin 1977 p 50 a b Kostenuk and Griffin 1977 p 67 Kostenuk and Griffin 1977 p 68 Kostenuk and Griffin 1977 pp 24 25 Kostenuk and Griffin 1977 p 27 Kostenuk and Griffin 1977 p 28 Kostenuk and Griffin 1977 p 31 Kostenuk and Griffin 1977 p 55 Hagedorn 1993 Schroder Hans 1991 Royal Danish Airforce Ed Kay S Nielsen Tojhusmuseet 1991 p 1 64 ISBN 87 89022 24 6 Carr John 2012 On Spartan Wings The Royal Hellenic Air Force in World War Two Pen and Sword Aviation pp 70 72 ISBN 978 1848847989 a b Indonesian aviation 1945 1950 Archived 14 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine adf serials com Retrieved 20 March 2021 http www catalina org nz RNZAF 20PBYs htm Cat3 Consolidated PBY5a Catalina article at the Kiwi Aircraft Images website Becker 1991 p 117 https www defensa com espana museo aire finalizo restauracion avion anfibio pby catalina August 12 2016 El museo del Aire finalizo la restauracion de su avion anfibio PBY Catalina Taylor Michael J H ed GST Catalina Jane s Encyclopedia of Aviation New York Crescent 1993 p 453 ISBN 0 517 10316 8 The aircraft operation history Archived 2013 12 16 at the Wayback Machine ROCAF The first aircraft of China airlines Archived 2011 04 29 at the Wayback Machine News of China Airlines Canadian Civil Aircraft Register Quick Search Result China Airlines PBY 5A Airplane Model China airlines Best Air Britain Archive Spring 2010 p 35 a b Catalina flugbatar a Islandi Morgunbladid in Icelandic 24 May 1995 Retrieved 4 July 2022 Snorri Snorrason 22 June 2005 Catalina flugbaturinn TF ISP for fyrsta millilandaflugid Morgunbladid in Icelandic p 12 Retrieved 4 July 2022 Consolidated Catalina Canso Registry A Warbirds Resource Group Site Consolidated Catalina Canso Registry A Warbirds Resource Group Site http www timetableimages com May 1952 Caribbean International Airlines timetable http www timetableimages com June 1 1969 Alaska Airlines system timetable http www airliners net photos of Super Catalina aircraft operated by Antilles Air BoatsReferences editBecker Dave 1991 On Wings of Eagles South Africa s Military Aviation History Durban Walker Ramus ISBN 0 947478 47 7 Best Martin S The Development of Commercial Aviation in China Part 10A China National Aviation Corporation 1945 1949 Air Britain Archive Spring 2010 pp 19 36 ISSN 0262 4923 Creed Roscoe PBY The Catalina Flying Boat Annapolis MD US Naval Institute Press 1986 ISBN 0 87021 526 4 Crocker Mel Black Cats and Dumbos WW II s Fighting PBYs Crocker Media Expressions 2002 ISBN 0 9712901 0 5 Dorney Louis B US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Pacific War Botley Oxford UK Osprey Publishing 2007 ISBN 1 84176 911 8 Hagedorn Dan 1993 Central American and Caribbean Air Forces Air Britain ISBN 0 85130 210 6 Hendrie Andrew Flying Cats The Catalina Aircraft in World War II Annapolis MD US Naval Institute Press 1988 ISBN 0 87021 213 3 Hoehn John 2011 Commando Kayak The Australian Folboat Pacific Campaign hirschbooks net amp ozatwar com hoehn ISBN 978 3 033 01717 7 Kinzey Bert PBY Catalina in Detail amp Scale Carrollton Texas Squadron Signal Publications Inc 2000 ISBN 1 888974 19 2 Knott Richard C Black Cat Raiders of World War II Annapolis MD US Naval Institute Press 2000 ISBN 1 55750 471 7 Kostenuk S and J Griffin RCAF Squadron Histories and Aircraft 1924 1968 Toronto Samuel Stevens Hakkert amp Company 1977 ISBN 0 88866 577 6 Legg David Consolidated PBY Catalina The Peacetime Record Annapolis MD US Naval Institute Press 2002 ISBN 1 55750 245 5 Ragnarsson Ragnar US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Atlantic War Botley Oxford UK Osprey Publishing 2006 ISBN 1 84176 910 X Scarborough William E PBY Catalina in Action Aircraft number 62 Carrollton Texas Squadron Signal Publications Inc 1983 ISBN 0 89747 149 0 Scarborough William E PBY Catalina Walk Around Carrollton Texas Squadron Signal Publications Inc 1996 ISBN 0 89747 357 4 Wagner Ray The Story of the PBY Catalina Aero Biographies Volume 1 San Diego California Flight Classics 1972 Petit Jean Jacques Consolidated PBY 5A Catalina en France 2013 56 p ISBN 978 2 9528167 5 5Further reading editNunez Padin Jorge Felix 2009 Nunez Padin Jorge Felix ed JRF Goose PBY Catalina PBM Mariner amp HU 16 Albatros Serie Aeronaval in Spanish Vol 25 Bahia Blanca Argentina Fuerzas Aeronavales ISBN 9789872055745 Archived from the original on 2016 03 03 Retrieved 2015 01 26 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Consolidated PBY Catalina operators amp oldid 1213615981, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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