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PBY Catalina
A restored OA-10 Catalina in US Army Air Corps colors
Role
Maritime patrol bomber, search and rescue seaplane
Type of aircraft
National origin
United States
Manufacturer
Consolidated Aircraft
Built by
Boeing Canada (PB2B) Canadian Vickers (PBV) Naval Aircraft Factory (PBN) Soviet Gidrosamolet Transportnii factory at Taganrog (GST)
First flight
21 March 1935
Introduction
October 1936, United States Navy
Retired
January 1957 (United States Navy Reserve) 1982 (Brazilian Air Force)
Primary users
United States Navy United States Army Air Forces Royal Air Force Royal Canadian Air Force
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.[3] It was one of the most widely used seaplanes of World War II. Catalinas served with every branch of the United States Armed Forces and in the air forces and navies of many other nations. The last military PBYs served until the 1980s. As of 2021, 86 years after its first flight, the aircraft continues to fly as a waterbomber (or airtanker) in aerial firefighting operations in some parts of the world.
^Legg 2002, p. 285.
^Kinville, Patrick (7 March 2017). "The Soviet PBY Catalinas of WWII". VVS AIR WAR - The Soviet Air Forces at War. VVS Warbirds. Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
^Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1955-56 p. 188
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