List of surviving Consolidated PBY Catalinas

PBY Catalina Survivors identifies Catalinas on display, and includes aircraft designations, status, serial numbers, locations and additional information. The Consolidated PBY Catalina was a twin-engined American flying boat of the 1930s and 1940s, designed by Consolidated Aircraft Co. Several variants were built at five US and Canadian manufacturing plants.

Surviving Canso A G-PBYA at Duxford Flying Legends 2007

Survivors

These complete examples of Catalina have been preserved or restored to various levels including markings, nose art, 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 Bureau of Aeronautics (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 aircraft.

Status Codes:

D = Display
A = Airworthy
S = Stored
R = Under restoration
Designation Original serialDisplayed identityStatus Current location Notes
Owner/airport Town Region Country
PBY-5A 2459 16-218 (MLD) A Stichting Neptune Association Lelystad Flevoland Netherlands PH-PBY
PBY-5A 5021 CF-HFL R Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum[1] Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
PBY-5A 8109 48382 (RNoAF) D Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola[2] Stavanger Rogaland Norway
PBY-5 8272 A24-46 (RAAF) S Whaleworld Albany Western Australia Australia
PBY-5 8317 8317 D National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola)[3] Pensacola Florida United States
PBY-5A 33966 N3936A S Kermit Weeks, Fantasy of Flight Polk City Florida United States
PBY-5A 33968 N84857 D PBY Memorial Foundation Museum (NAS Whidbey Island) Oak Harbor Washington United States
PBY-5A 33993 434033 (USAAF) R McChord Air Museum (McChord Field)[1] Lakewood Washington United States
PBY-5A 34027 N9505C A Comanche Air Ephrata Washington United States
PB2B-2 44248 VH-ASA D The Powerhouse Museum Sydney New South Wales Australia
PBY-5A 46456 46456 R Historic Aircraft Restoration Project (Floyd Bennett Field) New York City New York United States N4582T
PBY-5A 46457 46457 D Rescue Museum (Kirtland AFB) Albuquerque New Mexico United States
PBY-5A 46522 46522 A Erickson Group Ltd / Tillamook Air Museum[4] Tillamook Oregon United States N2172N
PBY-5A 46539 PB-505 (AURI) D Museum Dirgantara Mandala (TNI-AU Museum) (Adisucipto International Airport) Yogyakarta Java Indonesia
PBY-5A 46582 6582 (USN) D Naval Air Station Jacksonville Collection Jacksonville Florida United States
PBY-5A 46590 N68756 S Mark Pilkington Midland Texas United States
PBY-5A 46595 4433879 (USAAF) D National Museum of the United States Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB)[5] Dayton Ohio United States
PBY-5A 46596 DR.1-1 (SPAF) D Museo del Aire Madrid Community of Madrid Spain
PBY-5A 46602 46602 D National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola) Pensacola Florida United States
PBY-5A 46624 N9502C D Aviation Heritage Museum[6] Perth Western Australia Australia
PBY-6A 46643 6552 (FAB) D Brazilian Air Force (Belém Air Base) Belém Pará Brazil
PBY-6A 46644 VH-EAX A Qantas Founders Outback Museum (Longreach Airport)[7] Longreach Queensland Australia
PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail) 46645 FP535 (RAF) D Norwegian Aviation Museum (Bodø Airport) Bodø Nordland Norway
PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail) 46655 C-FIZU D Government of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Anthony Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
PBY-6A 46662 N4NC A Wilson C Edwards Big Spring Texas United States
PBY-6A 46665 VH-CAT R The Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd. (Bankstown Airport)[8] City of Bankstown New South Wales Australia
PBY-6A 46679 A24-362 (RAAF) A Historical Aircraft Restoration Society Sydney New South Wales Australia VH-PBZ
PBY-5A 48287 N287 R Cavanaugh Air LLC Addison Texas United States
PBY-5A 48294 N9521C A Training Services Inc TA (Military Aviation Museum) Virginia Beach Virginia United States
PBY-5A 48317 16-212 (MLD) S Militaire Luchtvaart Museum Soesterberg Utrecht] Netherlands
PBY-5A 48334 N74821 D Classic Flyers Museum Tauranga Bay of Plenty Region New Zealand
PBY-5A 48352 A24-88 R Australian National Aviation Museum (Moorabbin Airport) Melbourne Victoria Australia
PBY-5A 48375 N96UC R World's Greatest Aircraft Collection Polk City Florida United States
PBY-5A 48406 48406 D San Diego Air & Space Museum (Balboa Park) San Diego California United States
PBY-5A 48412 N7238Z R Rathmines Catalina Memorial Park Association[9] City of Lake Macquarie New South Wales Australia under restoration for static display
PBY-5A 48423 JV928 A Southern Aircraft Consultancy (North Weald Airfield Museum) North Weald Essex United Kingdom N423RS
PBY-5A 48426 48426 A Carmacks Commercial Corp (Palm Springs Air Museum)[10] Palm Springs California United States N31235
PBY-6A 63993 L-866 (RDAF) D Royal Air Force Museum Cosford[11] Cosford Shropshire United Kingdom
PBY-6A 64017 N285RA R Israeli Air Force Museum (Hatzerim Airbase) Beersheba Southern District Israel
PBY-6A 64035 L-861 (RDAF) D Danish Aviation Museum[12] Helsingør North Zealand Denmark
PBY-6A 64054 HK-2115P S TAC (Transportes Aéreos Colombianos) Villavicencio Meta Department Colombia
PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail) 64064 EC-FMC R David Pajus Ocaña Province of Toledo Spain
PBY-6A 64072 N7057C A American Airpower Museum[13] Farmingdale New York United States
PBY-6A 64092 N324FA R Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Duluth Minnesota United States
PBY-6A 64097 N7179Y R Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Saint Paul Minnesota United States
PBY-6A 64107 N9825Z R Frederick C Peterson Moses Lake Washington United States
OA-10A 44-33954 N57875 R Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum Anchorage Alaska United States
OA-10A 44-33972 N483CV A Flying Cat Aviation Sanford Maine United States
OA-10A 44-34009 405 (FACh) D Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio de Chile[14] Santiago Santiago Province Chile
OA-10A 44-34037 N2763A R C F Nichols, Yanks Air Museum[15] Chino California United States
OA-10A 44-34081 VH-SBV D Air Force Museum of New Zealand (Wigram Aerodrome) Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand
OA-10A 44-34085 CC-CDT A Ibero Chilena de Aviación Santiago Santiago Province Chile
OA-10A 44-34094 E1497 (RCAF) D The Town of Botwood Botwood Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
28-5AMC/Canso A 9742 N68740 D Lone Star Flight Museum[16] Galveston Texas United States
28-5AMC/Canso A 9746 N5PY R Ron Ruble Aurora Oregon United States Bird Innovator, civilian experimental with 4 engines.
28-5AMC/Canso A 9750 N206M R Black Cat Aviation Greybull Wyoming United States
Canso A 9752 6527 (FAB) D Museu Aeroespacial (Afonsos Air Force Base)[17] Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Canso A 9767 N9767 A Catalina Air Trust (CAT) Paris Île-de-France France
Canso A 9810 47001 (SwAF) D Swedish Air Force Museum (Malmen Airbase) Linköping Östergötland County Sweden
Canso A 9815 C-FNJB R Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum McMinnville Oregon United States
Canso A 9830 C-FPQK D Fondation Aerovision Quebec/Quebec Air & Space Museum[18] Saint-Hubert Quebec Canada
Canso A 9837 C-FCRP D North Atlantic Aviation Museum Gander Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
Canso A 9838 N4934H D Historic Aviation Memorial Museum Tyler Texas United States
Canso A 11005 433915 (USAAF) A Catalina Aircraft Ltd (Duxford Aerodrome)[19] Duxford Cambridgeshire United Kingdom G-PBYA
Canso A 11024 C-FUAW S Pacific Flying Boats[18] North Saanich British Columbia Canada
Canso A 11042 31-P-5 (USN) A Athenian Airlift Services Athens Attica Greece 5B-PBY
Canso A 11047 N413PB A Hans Lauridsen Glendale Arizona United States
Canso A 11054 NZ4017 (RNZAF) R The New Zealand Catalina Preservation Society Auckland Auckland Region New Zealand ZK-PBY
Canso A 11060 A24-104 (RAAF) D RAAF Museum (RAAF Williams) Melbourne Victoria Australia
Canso A 11074 N222FT A Wilson C Edwards Big Spring Texas United States
Canso A 11084 9754 (RCAF) A Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport)[18] Hamilton Ontario Canada C-FPQL
Canso A 11087 11087 (RCAF) D Canada Aviation and Space Museum (Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport)[20] Ottawa Ontario Canada
Canso A 11088 C-FPQM A Exploits Valley Air Services[18] Gander Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
Canso A 11089 N427CV A Greatest Generation Naval Museum (Gillespie Field) El Cajon California United States
Canso A 11091 C-FNJC D Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Goose Bay Newfoundland and Labrador Canada
Canso A 11093 CF-NJL S David Dorosh[18] Edmonton Alberta Canada
Canso A 11094 C-FNJE R Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS)[18][21][22] Fairview Alberta Canada
Catalina I FP216 (RAF) (none) D National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola)[23] Pensacola Florida United States Fuselage only with port side skin removed.
PBY-5 53602 53602 (FAE) D Museo Aeronáutico de la Fuerza Aérea (Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport) Quito Pichincha Province Ecuador
PBY-5 unknown A24-30 (RAAF) D Catalina Memorial Park (Lake Boga Flying Boat Base) Lake Boga Victoria Australia

Notes

  1. 1 2 Ogden,Bob (2007). Aviation Museums and Collections of North America. UK: Air-Britain. ISBN 0-85130-385-4.
  2. ↑ Legg,David (2002). Consolidated PBY Catalina: The Peacetime Record. UK: Airlife Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84037-276-1.
  3. ↑ "Welcome - National Naval Aviation Museum". National Naval Aviation Museum.
  4. ↑ "Tillamook Air Museum". Tillamook Air Museum.
  5. ↑ National Museum of USAF
  6. ↑ "Aircraft - Catalina". Aviation Heritage Museum of WA. Western Australia: RAAF Association of WA. Retrieved 2015-02-28.
  7. ↑ CASA Australian Civil Aircraft Register
  8. ↑ The Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd
  9. ↑ Rathmines Catalina Memorial Park Associatio
  10. ↑ "Home - Palm Springs Air Museum". Palm Springs Air Museum.
  11. ↑ "Cosford - RAF Museum". rafmuseum.org.uk.
  12. ↑ Danmarks Tekniske Museum
  13. ↑ "American Airpower Museum". American Airpower Museum.
  14. ↑ "Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio". museoaeronautico.cl.
  15. ↑ Yanks Air Museum
  16. ↑ "Home". lsfm.org.
  17. ↑ "MUSEU AEROESPACIAL". aer.mil.br.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Canadian Civil Aircraft Register: Quick Search Result for PBY
  19. ↑ World Catalina News
  20. ↑ "Canada Aviation and Space Museum". technomuses.ca.
  21. ↑ "SAVE THE CANSO webpage". savethecanso.com.
  22. ↑ The Canso project. cbc.ca. Retrieved: 13 August 2010.
  23. ↑ PBY Catalina International Association

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