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.
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Surviving aircraft
These complete examples of Catalinas 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 serial
Displayed identity
Status
Current location
Notes
Owner/airport
Town
Region
Country
PBY-5A
2459
16-218 (MLD )
A
Collings Foundation [1]
Stow
Massachusetts
United States
Under restoration to original configuration
PBY-5A
5021
CF-HFL
R
Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum [2]
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canada
PBY-5A
8109
48382 (RNoAF )
D
Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola [3]
Stavanger
Rogaland
Norway
ex Royal Danish Airforce
PBY-5
8272
A24-46 (RAAF )
S
Whaleworld
Albany
Western Australia
Australia
PBY-5
8317
8317
D
National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola )[4]
Pensacola
Florida
United States
PBY-5A
33966
N3936A
D
Kermit Weeks, Fantasy of Flight
Polk City
Florida
United States
PBY-5A
33968
N84857
D
Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum [5]
Oak Harbor
Washington
United States
PBY-5A
33993
434033 (USAAF )
D
McChord Air Museum (McChord Field )[2]
Lakewood
Washington
United States
PBY-5A
34027
N9505C
D
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 Aircraft Collection
Madras
Oregon
United States
N2172N
PBY-5A
46539
PB-505 (AURI )
D
Dirgantara Mandala 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 )[6]
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 [7]
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 )[8]
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[9]
A
Liberty Aviation Museum
Port Clinton
Ohio
United States
PBY-6A
46665
VH-CAT
R
The Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd. (Bankstown Airport )[10]
City of Bankstown
New South Wales
Australia
PBY-6A
46679
A24-362 (RAAF )
A
Historical Aircraft Restoration Society
Illawarra Regional Airport
New South Wales
Australia
VH-PBZ [11]
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
R
MLD
Soesterberg
Utrecht
Netherlands
[12]
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[13]
City of Lake Macquarie
New South Wales
Australia
under restoration for static display
PBY-5A
48423
JV928
S
Tunison Foundation, Inc.
Oxford
Connecticut
United States
N423RS, shipped to St Lucie County Airport, Fort Pierce, Florida on 25 January 2015.
PBY-5A
48426
48426
R
Carmacks Commercial Corp (Palm Springs Air Museum )[14]
Palm Springs
California
United States
N31235, currently[when? ] under restoration
PBY-6A
63993
L-866 (RDAF )
D
Royal Air Force Museum Cosford [15]
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[16]
Helsingør
North Zealand
Denmark
PBY-6A
64054
HK-2115P
S
Privat
Cloppenburg
Lower Saxony
Germany
PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail)
64064
EC-FMC
R
John Sterling
Ocaña
Province of Toledo
Spain
PBY-6A
64072
N7057C
R
American Airpower Museum [17]
Farmingdale
New York
United States
PBY-6A
64092
N324FA
R
Commemorative Air Force (CAF)
Superior
Wisconsin
United States
PBY-6A
64097
N7179Y
R
Commemorative Air Force (CAF)
Superior
Wisconsin
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
R
Flying Cat Aviation
Sanford
Maine
United States
OA-10A
44-34009
405 (FACh )
D
Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio [18]
Santiago
Santiago Province
Chile
OA-10A
44-34037
N2763A
R
C F Nichols, Yanks Air Museum [19]
Chino
California
United States
OA-10A
44-34081
VH-SBV
D
Air Force Museum of New Zealand (Wigram Aerodrome )
Christchurch
Canterbury
New Zealand
ex-Cathay Pacific VR-HDH and built for USAAF as Canadian-Vickers OA-10A Canso
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
Pima Air & Space Museum [20]
Tucson
Arizona
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 )[21]
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Canso A
9767
N9767
A
Soaring by the Sea, LLC
Eugene
Oregon
United States
Originally RCAF ; "Princess of the Stars"
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[22]
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 )[23]
Duxford
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom
G-PBYA
Canso A
11024
C-FUAW
A
Pacific Flying Boats[22]
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
D
Hans Lauridsen
Buckeye
Arizona
United States
Aircraft significantly damaged.
Update: As of October 2023 the aircraft appears to be undergoing scrapping due to the extensive damage.
Canso A
11054
NZ4017 (RNZAF )
A
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 )[22]
Hamilton
Ontario
Canada
C-FPQL
Canso A
11087
11087 (RCAF )
D
Canada Aviation and Space Museum (Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport )[24]
Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Canso A
11088
C-FPQM
A
Exploits Valley Air Services [22]
Gander
Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada
Canso A
11089
N427CV
A
National Museum of World War II Aviation
Colorado Springs
Colorado
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[A]
David Dorosh[22] / Gananoque Airport [25]
Gananoque
Ontario
Canada
Canso A
11094
C-FNJE
A
Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS)[22] [26] [27]
Fairview
Alberta
Canada
Catalina I
FP216 (RAF )
(none)
D
National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola )[28]
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
References
Andrade, John. "US Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicestershire UK: Midland Counties Publications. 1979. ISBN 0-904597-22-9 .
Legg, David. "Consolidated PBY Catalina: The Peacetime Record". Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press, 2002. ISBN 1-55750-245-5 .
Ogden, Bob. "Aviation Museums and Collections of North America". UK. Air-Britain. 2007. ISBN 0-85130-385-4
Petit, Jean-Jacques. Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina en France. 2013 – 56 p ISBN 978-2-9528167-5-5
External links
This page was last edited on 6 February 2024, at 03:45