Aircraft History
Built by Consolidated Aircraft Corporation at San Diego. Assigned to the Royal Air Force (RAF) as Catalina serial number FP216 but never delivered. Delivered to the U.S. Navy (USN) as PBY-5A Catalina bureau number 05028.
Postwar
During 1945 this Catalina was assigned to NAS Pensacola to the Land Survival Training Center.
In 1992, donated to the National Museum of Naval Aviation and restored. In 2002 the restored Catalina was placed on display with a cutaway view of the fuselage below PBY-5 Catalina 08317 hangng above.
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Last Updated
November 9, 2019
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