Consolidated PBY Catalina
Was the Navy's famous and versatile flying boat. It served in a variety of roles from torpedo bomber, patrol and air/sea rescue. Famous were the black painted "Black Cats". Also, the type flew with many other Allied nation's Air Forces.

The most famous Allied flying boat of WWII, the PBY Catalina was built in large numbers, and some are still in use today. While it was slow by contemporary standards, the PBY more than made up for it's lack of speed with its reliability and great range, as well as the fact that as a flying boat it could land on the water for rescue missions. It's long range made it an excellent reconnaissance aircraft over the world's oceans. It could be used as a bomber when other aircraft were unavailable, and Catalinas attacked targets at sea with bombs, depth charges, and even torpedoes.

OA-10 Catalina
PBY-5A/-6A amphibians for use in by the USAAF for search and rescue duties. This series was redesignated A-10 in 1948.

PB2B Version
A version of the PBY built by Boeing of Canada.

Other designations of the Catalina were:
A-10, PBN, PBV, PB3Y, P3Y