List of surviving Consolidated PBY Catalinas explained

See main article: Consolidated PBY Catalina. 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 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]				Under restoration to original configuration
PBY-5A	5021	CF-HFL	R	Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum^[2]
PBY-5A	8109	48382 (RNoAF)	D	Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola^[3]				ex Royal Danish Airforce
PBY-5	8272	A24-46 (RAAF)	S	Whaleworld
PBY-5	8317	8317	D	National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola)^[4]
PBY-5A	33966	N3936A	D
PBY-5A	33968	N84857	D	Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum^[5]
PBY-5A	33993	434033 (USAAF)	D	McChord Air Museum (McChord Field)
PBY-5A	34027	N9505C	D	Comanche Air
PB2B-2	44248	VH-ASA	D
PBY-5A	46456	46456	R	Historic Aircraft Restoration Project (Floyd Bennett Field)				N4582T
PBY-5A	46457	46457	D	Rescue Museum (Kirtland AFB)
PBY-5A	46522	46522	A					N2172N
PBY-5A	46539	PB-505 (AURI)	D	Dirgantara Mandala Museum (Adisucipto International Airport)
PBY-5A	46582	6582 (USN)	D
PBY-5A	46590	N68756	S	Mark Pilkington
PBY-5A	46595	4433879 (USAAF)	D	National Museum of the United States Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB)^[6]
PBY-5A	46596	DR.1-1 (SPAF)	D
PBY-5A	46602	46602	D	National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola)
PBY-5A	46624	N9502C	D	Aviation Heritage Museum^[7]
PBY-6A	46643	6552 (FAB)	D	Brazilian Air Force (Belém Air Base)
PBY-6A	46644	VH-EAX	A	Qantas Founders Outback Museum (Longreach Airport)^[8]
PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail)	46645	FP535 (RAF)	D	Norwegian Aviation Museum (Bodø Airport)
PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail)	46655	C-FIZU	D
PBY-6A	46662	N4NC^[9]	A	Liberty Aviation Museum
PBY-6A	46665	VH-CAT	R	The Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd. (Bankstown Airport)^[10]
PBY-6A	46679	A24-362 (RAAF)	A					VH-PBZ ^[11]
PBY-5A	48287	N287	R
PBY-5A	48294	N9521C	A	Training Services Inc TA (Military Aviation Museum)
PBY-5A	48317	16-212	R					^[12]
PBY-5A	48334	N74821	D
PBY-5A	48352	A24-88	R	Australian National Aviation Museum (Moorabbin Airport)
PBY-5A	48375	N96UC	R	World's Greatest Aircraft Collection
PBY-5A	48406	48406	D	San Diego Air & Space Museum (Balboa Park)
PBY-5A	48412	N7238Z	R	Rathmines Catalina Memorial Park Association^[13]				under restoration for static display
PBY-5A	48423	JV928	R	Tunison Foundation, Inc.				N423RS, shipped to St Lucie County Airport, Fort Pierce, Florida on 25 January 2015 from UK. Relocated to New York for restoration to airworthiness in multi-step move from 2022-2023.
PBY-5A	48426	48426	R	Carmacks Commercial Corp (Palm Springs Air Museum)^[14]				N31235, currently under restoration
PBY-6A	63993	L-866 (RDAF)	D	Royal Air Force Museum Cosford^[15]
PBY-6A	64017	N285RA	R	Israeli Air Force Museum (Hatzerim Airbase)
PBY-6A	64035	L-861 (RDAF)	D	Danish Aviation Museum^[16]
PBY-6A	64054	HK-2115P	S	Privat
PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail)	64064	EC-FMC	R	John Sterling
PBY-6A	64072	N7057C	R	American Airpower Museum^[17]
PBY-6A	64092	N324FA	R	Commemorative Air Force (CAF)
PBY-6A	64097	N7179Y	R	Commemorative Air Force (CAF)
PBY-6A	64107	N9825Z	R	Frederick C Peterson
OA-10A	44-33954	N57875	R
OA-10A	44-33972	N483CV	R	Flying Cat Aviation
OA-10A	44-34009	405 (FACh)	D	Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio^[18]
OA-10A	44-34037	N2763A	R	C F Nichols, Yanks Air Museum^[19]
OA-10A	44-34081	VH-SBV	D	Air Force Museum of New Zealand (Wigram Aerodrome)				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
OA-10A	44-34094	E1497 (RCAF)	D
28-5AMC/Canso A	9742	N68740	D	Pima Air & Space Museum^[20]
28-5AMC/Canso A	9746	N5PY	R	Ron Ruble				Bird Innovator, civilian experimental with 4 engines.
28-5AMC/Canso A	9750	N206M	R	Black Cat Aviation
Canso A	9752	6527 (FAB)	D	Museu Aeroespacial (Afonsos Air Force Base)^[21]
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)
Canso A	9815	C-FNJB	R
Canso A	9830	C-FPQK	D	Fondation Aerovision Quebec/Quebec Air & Space Museum
Canso A	9837	C-FCRP	D
Canso A	9838	N4934H	D	Historic Aviation Memorial Museum
Canso A	11005	433915 (USAAF)	A	Catalina Aircraft Ltd (Duxford Aerodrome)^[22]				G-PBYA
Canso A	11024	C-FUAW	A	Pacific Flying Boats
Canso A	11042	31-P-5 (USN)	A	Athenian Airlift Services				5B-PBY
Canso A	11047	N413PB	D	Hans Lauridsen				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				ZK-PBY
Canso A	11060	A24-104 (RAAF)	D	RAAF Museum (RAAF Williams)
Canso A	11074	N222FT	A	Wilson C Edwards
Canso A	11084	9754 (RCAF)	A	Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport)				C-FPQL
Canso A	11087	11087 (RCAF)	D	Canada Aviation and Space Museum (Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport)^[23]
Canso A	11088	C-FPQM	A
Canso A	11089	N427CV	A	National Museum of World War II Aviation
Canso A	11091	C-FNJC	D
Canso A	11093	CF-NJL	S
Canso A	11094	C-FNJE	A	Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS)^[24] ^[25] ^[26]
Catalina I	FP216 (RAF)	(none)	D	National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola)^[27]				Fuselage only with port side skin removed.
PBY-5	53602	53602 (FAE)	D	Museo Aeronáutico de la Fuerza Aérea (Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport)
PBY-5	unknown	A24-30 (RAAF)	D	Catalina Memorial Park (Lake Boga Flying Boat Base)

May be Airworthy.

References

• Andrade, John. "US Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicestershire UK: Midland Counties Publications. 1979. .
• Legg, David. "Consolidated PBY Catalina: The Peacetime Record". Annapolis, MD: US Naval Institute Press, 2002. .
• Ogden, Bob. "Aviation Museums and Collections of North America". UK. Air-Britain. 2007.
• Petit, Jean-Jacques. Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina en France. 2013 – 56 p

External links

• Catalina Aircraft Trust
• Australian civil aircraft register
• The Catalina Society (Plane Sailing) UK
• The New Zealand Catalina Preservation Society

Notes and References

1. Web site: A P-Boat Comes Home: The Journey of Consolidated PBY-5A Bu. No. 2459 Begins . . May 29, 2019 . December 26, 2019.
2. Book: Ogden, Bob . Aviation Museums and Collections of North America . Air-Britain . UK . 978-0-85130-385-7 . 2007 .
3. Book: Legg, David . Consolidated PBY Catalina: The Peacetime Record . Airlife Publishing Ltd . UK . 1-84037-276-1 . 2002 .
4. Web site: Welcome – National Naval Aviation Museum. National Naval Aviation Museum.
5. Web site: 11 August 2023 . History of the Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum . 11 August 2023 . Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum.
6. Web site: Consolidated OA-10 Catalina. National Museum of the United States Air Force™.
7. Web site: Aircraft – Catalina . Aviation Heritage Museum of WA . RAAF Association of WA . Western Australia. 2015-02-28 .
8. CASA Australian Civil Aircraft Register
9. Web site: Aircraft Inquiry.
10. Web site: Catalina Flying Memorial. www.catalinaflying.org.au.
11. http://aviationspottersonline.com/felix-flies-home/ Felix flies home Retrieved: 27 February 2018.
12. Web site: Iconische Catalina vliegboot wordt gerestaureerd in NTM!. 7 September 2020.
13. Web site: Rathmines Catalina Association – Home. rathmines-catalina.com.
14. Web site: Home – Palm Springs Air Museum. Palm Springs Air Museum.
15. Web site: Cosford – RAF Museum. rafmuseum.org.uk.
16. Web site: Danmarks Tekniske Museum – Helsingor – Denmark. www.aviationmuseum.eu.
17. Web site: American Airpower Museum. American Airpower Museum.
18. Web site: Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio. museoaeronautico.cl.
19. Web site: Yanks Air Museum. https://web.archive.org/web/20080916160645/http://www.yanksair.com/index.html. dead. September 16, 2008.
20. Web site: Pima Adds a Catalina… and a Privateer!. August 23, 2015.
21. Web site: MUSEU AEROESPACIAL. aer.mil.br.
22. Web site: World Catalina News – Latest online edition for PBY Catalinas.
23. Web site: Canada Aviation and Space Museum. technomuses.ca.
24. Web site: CCARCS-RIACC – Quick Search Result. wwwapps.tc.gc.ca. 28 August 2013.
25. Web site: SAVE THE CANSO webpage. savethecanso.com. Retrieved: 12 April 2016.
26. http://www.cbc.ca/albertaatnoon/2010/06/the-canso-project.html The Canso project.
27. Web site: PBY Catalina International Association.