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Catalina - Aircraft Profile - Consolidated : Catalina

Catalina

Manufacturer : Consolidated
Number Built : 3305
Production Began : 1936
Retired : 1957
Type :

Built by the Consolidated Aircraft Company and designed by Isaax M Ladden. the Catalina first flew on the 28th march 1935. and first flew with the US Navy in October 1936. In 1935 the cost of each Catalina was $90,000 and just over 4,000 were built. The Catalina was used in various maritime roles. but it was designed initially as a maritime patrol bomber. Its long range was intended to seek out enemy transport and supply ships. but was eventually used in many roles including Convoy escort,, anti submarine warfare and search and rescue. In its role as a search and rescue aircraft it probably is best remembered for many thousands of aircrews shot down in the Pacific and less extend in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. The Catalina was the most successful flying boat of the war and even served in a military role until the early 1980's some are still used today in aerial firefighting.

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In early May 1941, in conditions of strict secrecy because the United States was not yet at war, seventeen pilots of the US Navy had arrived in Britain and been attached to Catalina squadrons of Coastal Command. These experienced PBY pilots were there to assist the Royal Air Force to become familiar with the Catalina, and also to gain operational experience for the US Navy. On 26th May 1941 Catalina Z of No.209 Sqn, commanded by Flying Officer Dennis Briggs RAF, with Ensign Leonard B Smith USN as co-pilot, joined the search for the Bismarck. At 1015 the aircraft was being flown in poor visibility at an altitude of 500ft when Ensign Smith sighted the Bismarck at a range of eight miles. The Catalina was flown towards the contact so that a positive identification could be made and emerged from the cloud only 500 yards from the German ship. The aircraft met a hail of anti-aircraft fire but was able to make its escape. As a result of the sighting report from Catalina Z the Bismarck was again engaged by ships and aircraft of the Royal Navy and was sunk at 1040 on 27th May 1941. Leonard Smith can be considered therefore, the first American to be directly involved in action in World War Two. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (American) for his actions.

The Aircraft That Found the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.		 The Consolidated Model 28 PBY Catalina was so successful in its definitive form that it went on to become the most extensively built flying boat of all time. Here, a 210 Squadron Catalina Mk IVA from RAF Sullom Voe, Shetland, has located two weary downed aircrew, drained but grateful after a long night in the North Atlantic swell.

By Dawn's Light by Ivan Berryman. (PC)		 Royal Air Force catalina over flys a Royal Navy Cruiser of Gibraltar while on patrol.

On the Prowl by Timothy OBrien. (PC)		B0223. Catalina Crescendo by Ivan Berryman.

Catalina Crescendo by Ivan Berryman.

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By Dawn's Light by Ivan Berryman.


Catalina Crescendo by Ivan Berryman.


Clipped Signature - Nathan Gordon.


Clipped Signature - John Brately.


Clipped Signature - John Cruickshank.


Clipped Signature - John Tattersall.


Clipped Signature - Ron Vaughan.


Clipped Signature - John Bishop.


Clipped Signature - Vic Hodgkinson.


Clipped Signature - Paddy Mahon.


Clipped Signature - Cole Windham.


Clipped Signature - Sir Denis Spotswood.


Clipped Signature - Leonard B Smith.


Sinking of U-Boat 347 by Tim Fisher.


Catalina Attack by John Wynne Hopkins.


Black Cat Rescue by Nicolas Trudgian.


Flight Out of Hell by Nicolas Trudgian.


Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown.


The Aircraft That Found the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman.


Black Cat, Indian Ocean, 1944 by David Pentland.

Great Catalina Take-Off by Roy Cross.


Main Body by Stan Stokes.


Wings Over Waikiki by Stan Stokes.


On the Prowl by Timothy OBrien.

Catalina
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No.210 Sqn RAF
Country : UK
Disbanded 15th November 1971
Known Codes : , DA, VG,

No.210 Sqn RAF

Yn y nwyfre yn hedfan - Hovering in the heavens

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