RAY CRUPI COLLECTION
No. 10472. Consolidated 28-2 PBY-2 Catalina (0454) US Navy
Photograph from Consolidated, taken at San Diego, California, USA, May 15, 1937

Consolidated 28-2 PBY-2 Catalina

02/28/2011. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "The first PBY-2 produced was, according the late W.T. Larkins, pictured ready for delivery. VP-11, the first USN patrol squadron to operate the PBY-1 Catalina, was also the first to get the new PBY-2, Consolidated Model 28-2. The aircraft water-looped on landing in Pensacola Bay, Florida, August 15, 1944, thirteen days later it was struck off charge. Note the retractable wing floats.


Created February 28, 2011