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Consolidated PBY Catalinas Page 2 Click on the images or text for close-up sections. |
 11. PBY-5 Catalina I AH545 WQ-Z flown by Ens Leonard B. Smith USN attached to 209 Sq RAF, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland, May 1941 Located and tracked the German battleship Bismarck, 26 May, 1941. |
 12. PBY-5 Catalina 6501 (BuNo.08166) 02 'Arará' flown by Lt. Carlos Alberto Torres of the Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB, Natal Brazil, July 1943 Sank U-199 commanded by Kptlt. Hans-Werner Kraus, 31 July, 1943. |
 13. PBY-5 Catalina 6503 (BuNo.08186) 04 flown by Lt. Humberto (Mario) Victorio Fattori of the Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB, Natal Brazil, 1944 |
 14. PBY-5 Catalina XX-M NZ4012 'Naughty Nine' Bu.No 08450 flown by Flt Lt Guy Rodgers of 6 Sq. RNZAF, Halavo Bay, Solomon Islands, April, 1945 |
 15. PBY-5 Catalina XX-W NZ4020 'The Wandering Witch' Bu.No 08435 flown by Flt Lt Scholes of 6 Sq. RNZAF, Halavo Bay, Solomon Islands, April, 1945 |
 16. PBY-5 Catalina 'Black Cat' Bu.No 08436 No.66 flown by Lt(jg) Aljah W. Wright, Jr, of VP-34, Samarai, Papua New Guinea, 9 January, 1944 |
 17. PBY-5 Catalina 'Black Cat' Bu.No 08496 No.74 flown by Lt Ellis J. Fisher, of VP-34, Samarai, Papua New Guinea, 2 February, 1944 |
 18. PBY-5 Catalina 'Black Cat' Bu.No 08491 No.73 flown by Lt Vadym V. Utgoff of VP-34, Samarai, Papua New Guinea, 9 February, 1944 |
 19. PBY-5 Catalina 'Black Cat' Bu.No 08352 No.65 flown by Lt Norman L. Paxton, of VP-34, Samarai, Papua New Guinea, 10 February, 1944 |
 20. PBY-5 Catalina 'Black Cat' Bu.No 08434 No.71 flown by Lt Nathan G. Gordon, of VP-34, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 15 February, 1944 Lt.(jg) Gordon awarded the Medal of Honor and each member of his crew the Silver Star for their actions on February 15, 1944 in this PBY. |
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