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 serialDisplayed identityStatus Current location NotesOwner/airportTownRegionCountryPBY-5A 2459 16-218 (MLD) A Collings Foundation Stow Massachusetts United States Under restoration to original configurationPBY-5A 5021 CF-HFL R Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum Halifax Nova Scotia Canada PBY-5A 8109 48382 (RNoAF) D Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola Stavanger Rogaland Norway ex Royal Danish AirforcePBY-5 8272 A24-46 (RAAF) S Whaleworld Albany Western Australia Australia PBY-5 8317 8317 D National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola) Pensacola Florida United States PBY-5A 33966 N3936A D Kermit Weeks, Fantasy of Flight Polk City Florida United States PBY-5A 33968 N84857 D Pacific Northwest Naval Air Museum Oak Harbor Washington United States PBY-5A 33993 434033 (USAAF) D McChord Air Museum (McChord Field) Lakewood Washington United States PBY-5A 34027 N9505C R Yanks Air Museum California United States Removed from Ephrata, WA in 2024PB2B-2 44248 VH-ASA D The Powerhouse Museum Sydney New South Wales Australia PBY-5A 46456 46456 R Historic Aircraft Restoration Project (Floyd Bennett Field) New York City New York United States N4582TPBY-5A 46457 46457 D Rescue Museum (Kirtland AFB) Albuquerque New Mexico United States PBY-5A 46522 46522 A Erickson Aircraft Collection Madras Oregon United States N2172NPBY-5A 46539 PB-505 (AURI) D Dirgantara Mandala Museum (Adisucipto International Airport) Yogyakarta Java Indonesia PBY-5A 46582 6582 (USN) D Naval Air Station Jacksonville Collection Jacksonville Florida United States PBY-5A 46590 N68756 S Mark Pilkington Midland Texas United States PBY-5A 46595 4433879 (USAAF) D National Museum of the United States Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB) Dayton Ohio United States PBY-5A 46596 DR.1-1 (SPAF) D Museo del Aire Madrid Community of Madrid Spain PBY-5A 46602 46602 D National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola) Pensacola Florida United States PBY-5A 46624 N9502C D Aviation Heritage Museum Perth Western Australia Australia PBY-6A 46643 6552 (FAB) D Brazilian Air Force (Belém Air Base) Belém Pará Brazil PBY-6A 46644 VH-EAX A Qantas Founders Museum (Longreach Airport)CASA Australian Civil Aircraft Register Longreach Queensland Australia PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail) 46645 FP535 (RAF) D Norwegian Aviation Museum (Bodø Airport) Bodø Nordland Norway PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail) 46655 C-FIZU D Government of Newfoundland and Labrador St. Anthony Newfoundland and Labrador Canada PBY-6A 46662 N4NC A Liberty Aviation Museum Port Clinton Ohio United States PBY-6A 46665 VH-CAT R The Catalina Flying Memorial Ltd. (Bankstown Airport) City of Bankstown New South Wales Australia PBY-6A 46679 A24-362 (RAAF) A Historical Aircraft Restoration Society Illawarra Regional Airport New South Wales Australia VH-PBZ Felix flies home Retrieved: 27 February 2018.PBY-5A 48287 N287 R Cavanaugh Air LLC Addison Texas United States PBY-5A 48294 N9521C A Training Services Inc TA (Military Aviation Museum) Virginia Beach Virginia United States PBY-5A 48317 16-212 R MLD Soesterberg Utrecht Netherlands PBY-5A 48334 N74821 D Classic Flyers Museum Tauranga Bay of Plenty Region New Zealand PBY-5A 48352 A24-88 R Australian National Aviation Museum (Moorabbin Airport) Melbourne Victoria Australia PBY-5A 48375 N96UC R World's Greatest Aircraft Collection Polk City Florida United States PBY-5A 48406 48406 D San Diego Air & Space Museum (Balboa Park) San Diego California United States PBY-5A 48412 N7238Z R Rathmines Catalina Memorial Park Association City of Lake Macquarie New South Wales Australia under restoration for static displayPBY-5A 48423 JV928 R Tunison Foundation, Inc. Wappingers Falls New York United States 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) Palm Springs California United States N31235, currently under restorationPBY-6A 63993 L-866 (RDAF) D Royal Air Force Museum Cosford Cosford Shropshire United Kingdom PBY-6A 64017 N285RA R Israeli Air Force Museum (Hatzerim Airbase) Beersheba Southern District Israel PBY-6A 64035 L-861 (RDAF) D Danish Aviation Museum Helsingør North Zealand Denmark PBY-6A 64054 HK-2115P S Privat Cloppenburg Lower Saxony Germany PBY-6A (PBY-5A tail) 64064 EC-FMC R John Sterling Ocaña Province of Toledo Spain PBY-6A 64072 N7057C R American Airpower Museum Farmingdale New York United States PBY-6A 64092 N324FA R Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Superior Wisconsin United States PBY-6A 64097 N7179Y R Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Superior Wisconsin United States PBY-6A 64107 N9825Z R Frederick C Peterson Moses Lake Washington United States OA-10A 44-33954 N57875 R Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum Anchorage Alaska United States OA-10A 44-33972 N483CV R Flying Cat Aviation Sanford Maine United States OA-10A 44-34009 405 (FACh) D Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio Santiago Santiago Province Chile OA-10A 44-34037 N2763A R C F Nichols, Yanks Air Museum Chino California United States OA-10A 44-34081 VH-SBV D Air Force Museum of New Zealand (Wigram Aerodrome) Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand ex-Cathay Pacific VR-HDH and built for USAAF as Canadian-Vickers OA-10A CansoOA-10A 44-34085 CC-CDT A Ibero Chilena de Aviación Santiago Santiago Province Chile OA-10A 44-34094 E1497 (RCAF) D The Town of Botwood Botwood Newfoundland and Labrador Canada 28-5AMC/Canso A 9742 N68740 D Pima Air & Space Museum Tucson Arizona United States 28-5AMC/Canso A 9746 N5PY R Ron Ruble Aurora Oregon United States Bird Innovator, civilian experimental with 4 engines.28-5AMC/Canso A 9750 N206M R Black Cat Aviation Greybull Wyoming United States Canso A 9752 6527 (FAB) D Museu Aeroespacial (Afonsos Air Force Base) Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil Canso A 9767 N9767 A Soaring by the Sea, LLC EugeneOregonUnited StatesOriginally RCAF; "Princess of the Stars"Canso A 9810 47001 (SwAF) D Swedish Air Force Museum (Malmen Airbase) Linköping Östergötland County Sweden Canso A 9815 C-FNJB R Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum McMinnville Oregon United States Canso A 9830 C-FPQK D Fondation Aerovision Quebec/Quebec Air & Space Museum Saint-Hubert Quebec Canada Canso A 9837 C-FCRP D North Atlantic Aviation Museum Gander Newfoundland and Labrador Canada Canso A 9838 N4934H D Historic Aviation Memorial Museum Tyler Texas United States Canso A 11005 433915 (USAAF) A Catalina Aircraft Ltd (Duxford Aerodrome) Duxford Cambridgeshire United Kingdom G-PBYACanso A 11024 C-FUAW A Pacific Flying Boats North Saanich British Columbia Canada Canso A 11042 31-P-5 (USN) A Athenian Airlift Services Athens Attica Greece 5B-PBYCanso A 11047 N413PB D Hans Lauridsen Buckeye Arizona United States 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 Auckland Auckland Region New Zealand ZK-PBYCanso A 11060 A24-104 (RAAF) D RAAF Museum (RAAF Williams) Melbourne Victoria Australia Canso A 11074 N222FT A Wilson C Edwards Big Spring Texas United States Canso A 11084 9754 (RCAF) A Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport) Hamilton Ontario Canada C-FPQLCanso A 11087 11087 (RCAF) D Canada Aviation and Space Museum (Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport) Ottawa Ontario Canada Canso A 11088 C-FPQM A Exploits Valley Air Services Gander Newfoundland and Labrador Canada Canso A 11089 N427CV A National Museum of World War II Aviation Colorado Springs Colorado United States Canso A 11091 C-FNJC D Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Goose Bay Newfoundland and Labrador Canada Canso A 11093 CF-NJL S David Dorosh / Gananoque Airport Gananoque Ontario Canada Canso A 11094 C-FNJE A Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society (FARS) Retrieved: 12 April 2016.The Canso project. cbc.ca. Retrieved: 13 August 2010. Fairview Alberta Canada Catalina I FP216 (RAF) (none) D National Naval Aviation Museum (NAS Pensacola) Pensacola Florida United States Fuselage only with port side skin removed.PBY-5A 53602 53602 (FAE) D Museo Aeronáutico de la Fuerza Aérea (Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport) Quito Pichincha Province Ecuador PBY-5 2305 A24-30 (RAAF) D Catalina Memorial Park (Lake Boga Flying Boat Base) Lake Boga Victoria Australia May be Airworthy.
References Notes
Bibliography
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