Catalina BuNo. 46522, N2172N. From what I have determined, this particular flying boat was built as a PBY-5A by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation in San Diego, California as Constructor’s ...

Among the favorite ex-military warbirds in their arsenal were PBY Catalina amphibious flying boats, PB4-Y2 Privateer patrol bombers, and even Grumman Tigercat fighters and Douglas DC-6 airliners.

In humid, midnight skies, the PBY Catalinas of World War II flew low over the waters of the Southwest Pacific. The black-painted Navy planes had one role: to cut the supplies Japanese ships ...