History of the PBY Catalina

The Consolidated PBY Catalina was an important Allied seaplane used during World War Two for a number of roles, including air-to-sea rescue, patrolling, and anti-submarine warfare. This video describes these roles in more detail and discusses the development and characteristics of the aircraft.

00:00 Catalina Design and Production
02:00 Air-to-Sea Rescue
03:04 Patrol Missions
04:13 The Black Cats
04:45 Anti-Submarine Warfare
05:31 Post-WW2 Use
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Sources:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Consolidated_PBY_Catalina_operators
https://www.worldwariiaviation.org/aircraft/pby-pbv-1a-catalina#:~:text=The%20amphibious%20Consolidated%20PBY%20Catalina,rescue%20missions%2C%20and%20cargo%20transport.
https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/consolidated-pby-5-catalina/nasm_A19730277000#:~:text=The%20Consolidated%20PBY%20Catalina%20was,boats%20suffered%20a%20mass%20extinction.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/08/31/cat-tales-the-story-of-world-war-iis-pby-flying-boat/
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/aircraft-us/aircraft-usn-p/pby-catalina-aircraft.html
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nnam/explore/collections/aircraft/p/pby-5a-catalina.html
https://www.militaryaviationmuseum.org/aircraft/consolidated-pby-catalina/
https://pbycatalina.com/pby-6/#_ftn18
https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/catalinas-in-the-pacific
https://interestingengineering.com/transportation/wwii-catalina-is-back
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/nathan-gordon-pby-catalina-medal-honor-flight
Image and Video Attributions:
Video Clip 1: Taken from “Battle of Midway”, Author: National Archives and Records Administration, Published 1942, Usage: CC0 1.0 Universal, accessible at https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.65422.b
Video Clips 2-4: Taken from “Story of the Black Cats”, Author: National Archives and Records Administration, Usage: CC0 1.0 Universal, accessible at https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.12990
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