Before and after Dec. 7, 1941, the frequent appearance of big PBY Catalina flying boats skimming the wavetops in Pearl Harbor and Kaneohe Bay would have been an eye-catching sight. A PBY-5A Catalina ...
Until someone turns up with a better weather yarn, airmen of the Aleutians forces will stick to Hannibal, the hitchhiking sea gull. Hannibal, the story goes, turned up on the wing of a Navy Catalina ...
Ron Miner of Salem used his father's wartime sketches and paintings to illustrate "Sketches of a Black Cat," the memoir Ron assembled from Howard Miner's notes and drawings. (Mike Francis / The ...
The restoration of the world's oldest flying Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina, BuNo 2459, is progressing at American Aero Services in New Smyrna Beach, FL. After spending several years in the Netherlands, ...
Robert Paul Pinkney of Yountville is preparing to celebrate his 100th birthday. Pinkney, born in Bath, Michigan on May 8, 1917, flew the Consolidated PBY Catalina, one of the airplanes that helped win ...
The new World War II thriller Greyhound is an exciting film that portrays the Battle of the Atlantic from the perspective of a U.S. Navy destroyer Captain, played by Tom Hanks. In the film’s opening ...
Text printed on the recto side of the leaves. Probable date range of issue based on dates of production for the PBY-3. 1. Foreword -- 2. General description -- 3. Power plant description -- 4. Engine ...
A World War II-era seaplane, recently restored by a Puyallup father and son at the Pierce County Airport, was partly submerged and left stranded in the surf this week during filming of a Nicolas Cage ...
Jack Moyers, 98, a U.S. Navy pilot during WWII, was greeted by Lindsey Weaver and her six-year-old daughter Annabella, as he waited alone to be loaded on the bus to begin his Honor Flight at the VFW ...
The feathers of one of Oak Harbor’s most beloved birds were significantly brightened this week. “Gerral’s Girl,” the affectionately named PBY-5A Catalina flying boat that returned to the Sea Plane ...
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Top 10: Cult American warplanes of World War 2
The United States created many famous and formidable warplanes in the second world war. These included the B-17 Flying ...
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