In the desperate weeks after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy sent slow PBY Catalina flying boats on an 800-mile strike against ...
Explore the fascinating story of the PBY Catalina, a legendary World War II flying boat that soared above expectations and ...
When the USS Cooper (DD-695) was hit by Japanese torpedoes in the Battle of Leyte, a famed PBY “Black Cat” was up to the task. Almost immediately, just after midnight, the U.S. Navy destroyer group ...
Click to open image viewer. Radar, twin .50 caliber guns in a power-driven bow turret, tall tail with a taller vertical fin first seen on the PBN-1; outrigger floats from each wingtip, hinged to fold ...