Since his childhood, Randy Malmstrom has had a passion for aviation history and historic military aircraft in particular ... s Consolidated Vultee 28-5ACF (PBY-5A) Catalina BuNo.

The US military has a history of great seaplanes that served as valuable rescue, air lifters and maritime patrol craft. The ...

In humid, midnight skies, the PBY Catalinas of World War II flew low ... When he traveled by military train, the car he stayed in was only a boxcar with two sliding doors and stacks of straw ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Although slow, it was also used in anti-submarine warfare (ASW), convoy escort, search and rescue and cargo transport missions. While it may have been the ...

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 ...