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 ...

Many Oak Harbor residents drive past a covered PBY-5A Catalina on Pioneer Way, across the street from the Pacific Northwest Naval Museum, every day. Soon, that will change. In 1945, the Navy ...

The PBY Memorial houses war-time collectables from throughout American history. They’ll worry about the PBY Catalina later. For now, leaders of the PBY Memorial Foundation PBY-Naval Air Museum are ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Radar, twin .50 caliber guns in a ...

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, ...

What is it: A collection of memorabilia and more tracing naval aviation history from World War II to today. There are more than 2,500 square feet of display space in 11 rooms. The center focuses on ...

OAK HARBOR – Adolph Meisch talks about being aboard a U.S. Navy flying patrol boat in the mid-1940s trying to reach Adak Island from the community of Kodiak in the northern reaches of Alaska. John ...

OAK HARBOR — A hidden relic of the World War II-era solution to “Oak Harbor’s first housing crisis” is in danger, and members of the PBY Memorial Foundation are scrambling to save it. An old Quonset ...

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 ...

Throughout their history, posters have been a significant means of mass communication, often with striking visual effect. Wendy Wick Reaves, the Smithsonian Portrait Gallery Curator of Prints and ...