The PBY Catalina, also known as the PBY Canso in Canadian Service was a flying boat manufactured by Consolidated Aircraft, it was one of the most widely used seaplanes throughout World War II.
Assembling a wing section for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft factory in Fort Worth, October 1942.
Assembling a wing section for a transport plane at the Consolidated Aircraft factory in Fort Worth, October 1942.
The ground crew wade through icy Alaskan waters to bring in a Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat of the US Air Force, 27th February 1943. The flying boat has been on patrol, scouting for Japanese aircraft during World War II. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Four generations of maritime patrol aircraft: Consolidated PBY Catalina, Lockheed P-2V Neptune, Lockheed AP-3C Orion, and Boeing P-8A Poseidon [3600x2401]
Pictured is a Consolidated Liberator V Mark IV of RAF 70th squadron that was damaged during a daylight raid on the shipbuilding yards of Monfalcone, Trieste, Italy, in 1945. The aircraft was hit in the fuselage near the flight deck when a bomb form an aircraft above it struck the Liberator.
Working on wing of Consolidated Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942. Great low key Star Wars vibe.
The Consolidated C-87 'Liberator Express' was a transport version of the B-24 Liberator bomber that was produced in reasonable numbers and saw service with the USAAF, US navy, RAF and RAAF seen here at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas October 1942.
Four generations of maritime patrol aircraft: Consolidated PBY Catalina, Lockheed P-2V Neptune, Lockheed AP-3C Orion, and Boeing P-8A Poseidon [3600x2401]
Funeral after Freckleton air disaster. Consolidated B-24 Liberator crashed during a test flight into the centre of the village of Freckleton, killing all three crewmen aboard the aircraft and 58 individuals on the ground, including 38 children aged four to six.
Guess the name of this plane : Consolidated Aircraft Corp. plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942.
Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina Bureau Number 48426 under restoration at the Palm Springs Air Museum. This aircraft was used as a water bomber to fight forest fires, and has been on display in Palm Springs since 2007, but is now undergoing restoration to flying condition. reddit.com/gallery/prmr04
Howard Hollem, Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, 1942
Yesterday died one of the last WWII RAF airmen, sergeant Tomas Lom at age of 96. Tomas Lom served between 1944-1945 in Czechoslovak 311. Bomber Squadron RAF as radio operator-mechanic in Consolidated B-24 Liberator. Once a bomb exploded inside his aircraft. [963x761]
Consolidated B-24D-1-CO - 41-23711, 'Jerks Natural', of the 328th Bomb Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, and the 8th Air Force at RAF Alconbury, England, 1942. Photo taken at Gambut Airfield, Libya. Feb. 1943. The aircraft flew the on the Ploesti mission, diverting safely to Sicily on Aug 1, 1943.
Lowering an engine in place in assembling a transport plane in a Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, 1942.
Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express, the B-24 transport variant, at Natal, Brazil, 1943. The US set a base there playing an important role during WW2 for anti-sub patrols and as a strategic base for aircraft flying between South America and West Africa.
US Army photo of a turret lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (Oct. 1942)
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation workers, Fort Worth, Texas, United States, October 1942.
US Army photo of a turret lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (Oct. 1942)
Consolidated C-109, a fuel transport variant of the B-24 to support B-29 operations in central China. Though 2,000 conversions were ordered, the capture of the Marianas provided a far easier resupply point for the B-29s, and only 218 aircraft were converted. They could carry 2,900 gallons of fuel. reddit.com/gallery/oewi0p
A lathe operator forges parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant in Fort Worth, Texas. 1942.
A lathe operator forges parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant in Fort Worth, Texas. 1942.
Yesterday died one of the last WWII RAF airmen, sergeant Tomas Lom at age of 96. Tomas Lom served between 1944-1945 in Czechoslovak 311. Bomber Squadron RAF as radio operator-mechanic in Consolidated B-24 Liberator. Once a bomb exploded inside his aircraft. [963x761]
Consolidated XP4Y Corregidor. Though the aircraft had good performance for a maritime patrol aircraft, a shortage of Wright R-3350 engines (which were diverted to the B-29) ensured that only one prototype was ever built, and Consolidated focused on building PBY Catalinas. reddit.com/gallery/mymlkj
Security check at Consolidated Aircraft, Fort Worth Texas - 1942
Consolidated TBY-2 Sea Wolf in flight over Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland, on 22 May 1945. One of the more interesting "what-if" aircraft of the war. The original design was not by Consolidated Aircraft, but rather by Vought, who designed the then XTBU-1 Sea Wolf to a 1939 US Navy requi
B-24 formation ship - "First Sergeant" was a war-weary Consolidated B-24D used to assemble large formations. Once the formation was formed up, this aircraft returned to base, 1944.
Consolidated TBY-2 BuNo 30386 in flight This aircraft was the competitor to the Grumman Avenger. It never became operational.
Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boat and amphibious aircraft - U.S. Navy[3840 x 2160] youtu.be/Xuj3Zfh7QZ4
American Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber aircraft during the bombing of oil refineries in PloieΘti, Romania on 1 August 1943 during Operation Tidal Wave
B-24 formation ship - "First Sergeant" was a war-weary Consolidated B-24D used to assemble large formations. Once the formation was formed up, this aircraft returned to base, 1944.
A lathe operator forges parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant in Fort Worth, Tex., in October 1942.
Six of dad's eight sisters doing a radio broadcast for Consolidated Vultee Aircraft August 2 1943. Front row William T Ponder, Lt. Don Briggs, James Duffy. The Thompson sisters Jewel, Rubye, Freda, Marie, Daphne, Dell. They built B-24 Bombers.
A turret lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas, USA in the 1940s.
PB2Y under chicken wire camouflage in the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft plane, San Diego, California
Consolidated Coronado-Catalina's big brother. Was Halsey's personal aircraft, a big flying boat.
Lathe operator machining parts for transport planes at the Consolidated Aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas in October 1942.
Lowering an engine in place in assembling a transport plane in a Consolidated Aircraft Corporation plant, Fort Worth, Texas
Aircraft parts are strewn by the Consolidated B-24D Lady Be Good after it skidded to a halt amid the otherwise emptiness of the Libyan desert [1800 x 1192]
Consolidated B-32 Dominator bombers in Consolidated Aircraft Plant No. 4, WW2
Consolidated B-24D, "First Sergeant" was a war-weary Consolidated B-24D used to assemble large formations. Once the formation was formed up, this aircraft returned to base. 1943. [2041x1271]
Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas Photographer Howard R. Hollem October 1942 [831x1024]
Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft returns from patrol flight to harbor at Attu. July 1943. [2636 x 2120]
