Catalina History - The Catalina Society

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina | Military Aviation Museum

A great WWII propaganda film about the 'Black Cat' squadrons operating in the South Pacific in the early years of the 1940's. Painted matt black, the PBY Catalina aircraft would head off at night on stealth missions, bombing Japanese supply convoys when they least expected it. The aircraft was heavy, slow, hardly manoeuvrable and a very easy target during daylight hours. But at night, the aircraft became an invisible nighttime predator. Initially stationed at NAS Ford Island, Pearl Harbour, the

A Brief History of The PBY Black Cats Squadron (WWII)

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina #ww2 #ww2history #USAAF #aviationhi #aviationhistory | Steel Eagles