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 ...
The Catalina, originating as the 1928 XPY-1 prototype and designated PBY by the U.S. Navy, became the most popular flying boat of WWII with over 3,300 built, evolving into amphibious variants and ...