Gear Up, pt 7 - PBYWreck.jpg (1/1)

[Mitchell Holman]

[Barry[_2_]]

That was taken at Diego Garcia..(BIOT) British Indian Ocean Territory

Barry

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[Grumpy AuContraire[_2_]]

Yep and it was far more gone than that back in '92.

JT




Barry wrote:

> That was taken at Diego Garcia..(BIOT) British Indian Ocean Territory
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> Barry
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[fannum]

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:21:04 -0500, Mitchell Holman
> wrote:

Actually it's a PBY-5, the rather uncommon seaplane version. Without
landing gear. Almost all of these were built for the Brits.

Cheers, Bob

[John B]

"fannum" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:21:04 -0500, Mitchell Holman
> > wrote:
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> Actually it's a PBY-5, the rather uncommon seaplane version. Without
> landing gear. Almost all of these were built for the Brits.
>
> Cheers, Bob

The PBY on the beach at Diego Garcia was British, from RAF Squadron 240, and
therefore is a "Catalina" (the Brits didn't give complicated designations to
their aircraft). She was flown by 21-year old RAF Pilot Officer James Park.
Her registration number was VA718, and Jim called her "Katie" since K was
the squadron letter.
From
http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/pby.html

JohnB

[Scubabix]

"Barry" > wrote in message
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> That was taken at Diego Garcia..(BIOT) British Indian Ocean Territory
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> Barry
>
That was my first thought too. I never got to see this aircraft up close,
but I got to fly over it a couple times back in 79.
Rob

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Almost all of these were built for the Brits.


Well maybe, but there were a fair number in USN service w/o wheels,
including the earlier marks. Here's one in 1943-45 USN markings.

Brian

[Mitchell Holman]

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> Almost all of these were built for the Brits.
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> Well maybe, but there were a fair number in USN service w/o wheels,
> including the earlier marks. Here's one in 1943-45 USN markings.
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> Brian
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[Tony Smith]

>> Well maybe, but there were a fair number in USN service w/o wheels,
>> including the earlier marks. Here's one in 1943-45 USN markings.
>>

Most of the Catalinas supplied to Australia were originally Amphibian.

The wheels and associated hardware were removed, usually at Rathmines but
sometimes in the field, to reduce weight.




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