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Similar to the PBY 5 catalina? Just curious as I'm wondering what
the flight conditions would be like in war time...would the
envelope be pushed a bit?


Remember the story about the PBY that picked up folks from
Doolittle's raid over Japan? So many of the B-26s ditched and so
many folks needed a ride, that they couldn't take off. Ended up
'taxiing' to safety with folks all over the plane, some even out on
the wings...



No Catalinas picked up anyone from Doolittle's raid. And they flew
B-25's


Bertie


Yes, B-25s...and I don't know where I got that PBY story, but it
happened somewhere in WWII...Maybe Kontiki's account is the beginning
of it...



Oh I'm sure there's lots of them. But those B-25s were flying off the
edge of the earth, basically.

If you want a good read, read "Thirty seconds over Tokyo". It's an
absolutely fantastic story.
And now you've got me thinking I'd like to read a bit about Catalina
operations.