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 ...
Developed as a long-range patrol flying boat (PBY) by Consolidated Aircraft, the aircraft later named "Catalina" by the British became a symbol of World War II. Its design featured unique retractable ...