Navy PBY Catalina Squadron of WWII
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| Your name: (required) | Mark Clayton | Location: (optional) | |
| Subject: (required) | Bu.Aer.48368 | Date: | Tuesday, 2/19/2002 4:33 PM PST |
| Message: | We need some help identifying what appear to be a former Black cat fuselage now on display in our museum. Local lore has it that this was one of two USN aircraft that collided near Colleambally (New South Wales) ca, 1943, the other machine having been totally destroyed at time of collision. You can see an image of it at http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozcrashes/nsw79.htm Intriguingly, it has "SHIP 1730" impressed into a cockpit bulkhead and this (presumed) serial number does in fact coincide with PBY-5A Bu.Aer. # 48368. As luck would have it the history cards for # 48368 is missing together with several others in this range. The airframe by the way is still painted black over all with the US stars and stripes visible on both sides of the nose. Does anyone recall a Black cat being lost over inland Australia during the war? Mark Clayton Director Australia's Museum of Flight HMAS Albatross Nowra | ||
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