Flying Cats: Catalina Aircraft in World War II - Softcover

Hendrie, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853107336 ISBN 13: 9781853107337

Publisher: Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1995

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Synopsis:

The consolidated PBY Catalina was probably the most versatile and successful flying boat/amphibian ever built, serving not just with the US Army, Navy and Coast Guard during World War II but also with the air forces of Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, with the Danes, Free French and Norwegians as well as in Brazil, Chile, Indonesia and elsewhere. With a remarkable lifting capacity and endurance, this long-range twin-engined aircraft could absorb a great deal of punishment and still return home after flights lasting an entire day and covering thousands of miles. It was employed as a maritime reconnaissance aircraft, as a bomber and torpedo-bomber, as an anti-submarine weapon, as a mine layer, as a special operations machine and as a search-and-rescue craft by day and night. It ferried stores, mail and people - many of them sick and injured - across the world's oceans. In this book Andrew Hendrie tells the story of the "Flying Cats", of their achievements and exploits, of the heroism of many of the crews and the problems they had to endure.

About this edition

• Publisher: Airlife Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1853107336
• ISBN 13: 9781853107337
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240