Consolidated's PBY Catalina was born out of a need to keep America's sea superiority in the late 1930's. The U.S. Navy's then-current fleet of Consolidated P2Y and Martin P3M flying boats suffered ...

This installment of Randy's Warbird Profiles takes a look at the Erickson Aircraft Collection’s Consolidated Vultee 28-5ACF (PBY-5A) Catalina BuNo ... to the U.S. Navy in March 1944.