Consolidated Catalina
maritime patrol and rescue aircraft. The Catalina served with the Royal
Air Force and is shown in these aviation art prints, published by Cranston
Fine Arts.
The Consolidated Model 28 PBY Catalina was so successful in its definitive
form that it went on to become the most extensively built flying boat of
all time. Here, a 210 Squadron Catalina Mk IVA from RAF Sullem Voe,
Shetland, has located two weary downed aircrew, drained but grateful after
a long night in the North Atlantic swell.
CATALINA ATTACK BY JOHN WYNNE HOPKINS
D for Donald of 270 squadron, Royal Air Force, out of Freetown, West Africa
operating in the Atlantic Ocean. It was during routine operation search that D
for Donald surprised U515 on the surface and immediately attacked the submarine.
U515 in putting up stiff resistance blew a large hole in the hull of D for
Donald and the magazine of the starboard side 0.5 twin Browning was hit and the
subsequent shrapnel wounded both blister gunners. U515 escaped but was sunk by
an American naval hunter group a year later. D for Donald limped back to base
and managed to make the beach before it would sink completely.
