PBY-5 CATALINA/BuNo. 48397
Bureau #: 48397
Construction #: 1759
Civilian Registration:
N5593V
Construction #: 1759
Civilian Registration:
N5593V
History:
Thomas W. Kendall, La Verne, CA, 1958-1963.
- Registered as N5593V.
Ran on to beach reef, Ash Shaykh Humayd, Aqaba, Saudi Arabia, while under machine-gun fir from Bedouins, 300 bullet holes, abandoned, Mar. 22, 1960.
Reported still on beach at Aqaba, complete but derelict, 1984-2002.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Manfield, England, 1989.
Photo Source(s):
D.P. Barrette Archives
Thomas W. Kendall, La Verne, CA, 1958-1963.
- Registered as N5593V.
Ran on to beach reef, Ash Shaykh Humayd, Aqaba, Saudi Arabia, while under machine-gun fir from Bedouins, 300 bullet holes, abandoned, Mar. 22, 1960.
Reported still on beach at Aqaba, complete but derelict, 1984-2002.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Manfield, England, 1989.
Photo Source(s):
D.P. Barrette Archives