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PBY-5A CATALINA/Bu. 46633
Bureau #: 46633
Construction #: 1997
Civil Registry:
N10023
CF-MIR
N608FF
C-FMIR
G-BLSC
VR-BPS
VP-BPS
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Model(s):
PBY-5A Catalina
Super Canso 1000
Name: None
Status: Scrapped
Last info: 2012
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History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 46633, Jan. 1945.
- Withdrawn from service, stored NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, Nov. 1952.
Trade Ayer Inc, Linden, NJ, 1956.
- Registered as N10023.
Miron & Freres Ltd, Canterville, Quebec, July 1957-1961.
- Registered as CF-MIR.
- Converted to Super Canso by Noorduyn Aircraft, Montreal, Quebec, completed Dec. 9, 1960.
Laurentian Air Services Ltd, Ottawa, Ontario, Sept. 1964-1965.
Survair Ltd, Ottawa, Ontario, Sept. 1965.
Equitable Leasing Co Corp, Burbank, CA, July 1967-1969.
- Registered as N608FF.
- Leased to Firefly Inc, Portland, OR, July 1967.
- Leased to Aeroservice Corp, Philadelphia, PA, 19??.
- Leased to Barringer Research, 19??.
Geoterrex Ltd, Terra Surveys, Ottawa, Ontario, 1970-1984.
- Registered as C-FMIR.
- Survey oeprations in Europe, Ireland & South Africa.
Plane Sailing Air Displays Ltd, Duxford, Dec. 1984-1994.
- Registered as G-BLSC.
- Delivered to UK from Johannesburg, Feb. 14-20, 1985.
- Flew as RAF/JV928/Y.
Plane Sailing (Bermuda) Ltd, Duxford, UK, Feb. 11, 1994-1996.
- Registered as VR-BPS.
- Flew as RCAF/9754/P.
Plane Sailing (Bermuda) Ltd, Duxford, UK, 1996-1998.
- Registered as VP-BPS.
- Crashed during water landing, Southhampton, UK, July 27, 1998.
-- Aircraft sank, recovered.
-- Stored, damaged, Hamnle, 1999.
Super Catalina Restoration, Hamble (later Lee-on-Solent), UK, 1999-2002.
- Moved to Lasham, May 23, 1999.
- Moved to Lee-on-Solent, Mar. 11, 2001.
-- Under restoration to airworthy.
Scrapped at Weston Airport, Dublin, June 27, 2012.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Federal Aviation Administration
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Photo Source(s):
Dave McDonald.
Caz Caswell.
Research Assistance:
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