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PBY-6A CATALINA/Bu. 64072
Bureau #: 64072
Construction #: 2143
Civil Registry:
N7057C
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Model: PBY-6A Catalina
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2011
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History:
Delivered to US Navy as Bu. 64072, 19??.
- Stored NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, circa 1955.
George J. Priester, Wheeling, IL, 1963-1964.
- Registered as N7057C.
- Ferried from NAS Litchfield Park, AZ to Phoenix, AZ, December, 16, 1964.
-- Damaged after undercarriage collapsed during landing, Phoenix, AZ.
John W. Dorr, Malibu, CA, 1966-1970.
Aeroborne Enterprises, Davie, FL, 1978.
P&P Charters Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1983-1984.
Hill Air Company Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 1985-1987.
National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, NY, October 1987-2003.
- Moved base from Geneseo, NY to Elmira-Corning, NY, circa 1998.
- Flew as USN/62-P.
- Later flew as USN/70-P.
- Withdrawn from use and placed in open storage, Elmira-Corning, NY, 1999-2001
Wings of Eagles Museum, Elmira, NY, 2003-2006.
- Restoreation to airworthy started, January 2004.
American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale, NY, January 24, 2006-2008.
- Ferried from Elmira, NY, to Farmingdale-Republic Field, NY, November 3, 2006.
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.
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Photo Source(s):
Mick Bajcar via Airliner.net.
Brendon Deere - http://www.integration.co.nz/aviation/, 2002.
Steve Tournay
Caz Caswell
Research Assistance:
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