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Bureau #: 02459 Construction #: 300 Civil Registry: N18446 CF-HHR PH-PBY Model: PBY-5A Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2006 |
History: Built at Consolidated Factory at San Diego, 1941. Delivered to U.S. Navy as BuNo. 02459., 1941 Delivered to U.S. Coast Guard, 19??-Oct. 1945. Registered as N18446 by ??, 19??. Transair, 1953-1966. - Registered as CF-HHR. Field Aviation, 1972. Avalon Aviation Ltd, 1972-1992. - Flew as tanker #3 (later #793). - Retired, 1987. Cat Air, Netherlands, 1994-1998. - Registered as PH-PBY. - Restoration started. Stichting Neptune Association, Netherlands, May 1999-2006. - Moved to Valkenburg Naval Air Base. - Restored to airworthy. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Ruud Leeuw/Ruud's Classic Airliners Photo Source(s): Ruud Leeuw/Ruud's Classic Airliners Peter Boel Caz Caswell |
