Consolidated Canso Catalina PBY PB2B A-10 OA-10 Black Cat
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The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided more than two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. The Catalina variant came first and was produced beginning in 1935 for the United States Navy. The amphibious version, designated PBY-5A, came in service early in 1941 and the RCAF began using the aircraft on anti-submarine patrols that same year. After the Second World War, the RCAF used Cansos for search and rescue, Arctic survey missions and various transport operations. RCAF
CASPIR Aircraft Groups:
RCAF Owned (274) RCAF 400 Squadrons (18) Canadian Crewed (83) Canadian Museum (3)Canso A 9809
With No. 162 (BR) Squadron in Iceland when it crashed into the sea and sank 5 miles north of Keflavik on 6 April 19441943-03-05 Taken on Strength Eastern Air Command 2019-08-20
1944-April-06 Accident: 162 Squadron Loc: Kepflavik Iceland Names: Anklam | Bamford | Banning | Coffyn | Cunningham | Dumbell | Gratton | Kappus | Rankine | Sommerville
1944-06-07 Struck off Strength Struck off after crashing, see comments. 2019-08-20