Withdrawn from use in 1951 and scrapped two years later. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

VP-22's original 22-P-10, serial 0875, was destroyed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. 2301 was damaged in the same raid but was repaired and flew to the Netherlands East Indies with VP-22. The squadron set up at Ambon Bay where it came under immediate Japanese attack. 2301 was sunk at its moorings on January 15, 1942. VP-22's three surviving PBYs relocated to Darwin and then to Perth. Most of its personnel then returned to the US and squadron was disbanded. Photo from: Library and Archives NT

Scrapped in 1951 at Hobsonville, New Zealand. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Scrapped in 1952. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

NZ4019 was broken up in 1952. Laucala Bay remained an RNZAF flying boat base until 1967. The land part of the base has been largely absorbed into the University of the South Pacific. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

BuNo 08397, one of a couple of Catalinas used by the Netherlands Naval Air Service's Australia Detachment to liaise with Dutch agents in New Guinea, replacing the last Do 24, X-24. Crashed at Mios Woendi on 13 October 1946. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

08317 is the complete example hanging from the ceiling, underneath is Consolidated PBY-5B Catalina 05028

Used to connect Australia with Sri Lanka during World War II. Known as the Double Sunrise service as the sun rose twice during the non-stop flights that lasted up to 32 hours. G-AGID scuttled near Rottnest Island on January 30, 1946. When explosives failed to sink it, gun fire was used. G-AGID had flown to its final resting place because a bridge prevented it being towed there. That meant making it airworthy again for its final flight. The Catalinas has been retired when Liberators took over the route. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/ State Library of New South Wales

Four PBY Catalina/Cansos of the Flying Fireman lined up at the British Columbia Forest Service base in Smithers. Number 3 still had its former RCAF side blisters and nose turret. It went to the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola Florida. Number 4 is believed to be a PBV-1A reg at the time as CF-FTN. Number 5 is CF-IHN, a PBV-1A cn CV-441. It crashed near Thunder Bay, Ontario in 1980 and was destroyed.

Painted as RAAF A24-30, but is actually a composite airframe. The fuselage is from RAAF A24-38 cn 1097, the wings are from a PBY-4 and the cockpit section is from a Dutch Navy Catalina.

On this day the Lake Boga Flying Boat Museum officially opened its new hangar, built to house this Catalina. This aircraft is painted as RAAF A24-30 but it is in fact a composite aircraft put together from hulks found at various farms in Australia. The fuselage is from RAAF A24-38 cn 1097 (formerly an instructional airframe at Lake Boga), the cockpit section from Dutch Navy Catalina Y-72 or Y-76, and the wings are from an unidentified PBY-4.