Aircraft Photo of FP535 | Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #15532
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:"FP535"
Military Code:X
Aircraft Original Type:Consolidated 28 Catalina
Aircraft Generic Type:Consolidated PBY Catalina
Aircraft Version:Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina
C/n (msn):2009
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:BodøMap
Country:Norway
Airport Codes:ICAO: ENBO   IATA: BOO   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Norsk Luftfartsmuseum
 
Photo Date:13 June 2016
Photo by:Peter Vercruijsse
Photo ID: 15532
Photo Comment

US Navy 46645 built 1945, to N10013 registered May 1956, to CF-IZO registered June 1956, in 1983 reregistered C-FIZO. In 1990 it was sold to the Forsvarsmuseet at Oslo-Gardermoen and later it went to Bodø for display in the Norsk Luftfartsmuseum. As Norway never had the PBY-6A with the tall fin this aircraft was restored in 1994 with the smaller fin of the PBY-5A and painted as RAF FP535 to commemorate the real FP535 that served with 330 (Norwegian) Sqn and that had disappeared in Nov 1942 near Iceland

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